Taishu-kai explained

The is a yakuza organization based in Fukuoka Prefecture on the Kyushu island of Japan, with an estimated 70 active members.^[1]

History

The Taishu-kai was formed around 1954 under the name by, a mineworker who became the first president. The Ota Group was later renamed the, and again renamed the "Taishu-kai" in May 1973. Yoshihito Tanaka (or Yoshito Tanaka) succeeded Ota in December 1991.^[2]

Condition

Headquartered in Tagawa, Fukuoka,^[3] the Taishu-kai is one of the five independent Fukuoka-based designated yakuza syndicates, along with the Kudo-kai, the Dojin-kai, the Fukuhaku-kai and the Kyushu Seido-kai.^[4]

The Taishu-kai is a member of an anti-Yamaguchi-gumi fraternal federation, the "Yonsha-kai", along with the Kitakyushu-based Kudo-kai, the Kurume-based Dojin-kai and the Kumamoto-based Kumamoto-kai.^[5]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Organized Crime Situation 2023. 26. National Police Agency. https://web.archive.org/web/20240330010050/https://www.npa.go.jp/sosikihanzai/R05sotaijousei/r5jousei.pdf. 30 March 2024. 30 March 2024.
2. http://www.npa.go.jp/hakusyo/h05/h050101.html "1993 Police White Paper Chapter 1 : The Actual Condition of the Boryokudan"
3. http://www.npa.go.jp/sosikihanzai/bouryokudan/boutai/h22_bouryokudan.pdf "Boryokudan Situation in 2010"
4. http://www.npa.go.jp/english/kokusai/20.pdf "Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime"
5. The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi Complete Databook 2008 Edition : "The funeral of the Fourth Kudo-kai Honorary Adviser Hideo Mizoshita" (p.192–197), 1 February 2009, Mediax,