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Name Japanese Name Headquarters Designated in Notes Ishikawa-ikka 石川一家 Saga: 1993–1995 Ishikawa is the surname of the boss. It was joined to the Yamaguchi-gumi V in 1995. Dainippon-Heiwa-kai II 二代目大日本平和会 Hyogo: 1994–1997 It was successor of Honda-kai. Dainippon means Great Japan and heiwa means peace. It was not ...
Japanese crime bosses (20 P) Y. Yakuza members (3 C, 31 P) This page was last edited on 23 February 2021, at 21:11 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
He was born Chogoro Yamamoto, but changed his name when he was adopted, a common Japanese practice. [17] His life and exploits were featured in sixteen films between 1911 and 1940. The roots of the yakuza survive today in initiation ceremonies , which incorporate tekiya or bakuto rituals .
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On August 27, 2015, Japanese police confirmed that powerful factions, including the Kobe-based Yamaken-gumi, the Osaka-based Takumi-gumi, and the Kyoyu-kai, broke away from the Yamaguchi-gumi and formed a new group called the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi. [17] [18] Prior to the split, the organization consisted of seventy-two factions. [19]
After concerted police pressure in the 1960s, smaller gangs either disappeared or began to consolidate in syndicate-type organizations. In 1990, three large syndicates (Yamaguchi-gumi, Sumiyoshi-kai, Inagawa-kai) dominated organized crime in the nation and controlled more than 1,600 gangs and 42,000 gangsters. Their number has since swelled and ...
The Kudo-kai (工藤會, Kudō-kai) is a yakuza group headquartered in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka on the Kyushu island of Japan, [2] with an estimated 200 active members. [1] The Kudo-kai has been a purely independent syndicate ever since its foundation, and has caused numerous conflicts with the Yamaguchi-gumi (at least on eight separate occasions in 2000; at least one Yamaguchi-affiliate boss was ...
Pages in category "Gangs in Japan" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Bōsōzoku; S. Super Free