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Kazuo Taoka was the third boss of the Kobe-based Yamaguchi-gumi, who made the family into by far the biggest yakuza family in Japan. When he died of natural causes in 1981, then wakagashira (underboss) Kenichi Yamamoto was in prison and the other top lieutenants decided to wait for his release. However, in early 1982, Yamamoto suddenly died of ...
- 1985-1989
- Kansai region, Japan
The Ichiwa-kai (一和会) was a yakuza gang based in Osaka, Japan . It was formed on June 13, 1984 when Hiroshi Yamamoto, a top lieutenant in the Yamaguchi-gumi, broke from that gang to form his own organization with over 10,000 members. The split stemmed from professional jealousy: Yamamoto had been seen as a contender for the role of kumicho ...
Yamaguchi-gumi. The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi (六代目山口組, Rokudaime Yamaguchi-gumi, Japanese: [ɾokɯdaime jamaɡɯt͡ɕi ɡɯmi]) 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. [4]
Jan 5, 2022 · During the 1980s, newspapers even published scorecards listing daily death rates. It was the time of one of the bloodiest and gruesomest gang wars in Japan: The Yama-Ichi War. The story began when Kazuo Taoka, "godfather of all godfathers", head of the biggest yakuza family of Yamaguchi-gumi died of a heart attack in 1981 after ruling for 35 years.
May 25, 2021 · The 1981 death of Kazuo Taoka - the “Godfather of Godfathers” - left a power void in the Yamaguchi yakuza and led to a crime war that would ravage the streets of Kansai for almost 10 years. May 25. In 1946, Kazuo Taoka - the “Godfather of Godfathers” - took control of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza, a small time gang based in Kobe.
The Ichiwa-kai was a short-lived yakuza organization that split from the main Yamaguchi-gumi clan on 13 June 1984 and made Osaka, Japan its base. The gang was led by Hiroshi Yamamoto, who had 10,000 followers. In 1985, he had his rival Masahisa Takenaka assassinated, leading to a war with the Yamaguchi-gumi that forced him to retire in 1989, disbanding the Ichiwa-kai.
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Sep 18, 1985 · Yamamoto is the leader of the Ichiwakai crime group, a rival to Ito's Yamaguchi-gumi organization. Advertisement Aiu testified at a detention hearing for Ito, 58, also known as Hideomi or Joji Oda.
