Yakuza 6 Trophy Guide Yakuza 6 Guide and Walkthrough

Last update: 16 December 2022

On this page you can find Yakuza 6: The Song Of Life trophy guide. Our trophy guide explains how to unlock every achievement - also we inform you about the requirements of the most unique trophies and the best ways to earn them. Thanks to the trophy guide you will be able to unlock the Platinum Trophy in Yakuza 6 and you'll find out how much time you have to spend with the game to get one.

• The most important information about Yakuza 6's trophies
• The Song of Life
• Welcome Back
• Hiroshiman Shadows
• Her Secret Life
• A Dead End
• Priceless Child
• The Secret of Onomichi
• Cycle of Blood
• Thank You
• Dragon of Legend
• Tell Me a Story
• Hero of the Story
• Story of My Life
• Troubleshooter
• This is My City
• Feeling the Heat
• Live to Fight Another Day
• Skill Dabbler
• Skill Pro
• Skill Master
• Life of the Dragon
• Strength of the Dragon
• Vitality of the Dragon
• Speed of the Dragon
• Heat of the Dragon
• Limit Breaker
• Peak Kiryu
• Amon Defeated
• A Man's Experience
• A Fighter's Experience
• A Dragon's Experience
• Just Getting Started
• Maybe You Can Do It
• You Did It
• Kiryu Clan Founder
• Kiryu Clan Captain
• Kiryu Clan Patriarch
• Word on the Streets
• Kiryu Clan Enforcer
• On the Winning Team
• What a Player
• Dragon of DoGYMa
• I'll Have the Calamari
• Where Everybody Knows Your Name
• Club Shine Star
• The Internet's Real Purpose
• To Be This Good Takes Ages
• That's Purrecious
• Play Ball
• Dandling Dragon
• How Fortutious
• Get Out and Stay Out
• Off the Beaten Path
• Not the Brightest Idea
• Pretty Tasty
• Commemorative Photo
• Can of Whoop Ass
• Life Through Kiryu's Eyes
• No Photos

The most important information about Yakuza 6's trophies

1. Yakuza 6 The Song of Life game was originally released only on the PS4 console. You can also earn trophies on PS5 thanks to the backward compatibility. The game was released on March 25, 2021 on PC and on consoles Xbox One, Xbox Series S and Xbox Series X. All of these platforms will allow you to earn achievements with the exception of the platinum trophy, which is reserved only for the PlayStation platform.
2. There are 59 trophies to unlock - 1 platinum trophy (PS4 and PS5 only), 1 gold trophy, 7 silver trophies and 50 bronze trophies.
3. All trophies can be obtained only in single-player mode. The mini-games for more than one player appear in the game, although none of them are related to achievements. It's not required to have active PS+ / Xbox Live Gold subscription to earn a platinum trophy.
4. You can play the game at any difficulty level. One of the available achievements refers to the completion of the game at the highest difficulty level - Legend, but Yakuza 6 allows you to cheat and obtain this trophy by completing only the final Chapter. We presented this in more detail in the description of the Dragon of Legend achievement.
5. You don't have to deal with all the optional activities in one moment. The side quests, mini-games or exploration-related trophies you can leave for later, or even do them after you've finished the story.
6. The Dandling Dragon achievement is the only one you can miss. It is best to create a save before playing this chapter so you don't have to start the game again in case of failure.
7. Some mini-games might be problematic, especially those related to clan wars (Clan Creator) and baseball games. They may require you to spend a lot of time on playing and have great skills.
8. In the game there is a grind associated with trophies. It mainly concerns the mentioned Clan War mode, as well as increasing Kiryu's stats to a very high level. You may be forced to continue grinding your character even after you have earned achievements associated with optional quests and activities.
9. It should take you about 50 hours to get the platinum trophy. Yakuza 6 it's not the biggest game in the series, and it's also a facilitation that you don't have to complete it twice to unlock the Legend Mode trophy. After completing the main storyline, you can spend most of your time on side missions, mini-games and grind.

The Song of Life

Trophy type: platinum Description: Obtained all other trophies.

Note: Platinum trophy is available only in Yakuza 6 for PS4 or PS5. You can't earn it while playing on PC or Xbox.

Welcome Back

Trophy type: bronze Description: Arrived in Kamurocho for the first time.

Note: This is a trophy associated with the progress of the main storyline and you can't miss it. You will get this achievement at the beginning of Chapter 1 (The Price of Freedom).

Hiroshiman Shadows

Trophy type: bronze Description: Completed Chapter 2.

Note: This is a trophy associated with the progress of the main storyline and you can't miss it. You will get this achievement after you finish Chapter 2 (Life Blossoms Anew).

Her Secret Life

Trophy type: bronze Description: Completed Chapter 4.

Note: This is a trophy associated with the progress of the main storyline and you can't miss it. You will get this achievement after you finish Chapter 4 (Deception).

A Dead End

Trophy type: bronze Description: Completed Chapter 6.

Note: This is a trophy associated with the progress of the main storyline and you can't miss it. You will get this achievement after you finish Chapter 6 (Footsteps).

Priceless Child

Trophy type: bronze Description: Completed Chapter 8.

Note: This is a trophy associated with the progress of the main storyline and you can't miss it. You will get this achievement after you finish Chapter 8 (Conspiracy).

The Secret of Onomichi

Trophy type: bronze Description: Completed Chapter 10.

Note: This is a trophy associated with the progress of the main storyline and you can't miss it. You will get this achievement after you finish Chapter 10 (Blood Law).

Cycle of Blood

Trophy type: bronze Description: Completed Chapter 12.

Note: This is a trophy associated with the progress of the main storyline and you can't miss it. You will get this achievement after you finish Chapter 12 (The Sleeping Giant).

Thank You

Trophy type: silver Description: Completed all of the main story.

Note: This is a trophy associated with the progress of the main storyline and you can't miss it. You will get this achievement after you finish Chapter 13 (The Unforgiven).

Dragon of Legend

Trophy type: gold Description: Complete the game on the Legend difficulty level.

Note: The Legend is the name of the highest difficulty level available in the Yakuza series which is always unlocked only after the completion of the main storyline. Exceptionally, in Yakuza 6 you can "cheat the game", as you are not required to complete the entire main story a second time.

Save the game in Chapter 13 during your first run, specifically during the last night in Kamurocho and before the final moment that was called point of no return - it is shown on the attached image.

After completing the game, load the save from Chapter 13 and change the difficulty level to the newly unlocked Legend in the options. You have to deal with the final part again and this time you must finish it at the highest level of difficulty (take with you as much medicines and other useful supplies as you can), but it is still less troublesome than having to go through the entire game in the Legend Mode.

Tell Me a Story

Trophy type: bronze Description: Completed 10 substories.

Note: Go to description of Story of My Life achievement.

Hero of the Story

Trophy type: bronze Description: Completed 40 substories.

Note: Go to description of Story of My Life achievement.

Story of My Life

-	Trophy type: bronze Description: Completed all substories.

Note: In Yakuza 6 you have 51 side quests to complete and we described them on the All Substories Walkthrough page.

The game always displays a message on the screen about the start of a side quest, and you can also follow them from the pause menu. Unfortunately there are several obstacles to earn this trophy:

1. Some side missions are hard to find. Take advantage of our guide's maps, because they may lead you to spots where the side missions start.
2. Some side missions are unlocked only after advancing to a particular chapter of the main story. Fortunately, nothing stands in the way to deal with them even after the completion of the main plot.
3. Some side missions are related with large mini-games (e.g. management of the baseball team). If you don't like specific mini-game or you're bad in playing it, then this can be an additional impediment.

However, it is much easier thanks to the fact that none of the side quests can be failed or missed.

Troubleshooter

Trophy type: bronze Description: Completed 5 types of Trouble Missions.

Note: Check the description of the This is My City achievement.

This is My City

Trophy type: bronze Description: Completed 20 types of trouble missions.

Note: The main objectives of the Trouble Missions have been described in another chapter of this trophy guide.

As a reminder, Trouble Missions are alerts associated with the Kiryu phone app that you can receive starting with the 2 chapter of the main storyline. They are marked with purple colors on the map.

Trouble Missions usually involve getting to the marked area and getting rid of the opponent(s). They can be canceled if you ignore them for too long, but don't miss your chance to win a trophy. The same mission may re-activate in the future. In the game there are 40 types of Trouble Missions and you have to complete any of 20 tasks from this group.

Feeling the Heat

Trophy type: bronze Description: Triggered Ultimate Heat Mode 10 times.

Note: This is one of the simplest achievement of the game. You have to wait until the Heat bar will be charged enough during the fights (thanks to attacking opponents). This will allow you to use Extreme Heat mode by pressing R2 button/right trigger.

Live to Fight Another Day

Trophy type: bronze Description: Fled from 10 Encounters.

Note: Confrontation with random opponents can occur during the exploration of the game world. Unlike the previous parts of Yakuza these battles aren't loaded separately, they just start right away. You just have to decide to escape instead of fighting. Don't stop running until you've lost the enemies that have caught Kiryu.

Skill Dabbler

Trophy type: bronze Description: Obtained 10 skills.

Note: Go to Skill Master's achievement description.

Skill Pro

Trophy type: bronze Description: Obtained 25 skills.

Note: Go to Skill Master's achievement description.

Skill Master

Trophy type: silver Description: Obtained all skills.

Note: Unfortunately, this is one of the most time-consuming trophies of the game. You have to unlock 122 skills in total.

You can improve the process of gaining experience points and therefore unlocking new skills:

1. Try to quickly unlock skills that guarantee you to earn more XP. You can see more on the page - What skills are the best?.
2. It is worth to visit the RIZAP gym and buy the meals there, which offer your XP increase. For more information, see How to get experience quickly?.

Life of the Dragon

Trophy type: bronze Description: Exceeded Health to the natural level of 150 points.

Note: This is one of the trophies associated with the Kiryu development, specifically with raising the statistics of the main character.

You can increase Kiryu's health by spending experience points on it. The requirement to achieve natural level of 150-points means that you cannot use any equipment to enhance Kiryu's health in order to unlock the trophy faster.

Strength of the Dragon

Trophy type: bronze Description: Increased attack to natural level of 150 points.

Note: This is one of the trophies associated with the Kiryu development, specifically with raising the statistics of the main character.

You can increase Kiryu's attack by spending experience points on it. The requirement to achieve natural level of 150-points means that you cannot use any equipment to enhance Kiryu's attack in order to unlock the trophy faster.

Vitality of the Dragon

Trophy type: bronze Description of: Increased defense to natural level of 150 points.

Note: This is one of the trophies associated with the Kiryu development, specifically with raising the statistics of the main character.

You can increase Kiryu's defense by spending experience points on it. The requirement to achieve natural level of 150-points means that you cannot use any equipment to enhance Kiryu's defense in order to unlock the trophy faster.

Speed of the Dragon

Trophy type: bronze Description: Raised Evade to a natural 150.

Note: This is one of the trophies associated with the Kiryu development, specifically with raising the statistics of the main character.

You can increase Kiryu's evasion by spending experience points on it. The requirement to achieve natural level of 150-points means that you cannot use any equipment to enhance Kiryu's evade in order to unlock the trophy faster.

Heat of the Dragon

Trophy type: bronze Description: Raised Heat Gauge to the natural level of 150 points.

Note: This is one of the trophies associated with the Kiryu development, specifically with raising the statistics of the main character.

You can increase Kiryu's Heat Gauge by spending experience points on it. The requirement to achieve natural level of 150-points means that you cannot use any equipment to enhance Kiryu's Heat Gauge in order to unlock the trophy faster.

Limit Breaker

Trophy type: bronze Description: Increased all stats to the natural level of 200 points.

Note: This is a more difficult version of the trophies described above - associated with the Kiryu development. You need to increase each of the main parameters by another 50 points to reach 200 points. In this case, you also can't rely on items that temporarily increase Kiryu statistics.

Peak Kiryu

Trophy type: silver Description: Increased all stats to the natural level of 300 points.

Note: First, you must unlock the achievement Limit Breaker which was described above, i.e. advance all stats to 200 points. After that the possibility of their further development will be unlocked. Each of the statistics needs to be expanded by another 100 points and, unfortunately, it will be very time-consuming. You need to be aware of a grind associated with accumulating the required XP.

Amon Defeated

Trophy type: silver Description: Defeated Amon on any difficulty.

Note: As a reminder, Amon is a very demanding opponent, with whom you can fight in any part of Yakuza's games. He also appears in the Yakuza 6 game.

In order to unlock the confrontation with Amon, you must complete the main storyline, as well as Substories numbered 24 and 50. Only then Amon will contact you and invite you to a fight on Amon's island.

Use the fact that you can change the difficulty level to easy in the game options, which will make the fight against Amon less challenging. If you are looking for additional tips, look at the walkthrough of the fight with Amon on the page - All Substories Walkthrough.

A Man's Experience

Trophy type: bronze Description: Obtained 1,000 total experience points.

Note: Go to description of A Dragon's Experience achievement.

A Fighter's Experience

Trophy type: bronze Description: Obtained 10,000 total experience points.

Note: Go to description of A Dragon's Experience achievement.

A Dragon's Experience

Trophy type: silver Description: Obtained 100,000 total experience points.

Note: Getting this trophy requires a lot of time, but it doesn't force as much grind as with the Kiryu stats trophies.

The best methods of gaining XP are described on the page How to get experience quickly?. First of all try to complete as many side quests as possible and do not run away from random battles. You can also e.g. deal with mini-games or buy special meals that give you XP. In addition, it is worth to unlock some skills early in the game that allow you to earn more experience points for the same actions.

Just Getting Started

Trophy type: bronze Description: Completed 10 items on the Completion List.

Note: Go to description of You Did It achievement.

Maybe You Can Do It

Trophy type: bronze Description: Completed 31 items on the Completion List.

Note: Go to description of You Did It achievement.

You Did It

Trophy type: silver Description: Completed 100 items on the Completion List.

Note: This trophy and the two aforementioned trophies consist in dealing with challenges associated with completing the game in 100 percent. The challenges are various. They can be awarded e.g. for completing quests, walking a certain distance, ordering meals in all restaurants, or winning a certain number of fights with thugs.

A great relief is that you don't need to complete Yakuza 6 in 100% to unlock the platinum trophy. There are 285 challenges in the game, which you can check in the pause menu, and you can choose any of 100 challenges to get achievements.

Kiryu Clan Founder

Trophy type: bronze Description: Assembled the Kiryu Clan.

Note: This is one of the trophies associated with the Clan Creator, which is the most extensive mini-game in Yakuza 6.

You can't miss this achievement. The introduction to the Clan Creator mini-game takes place in Chapter 5 while saving Sachiko.

Kiryu Clan Captain

Trophy type: bronze Description of achievement: Reached level 3 in the Kiryu Clan.

Note: This is one of the trophies associated with the Clan Creator, which is the most extensive mini-game in Yakuza 6.

You won't encounter any problems with increasing the clan level. Just take care of completing (any) missions of the Clan Creator mini-game, so you will gain the necessary XP.

Kiryu Clan Patriarch

Trophy type: silver Description: Completed the Clan Creator storyline.

Note: This is one of the trophies associated with the Clan Creator, which is the most extensive mini-game in Yakuza 6.

The Clan Creator we have described it in detail on a separate page of our guide. There are a total of 16 feature missions - 8 of them are in Kamurocho (you must advance to at least Chapter 7 of the main story) and 8 are in Onomichi.

Word on the Streets

Trophy type: bronze Description: Raised the Kiryu Clan's influence to 10,000.

Note: This is one of the trophies associated with the Clan Creator, which is the most extensive mini-game in Yakuza 6.

This achievement is just about expanding the clan as you play the mini-game. Increasing the number of clan members (new recruits you can e.g. meet on the street or get by performing side quests) and their levels allows you to increase the influence of the entire clan. This achievement shouldn't be associated with any grind, but it rather should occur naturally during the game play of the mini-game.

Kiryu Clan Enforcer

Trophy type: bronze Description: Maxed out a Kiryu Clan leader's stats.

Note: This is one of the trophies associated with the Clan Creator, which is the most extensive mini-game in Yakuza 6.

This is probably the most time-consuming of all achievements associated with the mini-game. This is because of the fact that you must advance any captain to level 99. At the very beginning of the game, choose the person you want to develop to the maximum level. Take this captain to as many missions as possible, and you can also promote him in the Clan Creator Menu by spending experience points for this purpose.

On the Winning Team

Trophy type: bronze Description: Achieved 100 victories with the Kiryu Clan.

Note: This is one of the trophies associated with the Clan Creator, which is the most extensive mini-game in Yakuza 6.

Winning 100 fights will take you a long time, but there is a way to make the task easier. First, try to complete all story missions and create a good single team of strong captains in the meantime. Then begin to repeat the simplest missions of Clan Creator, choosing the best captains from the Kiryu Clan. This will allow you to quickly win more fights and without carefully tracking the actions of the captains, who should do great even without your close supervision.

What a Player

Trophy type: bronze Description: Played all mini-games.

Note: This is a similar trophy to those of the other parts of Yakuza games. After finding each new mini-game, play it at least once. You don't have to win and you can choose any difficulty level.

In addition to the "obvious" mini-games, this achievement require to complete 3 activities in the temple in the town of Onomichi. Also make sure to play all 6 games available in the arcade saloon.

Dragon of DoGYMa

Trophy type: bronze Description: Experienced every RIZAP training.

Note: RIZAP is the name of the gym located in Kamurocho, which can be visited during the exploration of the game world.

Obtaining the trophy is not very problematic. In the gym there are 6 different workouts to choose from and each of them must be played at least once. The game won't allow you to do more than two workouts at a time, but you can spread out your time by returning to the gym for other workouts.

I'll Have the Calamari

Trophy type: bronze Description: Defeated the Emperor Squid.

Note: The Emperor Squid can be found while exploring the depths. Confronting with it can be like fighting a boss.

This trophy is associated with Spearfishing mini-game, which concerns diving and hunting fish. The mini-game can be unlocked by reaching the Onomichi jetty. Then, the game will display a list of places where you can dive.

Each underwater hunt ends with a confrontation with the boss and a Squid can appear even after selecting a location for beginners. If you have a problem with defeating it, then lower the difficulty level of the game or take an interest in Substories 46-49, which help you to unlock better weapons for underwater hunting.

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Trophy type: bronze Description: Reached Beloved Customer rank at Snack New Gaudi.

Note: This trophy is associated with mini-game with drinking at the bar. Snack New Gaudi is a bar in Onomichi, which you can visit for the first time during the playthrough of the Side Quest (Substory 40) number 40. This is possible only after reaching Chapter 5 of the main storyline.

You need to make friends with other people who appear in the bar. You must level up to Level 3 of friendship with each of these NPCs and then complete a unique side quest related to that person. Making friends with 4 characters will allow you to advance to the required rank.

Club Shine Star

Trophy type: bronze Description: Requested every hostesses.

Note: This achievement is associated with the Cabaret Club Shine located in Kamurocho.

After entering the club, you will be asked by a staff member to choose a hostess with whom you would like to spend a nice time. Each time choose a different hostess and return to the club until you meet with every woman at least once.

The Internet's Real Purpose

Trophy type: bronze Description: Chatted with both lovely Live Chat ladies.

Note: Chat is one of the mini-games / optional in-game activities in Yakuza 6.

The location where you can chat is Mantai Internet Cafe in Kamurocho and there's is a side quest associated with it (Substory 22).

There are two women to chat with. Complete each of the chats at least once. The conversation may proceed freely and it does not affect the chances of unlocking the achievement.

To Be This Good Takes Ages

Trophy type: bronze Description: Played every Club SEGA game.

Note: Club SEGA is the name of arcade saloon located in Theater Square in Kamurocho. It allows you to interact with selected machines and play older titles released by SEGA.

There are a total of 6 games to check out - Fantasy Zone, Puyo Puyo, OutRun, Space Harrier, Super Hang-On and Virtua Fighter 5. In each of them you can choose any difficulty level and achieve any score. The only thing that matters is the fact that you have to play them.

That's Purrecious

Trophy type: bronze Description: Rescued 3 stray cats.

Note: Finding and feeding stray cats is associated with mini-game in Nyan Nyan Cafe. This café is located in Kamurocho and for the first time you will visit it as part of a side quest (Substory 21) number 21.

Kiryu must have different varieties of cat food and it can be bought in a store or acquired as a loot. There are a total of 19 stray cats to be found in Kamurocho and Onomichi. To achieve this, you need to make friends with any 3 cats. You have to serve them the type of food that suits them until it is possible to call an employee of Nyan Nyan Cafe to arrive at the place and take the pet to the cat cafe.

All places of cats location is marked on a separate page - All cats in Yakuza 6.

Play Ball

Trophy type: bronze Description: Won a baseball game.

Note: Baseball is one of the more extensive mini-games in Yakuza 6.

You can try to play baseball for the first time by completing a side mission (Substory 34) numbered 34 in Onomichi. The requirements of the baseball mini-game were described on the Minigames list page. Winning a single game shouldn't be a big challenge.

Dandling Dragon

Trophy type: bronze Description: Experienced the trials of raising a baby.

Note: This achievement can be missed and that will happen if you don't take the proper steps to calm Haruto, the child that Kiryu is taking care of. Be sure to create a separate save before proceeding to Chapter 3 of the game, because you only have a chance to get this trophy in this chapter.

While taking care of Haruto in Chapter 3, you will have to entertain the child several times to calm it down. These are special mini-games that appear only in this chapter of the storyline.

Your task is to choose and check the right responses based on the child's observations in order to fill Haruto's satisfaction bar. If you're having a trouble figuring out the type of action, then wait a minute for Kiryu to give you a hint. You will have a several approaches to this mini-game and in at least one of them you need to fill the Haruto joy bar before the time limit ends.

How Fortutious

Trophy type: bronze Description: Pulled "Great Blessing" at the temple.

Note: This trophy is associated with visiting the temple in Onomichi. One of the attractions of this location is the possibility of taking out lucky fates.

Getting this achievement is dependent on your luck. Buy more tickets until you get a ticket that says Great Blessing.

Get Out and Stay Out

Trophy type: bronze Description: Made a store employee angry at you.

Note: This is a rather enigmatic achievement, which unlocking should not cause you any problems. There is also a chance that you will get them automatically during the playthrough, without making special efforts.

To anger the employee of the store can occur during fights with random opponents. After the start of the confrontation, move to the vicinity of one of the nearby shops so that during the fighting it was partially damaged e.g. shatter the storefront window. After you win the fight, talk to the store employee. You'll get the trophy if the employee is angry enough to throw Kiryu out of the shop.

Off the Beaten Path

Trophy type: bronze Description: Found and passed through a secret passage.

Note: This is a simple achievement that you can easily get while exploring Kamurocho or Onomichi. Secret passages are all these places where Kiryu has to squeeze through cause it's too narrow to walk normally. So explore the side alleys and areas at the back of buildings until you locate one of these places.

Not the Brightest Idea

Trophy type: bronze Description: Jumped from a dangerously high place.

Note: A dangerous place is the roof of a building. There are two locations where you can easily get this achievement:

1. Batting Center in Kamurocho
2. Onomichi Market

After you get to the roof of one of the listed places, locate a place where you can approach the edge and jump down.

Pretty Tasty

Trophy type: bronze Description: Activated five types of eatery combos.

Note: This achievement can be obtained during the normal playthrough of the game, but assuming that you will often visit bars, restaurants and fast food and order a lot of food in them.

Buying some items at the same location will unlock the combination for matching the set. Such a combo guarantees a greater bonus for food consumption. Buy food until you unlock five combinations (there are more in the game). For more information, check the Hunger and character development page in our guide.

Commemorative Photo

Trophy type: bronze Description: Took a photo of Ono Michio-kun.

Note: Ono Michio-kun is a local mascot of the Onomichi, which is one of the two main locations in the Yakuza 6 game.

You can find the mascot (the man in disguise) at various locations in Onomichi after completing side mission (Substory 31) number 31. After you see Ono Michio-kun, approach him to ask for a photo.

Can of Whoop Ass

Trophy type: bronze Description of: Engaged enemies while a drink's effect is active.

Note: This is an achievement with a complicated description, which in fact is easy to get. Buy or get any drink, which guarantees some passive effect (status) - it can be e.g. a bonus for injuries or bring Kiryu to a drunken state.

After you get some status after drinking a beverage, attack any opponents encountered during the exploration of the map. You have to do this before the status will end, but if you fail, you can just buy another drink.

Life Through Kiryu's Eyes

Trophy type: bronze Description: Walked around in first person mode for 30 seconds.

Note: It's one of the easiest trophies in the game. Press the right analog knob to switch into the first person view (FPP). Stay in this mode until you unlock the achievement. Just remember to be on the move, not standing still.

No Photos

Trophy type: bronze Description: Got surrounded by enemies while trying to take a picture.

Note: Obtaining this trophy is easy. Get close to any group of opponents encountered during the free exploration of the world. Quickly press the up button on the directional pad before they run up to Kiryu to start a fight with them.