How To Recruit All Crew Members in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii has many game mechanics centered around assembling the ultimate crew. Whether it is Pirate Coliseum battles, the side stories that require a strong crew, or just the main story, recruitment is essential. So, here’s how to recruit all crew members in Pirate Yakuza.

All Honolulu Recruits in Pirate Yakuza & How To Get Them

Honolulu is the first central open area that players unlock when completing the main story of Pirate Yakuza, and it also has the most recruits out of any area in the game. Most crew members here are easy enough to obtain, though some require more leg work and sailing than others.

Crew Member	How to Recruit	Location/District
Kazami Evolution	Collect 10 CDs	Aloha Beach
Nickelle Kidnman	Get to Pirate Rank 2	Aloha Beach
Osaka-chan	Get to Pirate Rank 5	Aloha Beach
Yurina	Get 100 points in the 01 darts ruleset	Aloha Beach
Carnal Sisters	Obtain Pirate Rank 3	Aloha Beach
Sister Yoh and Yuka	Obtain Pirate Rank 3	Aloha Beach
Squid Hunter Kennosuke	Bring wild caught fried shrimp	Aloha Beach
Kei	Make 30 friends on Aloha Links	Little Tokyo
Bartender	Make 100 friends on Aloha Links	Little Tokyo
Hamago Ishikawa	Talk while wearing Kabuki makeup	Little Tokyo
Hattori the Ninja	Obtain Pirate Rank 3	Little Tokyo
Lumberjack Hayashida	Give a Staminan Spark	Little Tokyo
Obispo	Eat at Tropical 5 times	Little Tokyo
Jule	Craft 3 cannons at Gearworks	Little Tokyo
Sharpshooter Takumi	Complete the One Shot Challenge	District Five
Swordsman Kengoro	Obtain Pirate Rank 4	District Five
Thomas the Engineer	Collect 10 bounties	District Five
Alo-Happy	Complete one Photo Rally	West Waikiki
Elizabeth	Complete two Photo Rallies	West Waikiki
Arque Dangerous III	Obtain Pirate Rank 4	West Waikiki
Kamiyama	Collect 3 Ethereal Egestas and deliver to them.	West Waikiki
Hibiki	Make 10 friends on Aloha Links	West Waikiki
Homeless Yamanaka	Give a Goro Goro Awakening Beer	Anaconda Harbor Park
Legendary Farmer Morishita	Give a roughly chopped stir-fried veggie bento	Anaconda Harbor Park
Ranko Sarutobi	Pay off $2000 bill	Anaconda Shopping Center
Hammerhead	Challenge and win a fight against them	Anaconda Shopping Center
Bug Professor Louis	Deliver a Golden Dragonfly	Sunset Park
Charlie	Obtain Paltinum Rank in Crazy Delivery	Sunset Park
Ikari	Complete 10 Vocational School Exams	Unabara Vocational School
Surfer Jay	Deliver them a Kraken-chan plush	Red Light District
Buisnessman Taro	Challenge and win a fight against them	Chinatown

All Madlantis Recruits in Pirate Yakuza & How To Get Them

Madlantis is the second area that players unlock when progressing through the main story, and most of these recruits either have to be beaten in a melee or coliseum fight or paid off. Given the kind of bad reputation that the crowd in Madlantis has, it’s unsurprising that you have to resort to more shady tactics for the potential recruits in this location.

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Crew Member	How to Recruit	Location/District
Steve	Win the Pirate Coliseum against the Grey Pirates	Coliseum Grounds
Monica	Win the Pirate Coliseum against the Tagger Pirates	Coliseum Grounds
Rafael	Challenge and win a fight against them.	Coliseum Grounds
Robson Caetano da Silva	Complete Beginner level in Mania in the Coliseum	Bar District
Arman	Pay $!000	Bar District
Elena	Pay $500 and deliver a Flower Bouqet	Bar District
Theo	Pay $2000	The Docks
Natasha	Obtain Pirate Rank 2	The Docks
Peter	Challenge and win a fight against them.	The Queen’s Castle
Lucas	Challenge and win a fight against them.	Gaming Hall

All Goro Kingdom Animal Recruits & How To Get Them

The Goro Kingdom is built early on in the game’s story and is meant to store the animals you find throughout the game. Any animals you do recruit are sent here if they aren’t put on your support squad.

Crew Member	How to Recruit	Location/District
Allure	Interact with while dressed in Goromi outfit	West Waikiki
Coco	Talk to woman near Harbor St. Bridge	West Waikiki
Turtle	Talk to men at River Street and Kaku Avenue	West Waikiki
The Gourmand	Obtain wild-caught sashimi	Anaconda
Barkley	Feed Barkely dog food	Anaconda
Alarm Cluck	Talk to a man in the apartment area in Little Japan	Little Japan
Zoomies	Talk to the man cornering the dog near the parking garage	Shipper’s Wharf
Sanzen	Pay $300	Sunset Park
Onigiri	Encounter the animal in the area, and it will begin the substory	District Five

All Exchange Points Crew Members & How To Get Them

Several crew members you meet in substories will require you to exchange points earned in their games or side quests for them to be recruited. Overall, these recruits require a lot more time and effort to get them to become Goro Pirates.

Crew Member	Cost to Recruit	Location/District
Papillion Boy	3300 Points	Downtown Snap Points Exchange
Patriarch Gondawara	11000 Points	Downtown Snap Points Exchange
Crystal Papillion	22000 Points	Downtown Snap Points Exchange
Etsuko	10 Points	Little Japan Fortune Exchange
Chitose Buster Holmes	15 Points	Little Japan Fortune Exchange
Famiya Sugiura	15 Points	Little Japan Fortune Exchange
Kamulop	20 Points	Little Japan Fortune Exchange
Matayoshi	500 Tags	Little Japan Gambling Hall
Chicken Man	1000 Tags	Little Japan Gambling Hall
Subaru	500 Points	Little Japan Open Road Shogi
Toru Higashi	15000 Points	Downtown Crazy Delivery
Gary Buster Holmes	60000 Points	Bang Bang Prize Exchange
Masaharu Kaito	90000 Points	Bang Bang Prize Exchange
Yappi-kun	1500 Chips	Bar District Caino Prize Exchange
Sheep Man	500 Points	District Five pool

All Substory Recruits & How To Get Them

Several of the substories in Pirate Yakuza can lead to a new crew member joining the Goro Pirates if the entirety of the sub-story is completed. Some of these may take longer than others, but they are necessary for any completionist who wants to recruit every single character possible into the Goro Pirates.

Crew Member	Substory to Complete
Idol Otaku: Gu San	‘If I Weren’t an Idol’ substory
Idol Otaku: Broto-Op	‘If I Weren’t an Idol’ substory
Idol Otaku: Mr. Six	‘If I Weren’t an Idol’ substory
Oka	‘The Symbol of the City, the Street Surfer’ substory
Robo Michio Mach	‘The Path to Speed’ substory
Kuroki	‘The Sicko Snap Saga’ substory
Ran	‘The Fastest in Hawaii’ substory
Russell	‘Goro’s Heart’ substory
Jeff	‘Smile Again’ substory
Hauser	‘The Magic of Food’ substory
Edmundo-kun	‘The Miracle Aquarium Gaiden’ substory
Stephanie Chan	‘The Miracle Aquarium Gaiden’ substory
Mameoka	‘Coffee and Comedy’ substory
Sorata	‘Coffee and Comedy’ substory
Human Bronze Statue: Bronson	‘Man Of Bronze’ substory
Claire	‘I want to be your Nadeshiko’ substory
Seiko	‘The One’ substory
Ena	‘The One’ substory
Kaho	‘The One’ substory
Misoshi	‘The One’ substory
Machko-san	‘The One’ substory
Ai	‘The One’ substory
White	‘Corporate Compliance’ substory
Bryan	‘Corporate Compliance’ substory
Shen	‘When You Wish Upon Some Balls’ substory
Dread Pirate Hook	The Captain’s Return’ substory

And that is how you recruit all Crew Members in Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaii.

Like a Dragon: Pirate Yakuza in Hawaiiis available now on PlayStation, Xbox, and PC