Yakuza Kiwami Licensed Music Restoration Patch

This guide will instruct you on how to restore the licensed music that was cut from the western version of Yakuza Kiwami.

Description

Welcome, Kyoudai.

The purpose of this guide is to tell you how to restore the licensed music from the Japanese version of Yakuza Kiwami that was unfortunately cut from all western versions of the game due to SEGA refusing to license the songs in question - "Receive You [Reborn]" and "BLEED" by Japanese singer "Koshi Inaba".
Furthermore, contrary to some popular belief the cuts pertain to more than just the game's intro scene, thankfully this guide will cover all the necessary steps needed to restore all of the cut music so worry not.
Restorations pertain to the game's intro cutscene, another cutscene very early in the game and the game's ending credits scene.
Those of you that might be familiar with our music restoration patches for the PS3 and PS4 Yakuza titles should be right at home with this guide, as the steps to follow will be just as simple if not simpler thanks to not needing a hacked PS3 or PS4 console to use this.
This video below will give you a glimpse of what you can expect after restoring the licensed music, it comes from the PS4 version of my patch so there might be minor differences in menus and logos in the video, but the general principle regarding the music and how it's placed is exactly the same.

https://vimeo.com/318309143

Installation

Now here come the steps on how to install the patch.

First of all, you will need to download the package from the link below which contains the patch and all its necessary files:
https://www.nexusmods.com/yakuzakiwami/mods/34/

After that, extract the contents of the archive with the patch to a folder of your own choice, it's compressed in 7z format which can be unpacked using 7zip or WinRAR, though I do recommend 7zip for best compatibility to avoid any potential issues.

Next you'll need to open the folder with the game itself, naturally make sure it's installed beforehand.
You can do so by Right Clicking it in your Steam Library and then selecting Properties -> go into the Local Files tab -> and finally press the Browse Local Files button which will open the folder with the game.

If you're playing the game in English:
Now all you will need to do is select all the files from this licensed music restoration patch and copy them to the folder with the game, overwriting the files when asked if you want to do so - this is crucial.

If you're playing the game in Japanese:
First, before copying any files you will need to rename the "movie_w64_e" folder found inside the mod files to "movie_w64_j".
Then you will need to do is select all the files from this licensed music restoration patch and copy them to the folder with the game, overwriting the files when asked if you want to do so - this is crucial.
Finally, you will also need to copy the contents of "Only For Japanese Language Version" folder and copy them to the folder with the game, overwriting the files when asked if you want to do so - again, this is crucial.

The only thing left for you at this point is to simply start the game and enjoy it in all its restored glory.
You can expect similar guides for future Yakuza games once they make their way to PC in the future.

NOW STEP THE F󠛡󠛡U󠛡󠛡C󠛡󠛡K UP, IT'S TIME TO DIE!

Conclusion

I would also like to direct your attention to the upcoming Yakuza Kenzan fantranslation project being worked on by my friend, Slow, you can find more information about it as well as my patches for the PS3 and PS4 Yakuza titles over on his website which can you find under the link below:
http://yakuzapatch.tumblr.com/

[Bodhit]

nexus download speeds are way too slow, can you also upload this on an alternate site like gamebanana or google drive?

[Slow]

I have no recollection of the version, so I'd recommend not using the executable, it's only for the second intro

[Tony]

what versions are the executables because i am getting a black screen on using the japanese exe.

[Archie]

Does this work with Gamepass version or no

[Slow]

It should be possible, yes. If it uses exe edits - just don't use exe from the mod.

[<flashmoZZg>]

@Slow is it possible to make it work wil lodmod?

[abusive]

can we please get a gdrive link!

[Lao]

nvm winrar was just being shit LOL

[Lao]

man I gotta be special ed or this shit isn't working. I import the files, replace data and the Kiwami.exe with the ones from the Music Restoration download, I try launching the game, I see a black screen, and it then proceeds to close. I have my game set to english via properties, language, then english, and I haven't even touched the japanese folder in the Restoration download.

[Slow]

Hi! Sorry, I am not aware of a way to enable it on xbox pass version.
You can just use the second intro by renaming the video file itself