Yakuza - Wikipedia
Yakuza (Japanese: ヤクザ, IPA: [jaꜜkɯdza]; English: / jəˈkuːzə, ˈjækuːzə /), also known as gokudō (極道, "the extreme path", IPA: [gokɯꜜdoː]), are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan.
Kenichi Shinoda - Wikipedia
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.
List of Yakuza syndicates - Wikipedia
The Sumiyoshi-kai is the second-largest yakuza family, with 4,200 members. Sumiyoshi-kai is a confederation of smaller yakuza groups. Its current head (会長 oyabun) is Isao Seki.
The yakuza: Inside Japan’s murky criminal underworld | CNN
Sep 15, 2015 · Kenichi Shinoda (center), head of Japan's largest organized crime syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi, after his release from prison in 2011.
Inside The Yakuza, The 400-Year-Old Mafia Of Japan - All That's …
Aug 6, 2022 · New Yakuza members would cover themselves from head to toe in elaborate, complex tattoos (in the traditional Japanese style known as irezumi), slowly and painfully etched onto the body with a sharpened piece of bamboo.
Japanese Yakuza Ranks: Names Of Yakuza Member Ranks In …
Aug 20, 2023 · Currently, Kenichi Shinoda heads the largest Yakuza syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi. Beneath the Oyabun, the hierarchy consists of three additional ranks, each falling into either the category of made men or associates.
Yakuza | History, Meaning, Rituals, & Facts | Britannica
Oct 28, 2024 · In Japan and elsewhere, especially in the West, the term yakuza can be used to refer to individual gangsters or criminals as well as to their organized groups and to Japanese organized crime in general. Yakuza adopt samurai -like …
Japanese yakuza mobster sentenced to death - BBC News
Aug 24, 2021 · A court in south-western Japan has sentenced the head of a powerful crime syndicate to death by hanging. The court in the city of Fukuoka found that Nomura Satoru, aged 74, had ordered four ...
Triad vs. Yakuza: Head-to-Head Comparison of the Two …
Triad and Yazuka are two powerful transnational organized crime syndicates from China and Japan respectively. Here’s a head-to-head comparison between them.
Yakuza Group Structure - Japan Subculture Research Center
The typical structure of a yakuza group. Artwork by @marikurisato. Illustration by Mari Kurisato （親分・おやぶん）, (子分・こぶん): group elders, group underlings. Literally, ‘father role’ and ‘child role’. （組長・くみちょう）: family head or boss (最高幹部・さいこうかん …