Maybe the best fight of all game. Certainly the most hottest battle for all Yakuza Series.From Yakuza: Ishin (2014) - PS3 Version - Gyaku Ryona (Gay Ryona).
Worse, if you're at 25% health or less and he's in red HEAT mode, he can take you out in one punch. The best ways to deal damage to Kiryu are Saejima's Charging Tackle and, just as with SaitoIn my head, after he went full evil, he started training and became much physically stronger before his showdown with Kiryu in 2005. Another theory is that he could've also seemed stronger (lore-wise, not gameplay-wise) because Kiryu was emotionally weak to fighting him compared to literally anyone else he ever had to fight.
Kiryu explicitly loses his fighting edge while in prison after Yakuza 1's prologue, with Majima noting in a fight added in Kiwami that he's gotten sloppy and ordering him to get back into shape. In-game, this is reflected by Kiryu's signature Dragon of Dojima fighting style being at its absolute weakest, forcing the player to grind while using
Without the yakuza, he has nothing, and because of this he needs to fight to ensure he continues to have his way of life. For the yakuza, the strongest determines the future of the clan. The final fight against Shishido has some interesting but maybe coincidental similarities with Kiryu's first boss fight in Yakuza 0 against Kuze. mj0D.