Yakuza: Like a Dragon - Yu Nanba Character Guide

Character Guide for Yu Nanba in Yakuza: Like a Dragon on PS5 and PS4, including a character overview, recommended jobs and techniques.

Yu Nanba

Yu Nanba Character Profile

Yu Nanba is a party member character in Yakuza: Like a Dragon. Nanba is a former doctor who lost his license after getting caught channeling drugs to the black market. He is now spending his life as a homeless man. He met Kasuga in the dumpster being left dead and started to treat his gunshot wounds inflicted by Masumi Arakawa.

Yu Nanba joins your team in Chapter 3. He is voiced by Ken Yasuda (JP) and Greg Chun (EN).

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Yu Nanba Best Jobs

Here are the jobs accessible to the character organized by requirement:

All Character Best Jobs

Available Job	Requirement	Battle Style
Homeless Guy	Starting job	Attack using cane weapons. Allows the use of hobo-based skills such as using alcohol to breath fire and summon attack pigeons. Recommended Job for Yu Nanba.
Breaker	Level 1 or higher	Attack using chain anklet weapons. Allows the use of dance-based to damage enemies and buff the attack stat of allies.
Musician	Level 1 or higher	Attack using guitar weapons. Allows the use of music to boost allies and reduce fighting spirit of enemies. Recommended Job for Yu Nanba.
Bodyguard	Level 15 or higher	Attack using Katana weapons. Allows the use hard-hitting attacks and skills that also cost the user’s HP
Chef	Level 15 or higher Bond level 2 or higher	Attack using cooking utensil weapons. Allows the use of cooking methods to hurt enemies such as flames and cutlery.
Fortuneteller	Level 20 or higher Bond level 3 or higher	Attack using fortune-telling gemstone weapons. Allows the use of fortune telling skills to inflict status ailments. Recommended Job for Yu Nanba.
Host	Level 20 or higher Bond Level 4 or higher	Attack using liquor bottle weapons. Allows the use of service-related skills to steal from enemies or support the party. Recommended Job for Yu Nanba.
Enforcer	Level 25 or higher Bond Level 4 or higher	Attack using riot shield and baton weapons. Allows the use of shields to protect allies.
Foreman	Level 1 or higher Bond Level 5 or higher	Attack using demolition hammer weapons. Allows the use of heavy-hitting skills and crushed objects to hurt enemies.
Devil Rocker (DLC)	Level 1 or higher Bond Level 5 or higher	Attack using electric guitar weapons. Allows the use of madness and destructive performance to hurt enemies. Recommended Job for Yu Nanba.

Yu Nanba Best Weapons

Here are the best weapons for each job accessible to the character:

All Best Weapons

Homeless Best Weapon

Weapon	Attack	Magic	Recovery	Special Effects
Wooden Cane	148	137	147	This weapon comes with an effect that boosts the fire attributes damage.

Yu Nanba Best Skills

Here are the best skills for each job accessible to the character:

All Job Skills

Default Character Skills

Job Skill	Level Rank	Skill Type	MP	Skill Description
Power Nap	Level 5	Character Skill	8 MP	Recover some HP by sleeping on the spot.
Healing Powder	Level 10	Character Skill	10 MP	Cobble together medicine to restore an ally’s HP.
Power Snooze	Level 15	Character Skill	17 MP	Greatly recover HP by sleeping on the spot.
Essence of Resuscitation	Level 25	Character Skill	30 MP	Nanba’s special way of bringing a friend back from the brink. Revives a fallen ally.
Healing Bolus	Level 35	Character Skill	25 MP	Cobble together medicine to greatly restore an ally’s HP
Power Slumber	Level 45	Character Skill	30 MP	Fully recover HP by sleeping on the spot.
Tag Team: Heat Buster	Bond Level 5	Bond Skill	43 MP	Pulverize the enemy with a scorching hot swing from a superheated bat. This move cannot be used if Kasuga if afflicted with certain status effects.

Homeless Character Skills

Job Skill	Job Rank	Skill Type	MP	Skill Description
Pyro Breath	Rank 10	Character Skill	52 MP	Unleash a condensed stream of superheated stank that deals heavy fire damage to one enemy and those around them. May leave the enemy burned.
Malodorous Stench	Rank 18	Character Skill	30 MP	Nanba unleashes an otherworldly stench that lowers the Attack and Defense of all enemies.

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Other Characters

▼Yakuza: Like a Dragon Playable Characters

Ichiban Kasuga	Yu Nanba	Koichi Adachi
Saeko Mukuoda	Joon-gi Han	Tianyou Zhao
Eri Kamataki	–	–

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