Toshihiro Nagoshi, best known as the creator of the Yakuza series has been at Sega for quite some time—30 years, in fact, and he recently talked about working there and how Ryu ga Gotoku Studios evolved.
After sorting through 1,500 applicants Sega whittled down their search for Ryu ga Gotoku hostesses to 16 candidates, many of which are apparently real life hostesses.