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group based in

Kumamoto is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2. had a population of 1,461,000, ...

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'' It was a secondary organization of the Kumamoto-rengo (熊本連合). Founded by Yoshiaki Yamano in 1954 under the name , it changed its name to "Yamano-kai" in 1956. Masatoshi Minoda succeeded as its president in 1972, and Tetsuo Ikeda became the president in 1986. The group dissolved in April 2001. However, many of its members formed a new group, the Sanshin-kai, in September of that year. The Yamano-kai was designated by the Japanese police as a bōryokudan group from December 1992 to November 2001.

Successive presidents

*1st: Yoshiaki Yamano (山野義明) *2nd: Masatoshi Minoda (蓑田正敏) *3rd: Tetsuo Ikeda (池田鉄雄)

References

Organizations established in 1954 1954 establishments in Japan Organizations disestablished in 2001 2001 disestablishments in Japan Yakuza groups based in Kyushu {{Crime-org-stub