Taishu-kai


The Taishu-kai is a yakuza organization based in Fukuoka Prefecture on the Kyushu island of Japan, with an estimated 90 active members.

History

The Taishu-kai was formed around 1954 under the name "Ota Group" by Kuniharu Ota, a mineworker who became the first president. The Ota Group was later renamed the "Ota-gumi", and again renamed the "Taishu-kai" in May 1973. Yoshihito Tanaka succeeded Ota in December 1991.

Condition

Headquartered in Tagawa, Fukuoka, 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.
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.

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