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  2. List of Yakuza syndicates - Wikipedia

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    The Inagawa-kai is the third-largest yakuza family in Japan, with roughly 3,300 members. It is based in the Tokyo-Yokohama area and was one of the first yakuza families to expand its operations outside of Japan. Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi (神戸山口組, Kōbe-Yamaguchi-gumi) The Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi is the fourth-largest yakuza family, with 3,000 ...

  3. Yamaguchi-gumi - Wikipedia

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    Yakuza membership has been steadily declining since the 1990s. According to the National Police Agency , the total number of registered gangsters fell 14% between 1991 and 2012, to 78,600. [ 15 ] Of those, 34,900 were Yamaguchi-gumi members, a decline of 4% from 2010. [ 15 ]

  4. Goda-ikka - Wikipedia

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    The group was formed in 1948 as the Goda-gumi (合田組, Gōda-gumi) in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi by Koichi Goda, then a member of an old yakuza clan, the Kagotora-gumi. The Goda-gumi was renamed the Goda-ikka in 1968. [3] It was registered as a designated yakuza group under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in July 1992. [4]

  5. Takeda clan - Wikipedia

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    Minamoto no Yoshimitsu was famous in horsemanship and archery, here playing the musical instrument shō. The Takeda are descendants of the Emperor Seiwa (858–876), the 56th Emperor of Japan, and are a branch of the Minamoto clan (Seiwa Genji), by Minamoto no Yoshimitsu (1056–1127), son of the Chinjufu-shōgun Minamoto no Yoriyoshi (988-1075), and brother to the famous Minamoto no Yoshiie ...

  6. Kudo-kai - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. How To Play The Yakuza Series In Chronological Order

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    Called Ryū ga Gotoku 8 in Japan, this is the first main series game in the West to use the Like a Dragon title instead of Yakuza, due to the events of the game prior.

  8. Kamurochō - Wikipedia

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    Kamurochō has appeared in every Yakuza main series title, beginning with the franchise's inaugural 2005 eponymous title. The district is introduced as the seat of power for the Tojo Clan (東城会, Tōjō-kai), the dominant yakuza organization in the Tokyo metropolitan area as well as the wider Kanto region of eastern Japan, its borders ...

  9. Shimazu clan - Wikipedia

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    Their tactics included the luring of the opposition into an ambush on both sides by arquebus troops, creating panic and disorder. Central forces would then be deployed to rout the enemy. In this way, the Shimazu were able to defeat much larger clans such as the Itō, Ryūzōji and Ōtomo. Overall, the Shimazu was a very large and powerful clan ...