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67 public profiles · Japanese

Tatsuo Yamamura — Founder of the Kyosei-kai.

Kodo-kai chairman and senior Yamaguchi-gumi figure closely linked to Kiyoshi Takayama.

Toi Inagawa — Third chairman of the Inagawa-kai and son of founder Kakuji Inagawa.

Tokutaro Takayama — Fourth-generation Aizukotetsu-kai president.

Umekichi Tobi — Founder of Sakaume-gumi.

Yoshihiro Onaga — Third president of the Kyokuryu-kai.

Yoshihito Tanaka — Successor leader of the Taishu-kai.

Yoshimasa Ito — Current-era leader of Matsuba-kai.

Yoshimitsu Sekigami — Early Sumiyoshi leader associated with the transition to the Sumiyoshi-kai name.

Yoshinori Oda is a Japanese yakuza leader associated with the faction that broke from Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi and developed…

Profile of Yoshinori Watanabe, the Yamaken-gumi leader who became fifth-generation boss after the Yama-Ichi War.

A profile of Yoshio Kodama, the postwar right-wing power broker whose networks linked organized crime, business and political…

Yoshio Tsunoda — Fourth chairman of the Inagawa-kai.