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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 ...
The Yamaguchi-gumi is the largest yakuza family, accounting for 30% of all yakuza in Japan, with 3,500 members and 3,800 quasi-members as of 2023. [2] From its headquarters in Kobe, it directs criminal activities throughout Japan. It is also involved in operations in Asia and the United States.
On April 17, 2007, Tetsuya Shiroo, a senior ranking member of the Suishin-kai (an affiliated yakuza family to the Yamaguchi-gumi), assassinated Iccho Itoh, the mayor of Nagasaki, over an apparent dispute over damage done to Shiroo's car at a public works construction site. [12] On May 26, 2008, Tetsuya Shiroo was sentenced to death. [13]
Pages in category "Yakuza members" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. George Abe; Noboru Ando; E.
Kenichi Shinoda (篠田 建市, Shinoda Ken'ichi, born January 25, 1942), also known as Shinobu Tsukasa (司 忍, Tsukasa Shinobu), is a Japanese yakuza and the sixth and current kumicho (supreme kingpin, or chairman) of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza organization.
Yakuza – retroactively called Yakuza 1 by fans – was the first game in the series to be released, and prior to the release of Yakuza 0, was the earliest point in the story’s timeline.
Shimizu Jirochō (Japanese: 清水次郎長, 14 February 1820 – 12 June 1893) was a famous yakuza and entrepreneur. [2] [3] He is considered a folk hero in Japan. [2]Born Chōgorō Yamamoto (山本潮五郎), he was adopted by his uncle Jirohachi Yamamoto who was a rice wholesaler. [4]
Not every famous estate fight is over money, though. ... So, the 24/7 Wall St. list of the Most Infamous Family Estate Feuds is based as much on the notoriety of the cases as the size of the estates.