Taishu-kai

The Taishu-kai (太州会, Taishū-kai) is a yakuza organization based in Fukuoka Prefecture on the Kyushu island of Japan, with an estimated 80 active members.

The daimon of the Taishu-kai

History

The Taishu-kai was formed around 1954 under the name "Ota Group" (太田グループ, Ōta Gurūpu) by Kuniharu Ota (太田 州春, Ōta Kuniharu), a mineworker who became the first president. The Ota Group was later renamed the "Ota-gumi" (太田組, Ōta-gumi), and again renamed the "Taishu-kai" in May 1973. Yoshihito Tanaka (or Yoshito Tanaka) succeeded Ota in December 1991.[1]

Condition

Headquartered in Tagawa, Fukuoka,[2] 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.[3]

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.[4]

References
  1. "1993 Police White Paper Chapter 1 : The Actual Condition of the Boryokudan", 1993, National Police Agency (in Japanese)
  2. "Boryokudan Situation in 2010", April 2011, National Police Agency (in Japanese)
  3. "Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime", December 2009, National Police Agency
  4. 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, ISBN 978-4-86201-358-3 (in Japanese)
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