Kyodo-kai

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The Third Kyodo-kai (三代目侠道会, Sandaime Kyōdō-kai^?) is a yakuza gang based in Onomichi, Hiroshima, Japan. It was designated as a "boryokudan" group by the Hiroshima prefectural public safety commission in 1992.

Its current kumicho is Nozomu Izekawa.

[edit] Successive kaichos

• 1st (1969-1989): Kokichi Morita (森田 幸吉), who was also a top leader of the Takahashi-gumi.
• 2nd (1989-2001): Kazuo Morita (森田 和雄), a younger brother of Kokichi Morita.
• 3rd (2001-): Nozomu Ikezawa (池澤 望)

[edit] Current top leaders

• kaicho - Nozomu Ikezawa
• kaicho-daiko - Takashi Ide (井手 隆志) (kumicho of the Ide-gumi (井手組))
• rijicho - Koji Sato (佐藤 光司) (kumicho of the Second Shimomori-gumi (二代目下森組))
• honbucho - Eitetsu Tanaka (田中 英哲) (kaicho of the Kowa-kai (幸和会))
• kanjicho - Takanori Yonemura (米村 孝徳) (kaicho of the Second Tenzan-kai (二代目天山会))