Baka Mitai

"Baka Mitai" (ばかみたい (Japanese)), later translated as "I've Been a Fool" in , is a frequently ripped track from the Yakuza / Like a Dragon series and a meme on the SiIvaGunner channel.
== Summary ==
Karaoke were first introduced in the Like a Dragon franchise with . They are rhythm based side games in which players have to press buttons in time to the music.
"Baka Mitai" is a karaoke song first appearing in , and later reappearing in , then Yakuza: Like a Dragon onward. It also received a remix in titled "Baka Mitai -Sorrow-" and a variant in the 2023 remake of Yakuza Ishin!, Like a Dragon: Ishin!. It was composed by Mitsuharu Fukuyama and sang by different voice actors depending on which game it originates from:
*Kōichi Yamadera for Shun Akiyama in Yakuza 5.
*Rikiya Koyama for Taiga Saejima in Yakuza 5.
*Takaya Kuroda for Kazuma Kiryu in Yakuza 5.Sung in English by Yong Yea in Like a Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name and Chinese by Beichen Liu in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
*Ken Yasuda for Yu Nanba in Yakuza: Like a Dragon.Sung in English by Greg Chun in Yakuza: Like a Dragon and Chinese by Zhichao Cheng in Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth.
The song received more recognition after becoming a meme in 2020, where deepfake edits of real life people and fictional characters were made to sing part of the song. The deep fake was based on a lip sync performance of Shun Akiyama's version of Baka Mitai, uploaded by Dobbsyrules in 2017.https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/dame-da-ne-baka-mitai Eventually, a sequel to this track was made for Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth in 2024, titled "Playing the Fool", "Baka Darou" in Japanese.
== Rips ==
There are currently rips of "Baka Mitai" on the channel, including 1 removed rip. Early rips of "Baka Mitai" were of covers of the songs as well as featuring people relating to tragedies.
== LyricsHondoori Game Center. 馬鹿みたい Baka Mitai Lyrics ==
== Notes ==
== References ==
== External links==
* Baka Mitai (I've Been a Fool)
Category:Memes
Category:Frequently ripped tracks