The Second Takumi-gumi is a Japanese

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 term ...

gang affiliated with the powerful

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 ...

syndicate. The

Kansai The or the , lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshu, Honshū. The region includes the Prefectures of Japan, prefectures of Nara Prefecture, Nara, Wakayama Prefecture, Wakayama, Kyoto Prefecture, Kyoto, Osaka Prefectur ...

-based gang was founded in 1967 by

Masaru Takumi Masaru Takumi (宅見勝 ''Takumi Masaru''; June 22, 1936 – August 28, 1997) was a powerful Japanese organized crime figure assassinated in 1997. Until his death, he was the second-in-command (''wakagashira'') and financial overseer of Japan's ...

, the longtime second-in-command (''wakagashira'') and financial oversteer of the Yamaguchi-gumi. Takumi was ''kumicho'' of gang's 1000-members until his assassination in

Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...

in 1997 by members of the

Nakano-kai The Nakano-kai (中野会) was a notorious Osaka-based yakuza gang, founded by Nakano Taro, Taro Nakano (born October 30, 1936 in Oita Prefecture, Oita) in the years after World War II, World War 2. The Nakano-kai was known for its fierce bellicos ...

.The Japan Times - Kansai police braced for gang war
/ref> His successor,

Tadashi Irie ''The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi Complete Databook 2008 Edition'' : "Tadashi Irie (Takumi-gumi)", December 2008, Mediax, is a yakuza, the head (''kumicho'') of the Osaka-based 2nd Takumi-gumi

, is the current ''kumicho''.

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