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The Yakuza logo | |
Games: | GTA III GTA Advance GTA Liberty City Stories |
Locations: | Torrington, Liberty City Liberty Campus, Liberty City Aspatria, Liberty City (former) South Belleville Park, Liberty City (former) Pike Creek, Liberty City (former) Wichita Gardens, Liberty City (former) |
Leader: | Kazuki Kasen (until 1998) |
Leaders: | Asuka Kasen and Kenji Kasen (1998 - 2001) |
Type: | Criminal Organization |
Enemies: | Colombian Cartel Diablos Forelli Family Leone Family Uptown Yardies |
Affiliations: | Ray Machowski (former) Maria Latore Claude |
Colors: | Dark Red and dark Blue. |
Vehicles: | Yakuza Stinger Infernus |
Weapons: | Pistol Uzi Spas-12 M16 |
Businesses: | Big Shot Casino Kenji's Casino Import/export business Sushi restaurants Slavery Gun running |
Members: | Toshiko Kasen (former, deceased) Yamazaki Yuka Kanbu |
How To Find A Colombian Gang Car - GTA 3 - Duration: 8:41. RobertOrrUK 68,774 views. The Truly Complete Assassin's Creed Timeline The Leaderboard - Duration: 28:44. The Cartel Cruiser is the gang vehicle of the Colombian Cartel featured in Grand Theft Auto III and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
The Yakuza (やくざ in Hiragana, ヤクザ in Katakana, lit. Gangster) is a Japanese criminal organization that appears in Grand Theft Auto III, Grand Theft Auto Advance and Grand Theft Auto: Liberty City Stories.
- 1Events of 3D Universe
Events of 3D Universe
GTA Liberty City Stories
The Yakuza's influence in the United States dates at least from 1991, when future co-leader of the Yakuza Asuka Kasen moves to the country, presumably from Japan. By 1998 the Yakuza are beginning to move into Liberty City. They attempt to claim a large portion of territory while other gangs destroy each other. They are not the strongest gang but have begun to stock up on weapons, including a tank, which Toni Ciprianidestroys on orders from Salvatore Leone. Due to his actions, Toni gains the interest of Toshiko Kasen, wife of the Yakuza leader Kazuki, who starts to hire Toni to destroy her husband before killing him. First, she has Toni steal the weapons and deliver them to businessman Phil Cassidy. Then, she has Toni reluctantly destroy money from the Big Shot Casino whilst it is being transported. Toshiko then decides to reveal her links to Toni, by going to an opera, where they are attacked by the Forelli Family. They survive and a Yakuza gang member spots them entering Toshiko's apartment, leading to Toshiko giving Toni the orders to kill her husband. Toni kills him, on the roof of his casino, and returns to Toshiko's apartment, where she commits suicide, leaving the Yakuza without a leader. Despite having no leader, they maintain their control of Torrington, south Belleville Park, Aspatria, Pike Creek, west Wichita Gardens and Liberty Campus, becoming one of the prominent crime syndicates in the city.
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GTA Advance
By 2000, Asuka Kasen becomes the leader of the Yakuza, taking over from her brother Kazuki, although it is unknown whether her brother Kenji is co-leader. The Yakuza lose Belleville Park, Aspatria, Pike Creek and Wichita Gardens. The Big Shot Casino has also been lost, although they are paid protection money from the new owner. The Yakuza do manage, however, to gain Bedford Point, where Asuka bases herself. Yakuza member/associate Yuka, Asuka's niece, is kidnapped by Mike on orders from Colombian Cartel leader Cisco, although Mike later rescues her on orders from Asuka. Asuka then begins to employ Mike, later seemingly in love with him, and help him look for Vinnie's killer. Mike first collects some protection money from a casino owner, before helping the Liberty City Cocks by injuring a Vice City Mambas player, to help Asuka's gambling business. She then sends Mike to kill actor Biff Rock and bring back his shoes as proof, although Mike spares him, but does take his shoes to Asuka as proof. Mike then discovers that the Uptown Yardies are delivering bad fish to Asuka's sushi restaurants and then kidnapsMafia members to send to Asia as slaves. Mike decides to stop working for Asuka, agreeing to help her one more time by killing a rival pimp in Newport. Asuka later contacts Mike in regards to Yardies leader King Courtney, who they both dislike. Asuka tells Mike where he can locate Courtney, but is ambushed. Later, Asuka sends some of her men to assist Mike, who then leave him to tackle the Yardies on his own. The Yakuza betrayal of Mike may have occurred due to Asuka discovering either Mike's kidnapping of Yuka or his failure to kill Biff Rock, with Asuka describing him as a 'means to an end'.
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GTA III
In 2001, the Yakuza is lead by siblings Asuka and Kenji, although it is unknown whether Kenji became co-leader in 2001. Asuka first comes into Claude through an old friend named Maria Latore, wife of Leone Family Don Salvatore Leone. Asuka, seemingly wary following Mike's actions, has him prove his ties to the Leone Family are over by killing Salvatore when he leaves Luigi's Sex Club 7. Claude kills him and later kills a number of Leone hitmen and a reporter. She then introduces him to corrupt LCPD officer Ray Machowski and her brother Kenji. An undercover police officer, posing as a Yakuza member, is killed on Asuka's orders, from information provided by Machowski. Ray has Claude killLeon McAffrey, his old partner, who threatens to reveal his links to the Yakuza. Claude fails to kill him, however, and is sent again to kill him, this time successfully, as well as his current partner who thinks is a rat. Claude also begins to work for Kenji, who first has Claude bust Kanbuout of jail. Then he has Claude collect cars to re-pay a debt, kill some Yardies attempting to form an alliance with the Cartel and collect some protection money. However, Kenji becomes irate when the Yardies and Cartel form an alliance and has Claude destroy some street vendings and kill the vendors.
Claude then begins to work for Donald Love, who has Claude kill Kenji disguised as a Cartel member, to start a gang war, which would drive down house prices. Claude succeeds in starting a war, leading to the Yakuza taking control of a construction site in Fort Staunton. Whilst attacking the site, Asuka manages to capture Miguel, a high-ranking member of the Cartel, who she tortures mercilessly. Miguel begins to tell off the Cartel plans, allowing Claude to kill squads hunting him down, stop the sale of SPANK by the Yardies and steal some SPANK being delivered to Francis International Airport. Claude then discovers that Catalina, the Cartel leader, has killed both Asuka and Miguel, and kidnapped Maria, leading to Claude killing Catalina and rescuing Maria. The Yakuza, leaderless, continue to show friendly relations towards Claude.
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Trivia
- Their favorite radio station is Lips 106 (GTAIII) and MSX 98 (GTALCS).
- After completion of the Grand Theft Aero mission, the Yakuza will have territory in Fort Staunton. As such, they will be in conflict with the Cartel who also reside in the area.
External links
- News ArticleYakuza Operating With Impunity article from the Liberty Tree website.
- News ArticleInternal Affairs Investigate Links Between Yakuza and Police article from the Liberty Tree newspaper.
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GANG Forelli Family | |
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Members of the Forellis in GTA Liberty City Stories. | |
Games: | GTA III GTA Vice City GTA San Andreas GTA Liberty City Stories |
Locations: | Saint Mark's, Red Light District, Newport, Fort Staunton and Wichita Gardens, Liberty City Caligula's Palace, Las Venturas |
Leaders: | Sonny Forelli (? - 1986) Franco Forelli (? - ?) |
Type: | Cosa Nostra Mob Family |
Enemies: | Vercetti Gang Leone Family Sindacco Family Sicilian Mafia San Fierro Triads Uptown Yardies Southside Hoods Yakuza |
Affiliations: | Leone Family Sindacco Family Sicilian Mafia |
Vehicles: | Forelli Exsess Stretch Sentinel |
Weapons: | Pistol TEC 9 (missions only) Uzi (missions only MP5K (missions only) Pump Action Shotgun (during Cap the Collector) AK-47 (missions only) Colt M733 (missions only) Meat Cleaver (during Crazy '69') Baseball Bat (during A Date With Death) |
Businesses: | Racketeering Gambling Unions Corruption Prostitution Counterfeiting Contract killing Drug Dealing |
Fronts: | Caligula's Palace Marco's Bistro Fort Staunton Counterfeiting Factory |
Members: | Sonny Forelli (deceased) Giorgio Forelli Franco Forelli Mike Forelli (deceased) Harry (deceased) Lee (deceased) Tommy Vercetti (former) Lou Bricant Marco Forelli (deleted) Ken Rosenberg(former) |
The Forelli Family is an Italian-American Mafia family based in Liberty City. They serve as the main group of antagonists in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
- 1History
History
1971
Forelli Family associate Tommy Vercetti kills eleven men in Harwood, Liberty City earning him 15 years in prison and the nickname 'The Harwood Butcher'
1984
In Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories, Giorgio Forelli attempts to kill Phil Collins due to Barry Mickelthwaite owing Giorgio Forelli money. Victor Vance kills all the hitmen squads sent therefore saving both Phil and Barry from dying.
1986
By 1986, the Forelli family became the richest and most powerful Mafia family in Liberty City. In GTA Vice City, the Forellis had decided to expand 'down south' by opening relations with local drug cartels through recently released from prison Tommy Vercetti. However, this never happened due to Sonny Forelli's death and Tommy's defection. Giorgio Forelli faces charges for fraud. The Forelli family begins to decline in power.
1992
In GTA San Andreas, it was agreed the Forellis would own an equal share of Caligula's Palace casino in Las Venturas, along with the Sindacco and Leone families. The Families couldn't decide between themselves who should run the casino. Therefore, Ken Rosenberg was put forward as a neutral party, which any war between the families ignite, Rosenberg will be killed.
While Johnny Sindacco is at the hospital for being traumatized, the Forellis decide to take the moment to kill him, by hijacking his ambulance. Rosenberg becomes aware of the hit, and sends Carl Johnson to retrieve Johnny's ambulance before a war is ignited between the families. However, Johnny later dies from an induced heart attack, and Salvatore Leone returns to Las Venturas to reclaim the money that he invested in the casino from Rosenberg. The Forellis later send hitmen to kill Salvatore, who was aware of the hit and decides to send Carl to kill the hitmen in their flight before they arrive in Las Venturas. The hit leads to Salvatore to finish the Forellis by sending Carl to Liberty City, to kill the Forellis underboss Marco Forelli, while at the Marco's Bistro. The hit weakens the Forellis, and ends their occupation in Las Venturas, leaving the Leones to take full control of the casino.
1998
In GTA Liberty City Stories, the Forellis deal with the death of Mayor Roger C. Hole, who was working for Franco Forelli at the time. He then had found another representative, Miles O'Donovan, to go against Donald Love, who was representing the Leone Family. However, O'Donovan wins as the voters found out that Love was unfit for office because he was working with Toni Cipriani.
Later on, a war was sparked between the Forellis and the Sindaccos in Fort Staunton, which was caused by the Sicilian Mob, after the Sindaccos had begun invading Forelli territory on Staunton Island. Toni is caught up in it, as Salvatore Leone takes advantage of the war to foil Massimo Torini's plan to take over the city. The war leads to both families to be weakened as upcoming gangs like the Uptown Yardies and the Yakuza take over their territory left behind. The families eventually try to broker a truce to which Salvatore bugs Paulie Sindacco's car to kill the Forellis attending the peace meeting. As the war continues, the Forellis continue to lose territory on Shoreside Vale, after Toni Cipriani and the Southside Hoodstake over the last expanding turf the Forellis have occupation in. The war continues until Paulie Sindacco was killed after trying to flee Liberty City, after his involvement in getting Salvatore jailed.
The Forellis later target the Yakuza, after Kazuki Kasen had taken over most of the territory in Liberty City and began stocking up on powerful weapons such as a tank. The Forellis catch Kazuki's wife Toshiko Kasenattending the Fort Staunton Opera House with Toni Cipriani, and attempt to kill her (not knowing that Toshiko is against her husband's plots). The Forellis are later completely weakened after their main base of operations Fort Staunton was destroyed by underground explosives in the old subway main line running through southern Staunton Island.
2001
In GTA III, they are named the Forelli Brothers. The Forellis seems to have been weakened considerably, with the killing of several more Forelli members. It is assumed that the Forellis have been reduced to servitude under the Leone Family and their organization on the whole is now considered a brotherhood.
A high-ranking member Mike Forelli, was killed in a car explosion by a bomb that was set by Claude, on orders from Joey Leone. Bad blood between Joey and the Forelli brothers continue, to which Joey had another Forelli killed and stuffed in a car. Due to the Forelli surveillance around the vehicle, Joey sent Claude to dispose of it at the Harwood Autocrusher and Junkyard.
El Burro also tasks Claude with killing Forellis in I Scream You Scream (as revealed by the strategy guide for Grand Theft Auto 3)
Clothing
In GTA Liberty City Stories, Forelli henchmen don blue/dark red shirts with light blue/white jackets over and carry pistols. In GTA III, they dressed like the Leones as seen in one of Joey Leone's missions, although this is because they were in disguise. In GTA Vice City, the Forellis are seen wearing light blue or brown Hawaiian shirts. In GTA San Andreas, the mobsters (presumed to be the Forellis) either dress in brown jackets, light green shirts with black pants or black jogging suits. In GTA Vice City Stories, the Forelli hitman seen in a couple of missions wear dark colored shirts with black jackets over.
Trivia
- The Forelli Family is the only gang to have appeared in every GTA III era game, with the exception of Grand Theft Auto Advance (although they may have appeared, as there is only a reference to the Mafia, not a particular family).
- The Forelli Family is probably the most hated gang in the GTA III era from the point of view of the protagonists. Tommy Vercetti betrayed the Forellis, Carl Johnson robbed Caligula's Palace (owned by the Forellis, Leones and Sindacco), Toni is a capo for Leone Family and therefore a natural enemy and Victor killed some Forelli hitmen, Claude kills them on Joey and El Burro's orders.
- The Forellis are the only gang to have territory in all three locations, but they end up losing it all.
- Dialog from A Date With Death suggest that the Forellis are slightly racist.
Gallery
Their first appearance in GTA III, 'Dead Skunk in the Trunk'.
Forelli Family Members in GTA Vice City.
Hostile Forelli members in GTA Vice City, during 'Keep Your Friends Close...'.
A Forelli Exsess.
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