Yakuza Kiwami – All MesuKing Card Locations Guide

I’m not really sure how I feel about Yakuza Kiwami‘s MesuKing minigame since it’s basically a more flashy paper rock scissors, but I know how I feel about 100%ing the Yakuza games — and I’ve just gotta do it.

I hope you didn’t get your fill running around Kamurocho trying to find the coin locker keys, because finding MesuKing cards is pretty much the same runaround, just with more sub-story requirements to get them all.

You can’t find MesuKing cards before you initiate and complete sub story 68 — but once you do, the district explodes with 59 cards for you to collect and add to your sexy bug lady card collection and use to teach kids life lessons.

All we’re going over in this guide is where and how to find all of the cards sprinkled about Kamurocho, from sub-stories to vendors and keeping an eye on the ground. I highly recommend you use the Card Watcher item (gotten from Kiwami Bob Utsunomiya on Showa St.) when hunting down cards so you don’t have to run around half-blind (as this guide is best used with the item).

So, let’s get to the map. Insect cards are noted in blue and technique cards in yellow.

Underneath I’ve listed all the cards not mapped and how you obtain them. Below that is a list of the cards themselves, and some have notes about their location (such as when they’re indoors or require you press R3 to go into first-person mode to pick up).

Cards not mapped:

Technique cards

• 002 – Obtained from sub story 68
• 004 – Can be purchased from Ebisu Pawn
• 007 – Found in the Underground Red-light District
• 008 – Obtained from sub story 74
• 009 – Obtained from sub story 68
• 012 – Obtained from sub story 72
• 014 – Can be purchased from Ebisu Pawn
• 015 – Obtained from sub story 76
• 016 – Obtained from sub story 71
• 017 – Obtained from sub story 68
• 019 – Obtained from sub story 70
• 022 – Can be bought from the weapon vendors in Purgatory
• 024 – Can be bought from the weapon vendors in Purgatory
• 026 – Can be bought from the weapon vendors in Purgatory
• 028 – Can be bought from the weapon vendors in Purgatory
• 029 – Found in the Underground Red-light District

Insect cards

• 001 – Found in the Coliseum lobby
• 002 – Obtained from sub story 77
• 004 – Can be bought from the weapon vendors in Purgatory
• 005 – Can be purchased from Ebisu Pawn
• 010 – Obtained from sub story 73
• 015 – Obtained from sub story 68
• 019 – Can be obtained by repeatedly winning MesuKing battles at Club SEGA. You have to win 15 or so times and can fight anyone via the “Battle with someone” option, and you can do it against the same opponent each time
• 020 – Obtained from sub story 75
• 029 – Can be found in Purgatory north of the fountain (Must use R3 to obtain). Location image seen below

Insect cards

• 001 – Giraffe Stag-Beetle
• 002 – Hercules Beetle
• 003 – Empress Cicada
• 004 – Queen Alexandra Birdwing
• 005 – Minminzemi Cicada
• 006 – Iwasakikusa Cicada
• 007 – Seven-spotted Ladybug
• 008 – Stag Beetle
• 009 – Damselfly (Found up in a tree, must use R3 to get)
• 010 – Japanese Giant Mantis
• 011 – Miyama Stag Beetle
• 012 – Paper Wasp
• 013 – Sawtooth Stag Beetle (Found on the ground behind a sign)
• 014 – Honey Bee
• 015 – Japanese Rhino Beetle
• 016 – Old World Swallowtail (Found pressed between two buildings, must use R3 to get)
• 017 – Western Hercules Beetle
• 018 – Small White
• 019 – Ashy Gray Ladybug
• 020 – Wasp King
• 021 – Autumn Darter (Found in a cramped alley)
• 022 – Walking Flower Mantis
• 023 – Atlas Moth
• 024 – Atlas Beetle (Found in a doorway)
• 025 – Orange Ladybug
• 026 – Kawana’s Ladybug
• 027 – Asian Giant Hornet
• 028 – White-tailed Skimmer
• 029 – Giant Petaltail
• 030 – Devil’s Flower Mantis

Technique cards

• 001 – Cartwheel Kick
• 002 – Face Masher
• 003 – Elbow Drop
• 004 – Super Elbow Drop
• 005 – Kestrel Punch
• 006 – Super Kestrel Punch (Found inside Cafe Alps)
• 007 – Finish Breaker
• 008 – Last Resort
• 009 – Omni Choke
• 010 – Strangle Hold
• 011 – Romero Special
• 012 – Super Romero Special
• 013 – Leg Splitter
• 014 – Super Leg Splitted
• 015 – Tie Breaker
• 016 – Finish Time
• 017 – Body Slam
• 018 – Tomoe Nage
• 019 – Giant Swing
• 020 – Super Giant Swing
• 021 – Piledriver (Found inside MEB)
• 022 – Super Piledriver
• 023 – Taunt
• 024 – Counter Heal
• 025 – Double Drop
• 026 – Super Double Drop
• 027 – Banana Split
• 028 – Mystic Heal
• 029 – Tornado Back Fist

If you’re less worried about MesuKing and more interested in what’s in those coin lockers, check out my coin locker key locations guide.