The Yakuza
Yakuza (ヤクザ or やくざ), also known as gokudō (極道), are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police and media, by request of the police, call them bōryokudan (暴力団), literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" (任侠団体 or 仁侠団体), "chivalrous organizations".
Kyokuryū-kai
The Third Kyokuryu-kai (三代目旭琉会, Sandaime Kyokuryū-kai) is a Japanese yakuza gang based on Naha, Okinawa. Its current leader is Yoshihiro Onaga.
The Kyokuryu-kai has been a designated boryokudan group since June 1992.
Successive kaichos
- 1st (1970-197*): Yoshitada Nakamoto (仲本 善忠)
- 2nd (1976–1982): Shinzan Tawada? (多和田 真山)
- 3rd (1983-): Yoshihiro Onaga (翁長 良宏)
Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai
The Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai (沖縄旭琉会, Okinawa Kyokuryū-kai) is a Japanese yakuza gang based in Okinawa. It was formed in September 1990 when it split from Okinawa's main yakuza group, the Third Kyokuryu-kai.
The Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai's current leader is Kiyoshi Tominaga. The gang has been a designated boryokudan group since June 1992.
Okinawa yakuza sensō
Okinawa yakuza sensō (沖縄やくざ戦争, Okinawa yakuza sensō lit. "Okinawa Yakuza War") is a 1976 film directed by Sadao Nakajima.
