was the 4th ''kumicho'' of the
Yamaguchi-gumi
is Japan's largest '' yakuza'' organization. It is named after its founder Harukichi Yamaguchi. Its origins can be traced back to a loose labor union for dockworkers in Kobe before World War II.
It is one of the largest criminal organizations i ...
,
Japan's largest
yakuza
, also known as , are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. The Japanese police and media, by request of the police, call them , while the ''yakuza'' call themselves . The English equivalent for the ter ...
gang.
He took the role of kumicho (supreme Godfather) in 1984, but was assassinated at a girlfriend's home in
Osaka
is a designated city in the Kansai region of Honshu in Japan. It is the capital of and most populous city in Osaka Prefecture, and the third most populous city in Japan, following Special wards of Tokyo and Yokohama. With a population of ...
early the next year by a rival faction, the
Ichiwa-kai. The killing sparked a massive yakuza war, the
Yama-Ichi War, in which more than 20 people died.
Yamaguchi-gumi
Yakuza members
Japanese crime bosses
1933 births
1985 deaths
People from Himeji, Hyōgo
Murdered gangsters
Deaths by firearm in Japan
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