In this game, Majima has a much more calm and serious demeanor that develops into his standard sadomasochistic one during a war between a number of families in a fight for a patch of land known as the Empty Lot.

According to Scott Strichart, who handled localization and production on a number of Yakuza games, Majima is a bit of a "class clown"—someone with a "joker-esque personality"—which is opposite to his calm demeanor in the prequel.

However, he noted that while fans felt that Majima went "insane", the Ryu Ga Gotoku Studio said that he "makes a conscious choice to... let loose".

[4] Strichart said that while fans might miss previous Yakuza characters like Kiryu and Majima, he hoped they would be receptive to Takayuki Yagami, the protagonist from the next game Judgment.

[5] Series' producer Daisuke Sato said that ever since the release of Yakuza 0, Majima has become far more popular, to the point that many developers thought it was possible to create a new spin-off game focused around him.

The remake of the game, Yakuza Kiwami, added further scenes where Majima stalks Kiryu, aiming to make his rival stronger through new fights.

During Yakuza 3, Kiryu pleads with Majima once more to go back to the Tojo Clan and support the newly appointed Sixth Chairman, Daigo Dojima, as a contingency against any future troubles.

In Yakuza 5, Majima is in negotiations with the Tsukimino branch of the Omi Alliance under Dojima's orders to help put a stop to the rising tensions between the two clans.

The prequel Yakuza 0 provides additional backstory for Majima, presenting a different and much more controlled version of the character years prior to his first appearance.

It is revealed that he was thrown out of the Shimano Family for attempting to aid his sworn brother Saejima in an attack on the Ueno Seiwa Clan, which landed the latter in prison with the death penalty.

Majima was tortured for a year and his left eye gouged out, after which he was handed over to Shimano's sworn brother Tsukasa Sagawa in the Omi Alliance.

Sagawa forces Majima to manage the Cabaret Grand in Sotenbori, Osaka, where he is nicknamed by the locals the "Lord of the Night" due to his managerial acumen and proven success in turning the club's fortunes around.

Wishing to return to his yakuza roots, Majima gets the opportunity to make a comeback by killing a blind masseuse known as Makoto Makimura.

In 2017, Majima, alongside Saejima and Daigo, are released from prison after Kiryu made a deal with an unnamed politician in exchange for his silence in the Onomichi scandal, as well as his service to the Daidoji faction.

An enraged Shishido rallied the remaining Omi Alliance members to surround them, but ultimately he was defeated by Kiryu and detained by Daidoji agents.

Kiryu requested the trio to lend their strength in supporting Jo Sawashiro and taking down the Seiryu Clan chairman Masataka Ebina, but they refused.

Much later, as Kiryu and his friends stormed Millenium Tower in Kamurocho to confront Ebina, Majima, Saejima, and Daigo joined them to help them defeat the Seiryu clansmen.

[19] Similarly, IGN liked the handling of Majima's and Kiryu's storylines, finding them simple in contrast to the ones in Yakuza 5, which the website deemed convoluted.

[24] Game Informer noted despite not being playable with his longer screen time Majima manages to aid the player to make Kiryu a stronger fighter.

They added that "Majima's constant intervention feels a little more ingrained in the story, providing some character depth that the original game lacked.

[30] Game Revolution agreed, finding Majima's interactions with Makoto during his own side story provides further depth to the "fan favorite" character.

Majima's idolatrion for Shimano's clan reflects a similar trend in Japanese movies which embodies the concept of manliness in the same fashion as how Kiryu and Nishikiyama wish to become yakuza like their guardian Kazama.

However, the embodiement of violence present in the yakuza heavily affects Majima in the narrative to the point he tries as much he can to stop Makoto Makimura from getting involved with them.

Sagawa treats Majima like a child whenever they talk which led Sega to keep the word "chan" which is commonly used in Japanese whenever there is an inimate or playful relationship.

[35] The 2019 adventure game Later Alligator features a character named "The Knife" who resembles Majima and makes several references to the Yakuza series.