Bōryokudan

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Bōryokudan (暴力団), literally "violence group", is the term used by the Japanese police to describe the organized crime groups commonly known in the English-speaking world as yakuza. The term "yakuza" is actually used in Japan to refer to individual members of these groups. They refer to themselves as "ninkyō dantai" (任侠団体 (or 仁侠団体), "chivalrous organizations").

The numbers which precede the names of bōryokudan groups refer to the group's leadership. For example, Yoshinori Watanabe headed the fifth Yamaguchi-gumi; on his retirement, Shinobu Tsukasa became head of the sixth Yamaguchi-gumi, and "Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi" is the group's formal name.

[edit] Designated Bōryokudan

  • Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi (六代目山口組), led by Shinobu Tsukasa (real name: Kenichi Shinoda), designated from June, 1992
  • Inagawa-kai (稲川会), founded by Seijo Inagawa (real name: Kakuji Inagawa), designated from June, 1992
  • Sumiyoshi-kai (住吉会), led by Shigeo Nishiguchi and Hareaki Fukuda, designated from June, 1992
  • Fourth Kudo-kai (四代目工藤會), led by Satoru Nomura, designated from June, 1992
  • Third Kyokuryu-kai (三代目旭琉会), led by Yoshihiro Onaga, designated from June, 1992
  • Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai (沖縄旭琉会), led by Kiyoshi Tominaga, designated from June, 1992
  • Fifth Aizukotetsu-kai (五代目会津小鉄会), led by Toshitsugu Zukoshi, designated from July, 1992
  • Fifth Kyosei-kai (五代目共政会), led by Atsumu Moriya, designated from July, 1992
  • Sixth Goda-ikka (六代目合田一家), led by Kanji Nukui, designated from July, 1992
  • Fourth Kozakura-ikka (四代目小桜一家), led by Kiei Hiraoka, designated from July, 1992
  • Third Asano-gumi (三代目浅野組), led by Yoshiaki Kushita, designated from December, 1992
  • Dojin-kai (道仁会), led by Yoshihisa Onaka, designated from December, 1992
  • Second Shinwa-kai (二代目親和会), led by Katsuhiko Hosotani (real name: Kunihiko Hosotani) and Hirofumi Kira, designated from December, 1992
  • Soai-kai (双愛会), led by Akira Takamura (real name: Sin Myong U), designated from December, 1992
  • Third Kyodo-kai (三代目侠道会), led by Nozomu Ikezawa, designated from March, 1993
  • Taishu-kai (太州会), led by Hiroshi Hidaka, designated from March, 1993
  • Seventh Sakaume-gumi (七代目酒梅組), led by Kozaburo Kanayama (real name: Zaikaku Kin), designated from May, 1993
  • Kyokuto-kai (極東会), led by Shinichi Matsuyama (real name: Cho Kyu Hwa), designated from July, 1993
  • Azuma-gumi (東組), led by Kiyoshi Azuma (real name: Kiyoshi Kishida), designated from August, 1993
  • Matsuba-kai (松葉会), led by Kuniyasu Makino (real name: I Chun Song), designated from February, 1994
  • Second Fukuhaku-kai (三代目福博会), led by Shoshiro Wada (real name: Makio Wada), designated from February, 2000

[edit] Other famous Bōryokudan

[edit] See also

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