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You see that picture? That is no fake. That man on the left, Fari Salievski, of Liverpool NSW, won a competition SEGA held last year promoting Yakuza 3 that offered a replica full body tattoo of the game’s protagonist, Yakuza Kiryu. The estimated value of this tattoo job is $9000. Pretty lucky guy don’t you think?

Here is a glimpse of the process:

Today, as Yakuza 4 is about to hit shelves (exclusively for the PS3), SEGA finally announced the winner to the competition. Salievski, 46 years old, is a 7th degree martial arts master who runs the KMA Champion Martial Arts school in Liverpool, one of the largest in the country teaching Hapkido, Brazilian Jiujitsu, Kickboxing & MMA. His school is also Sydney’s only official American Top Team affiliate where he trains Cage
Fighters. Cage fighter guys! Cage fighters!

The tattoo work was done by artist Josh Roelink of Tatudharma Studios in Sydney. Pretty intense job right?

Interview is here.

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lol.. i guess if he likes it and saved money then that’s good for him!


omggg intense

but when the dude turns old and saggy

his back will NOT be a pretty sigh D:


Wow, that is amazing and it’s so expensive. But if you’re a die heart fan, money isn’t a problem. I’m guessing the process must have hurt a lot. Thanks for sharing.


this is crazy, i don’t like tattoos!!


wow. now he can look like a real yakuza!


Awesome, too bad the guy who won doesn’t have the body to really pull it off.


that freaking crazy!!! 


ohmygod thats kinda crazy to be honest.. lol pointless too.. sorry to say. but thanks for sharing


wow im not a fan of tattoos but thats pretty cool though it must have hurt look at the size of it! :O


wao..I dun think I’ll feel happy to win that because I dun like to tattoo myself and I dun like ppl with tattoos too..


woooaah thats amazing! it looks so painful though ><
thanks for sharing!


uhh I would want $9000 but if I can’t and just cuz it’s $9000 worth I might do it on impulse! oh but the pain and other stuff D: in my right mind I would never do it.


why is Fari’s in Korean?? lol but I <3 it that’s hot


that has got to hurt :S


Ohhh owie >3< i would just want the $9000 XD if not possible, I’d just give it up, cause Im not a fan of tattoos… And especially the fact it’s full body x.x it looks really cool though!! Thanks for sharing! 


oh gosh… 9000 for pain and a permanent mark on your body.. no thanks ><”


OMG that crazy!!! it must take a long time to get it done!!


Holy crap. That is...crazy. Wow. o_o
It’s a badass tattoo, but that’s gotta hurt. >_o


Oh wow, that’s pretty crazy. The tattoo art design is amazing! Too bad I don’t like tattoos XD hehe. But that’s pretty awesome!


Wow, that’s pretty crazy. It looks amazing but I don’t think I could ever do a full body tattoo like that. The winner must be a huge Yakuza fan and really excited about the finished product. He did get a $9000 tattoo. wink Thanks for sharing!



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