Boryokudan Boryokudan

Boryokudan - Definition and Overview

Bōryokudan (暴力団), literally "violence group", is the term used by the Japanese police to describe the organized crime groups popularly known as yakuza.

Famous Boryokudan

  • Fifth Yamaguchi-gumi, led by Watanabe Yoshinori
  • Inagawa-kai, led by Inagawa Kakuji
  • Sumiyoshi-kai, led by Nishiguchi Shigeo
  • Fourth Kudo-kai, led by Nomura Satoru
  • Third Kyokuryu-kai, led by Onaga Yoshihiro
  • Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai, led by Tominaga Kiyoshi
  • Fifth Aizukotetsu-Kai, led by Zukoshi Toshitsugu
  • Fifth Kyosei-kai, led by Moriya Atsumu
  • Sixth Goda-ikka, led by Nukui Kanji
  • Fourth Kozakura-ikka, led by Hiraoka Kiei
  • Third Asano-gumi, led by kushita Yoshiaki
  • Second Dojin-kai, led by Matsuo Seijiro
  • Shinwa-kai, led by Hosotani Kunihiko
  • Soai-kai, led by Sin Myong U
  • Third Kyodo-kai
  • Taishu-kai
  • Seventh Sakaume-gumi, led by Kin Zaikaku
  • Kyokuto-SakuraiSoke-Rengokai, led by Shimura Kazuo
  • Kyokuto-kai, led by Cho Kyu Hwa
  • Azuma-gumi, led by Kishida Kiyoshi
  • Matsuba-kai, led by I Chun Song
  • Kokusui-kai, led by Kudo Kazuyoshi
  • Nakano-kai, led by Nakano Taro
  • Second Fukuhaku-kai, led by Wada Makio

See also

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