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Stranger Than Heaven Kure Story Trailer Pushes Daito Into the Yakuza
Fourteen years after Makoto Daito arrived in Japan searching for somewhere to belong, he appears to have found an answer. It just happens to involve the yakuza. SEGA and RGG Studio have released the second story trailer for Stranger Than Heaven, shifting Daito’s 50-year journey forward from Kokura in 1915 to Kure, Hiroshima in 1929.
Act 2 begins with Daito receiving a ceremonial sake cup from Genzo Iwaki, marking his deeper commitment to the criminal organisation he now serves. From there, the trailer follows his determination to climb through its ranks, with Daito increasingly prepared to do whatever the family demands.
It is a marked change from the man introduced in Act 1. That earlier chapter follows Daito fleeing persecution in America, stowing away to Japan, and struggling to survive after reaching Kokura. SEGA describes the story trailers as a sequential look at the people and pivotal moments shaping his life across five different cities and eras.
Kure Marks a Darker Stage of Makoto Daito’s Journey
Kure itself helps underline that change. RGG Studio’s 1929 interpretation is based on the Hiroshima port city at the height of its shipbuilding importance, with Japan’s largest naval shipyard sitting alongside increasingly visible foreign cultural influences. Organised crime also has a much stronger grip over the city than it did in Kokura.
That lines up with what we previously learned about Stranger Than Heaven’s five-city structure and its links to the origins of the Tojo Clan. Daito’s story eventually stretches through Minami in Osaka in 1943, Atami in 1951 and Shinjuku in 1965, with entertainment, technology and everyday life changing between each era.
We also experienced Kure directly during our Gamescom 2026 hands-on with Stranger Than Heaven, where its street fights demonstrated the game’s unusual system for independently controlling Daito’s left and right limbs.
Three More Stranger Than Heaven Story Acts Are Still Coming
Kure is only the second stop in RGG Studio’s planned series of story trailers. Additional videos will follow Daito through the remaining cities before launch, gradually filling in the decades between his arrival in Japan and the 1965 conclusion of his journey. SEGA’s official site confirms the complete sequence as Kokura, Kure, Minami, Atami and Shinjuku.
There are already plenty of unusual pieces surrounding that story, including a cast spanning Snoop Dogg, Ado and Tori Kelly, while Tupac Shakur’s unexpected appearance was revealed alongside the January release date. SEGA is even planning beyond the game itself, with a live-action Stranger Than Heaven adaptation already in development at Netflix.
Stranger Than Heaven launches January 15, 2027 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S and PC, with Xbox Game Pass, Xbox Play Anywhere and Xbox Cloud Gaming support also confirmed.
