Goda-ikka
{{Short description|Yakuza group}}
{{Infobox criminal organization
| name = Goda-ikku
| image = 合田一家.png
| image_size = 120px
| caption = The daimon of Goda-ikka
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| founder = Koichi Goda
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| founding_location = Yamaguchi, Japan
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| membership = 30{{cite web|url=https://www.police.pref.chiba.jp/content/common/000065484.pdf | title=000065484.pdf|website=ChibaPolice |accessdate=2025-04-21}}
| leaders = Makoto Suehiro
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The {{Nihongo|Goda-ikka|合田一家|Gōda-ikka}} is a yakuza group based in Yamaguchi, Japan.[http://www.npa.go.jp/english/kokusai/20.pdf "Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110810212614/http://www.npa.go.jp/english/kokusai/20.pdf|date=August 10, 2011}}, December 2009, National Police Agency It is a designated yakuza group and Yamaguchi Prefecture's largest, with an estimated 60 members.{{Cite report|author=National Police Agency{{in lang|ja}} |date=2020-04-02|title=令和元年における組織犯罪の情勢【確定値版|url=https://www.npa.go.jp/sosikihanzai/kikakubunseki/sotaikikaku06/R1.sotaijousei.pdf|pages=7–40|accessdate=2020-04-29}}
History
The group was formed in 1948 as the {{nihongo|Goda-gumi|合田組|Gōda-gumi}} in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi by Koichi Goda, then a member of an old yakuza clan, the Kagotora-gumi. The Goda-gumi was renamed the Goda-ikka in 1968.[http://www.npa.go.jp/hakusyo/h05/h050101.html "1993 Police White Paper Chapter 1 : The Actual Condition of the Boryokudan"], 1993, National Police Agency {{in lang|ja}} It was registered as a designated yakuza group under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in July 1992.[http://www.boutui-kochi.net/itiran.htm "List of designated boryokudan groups under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law"], 2 August 2011, The Kochi Prefectural Center for the Elimination of Violence {{in lang|ja}}
Kanji Nukui became its six-generation president in 1994. In October 2009, following his retirement, Makoto Suehiro became the seventh-generation president.[http://www.minato-yamaguchi.co.jp/yama/news/digest/2009/1021/7.html "The 7th President announces the succession, The Goda-ikka, The Prefectural Police on red alert"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008061013/http://www.minato-yamaguchi.co.jp/yama/news/digest/2009/1021/7.html |date=2011-10-08 }}, 21 October 2009, Yamaguchi Shimbun {{in lang|ja}}
Description
Based in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, the Goda-ikka has known offices in two other prefectures.[http://www.npa.go.jp/hakusyo/h22/honbun/pdf/22p02000.pdf "2010 Police White Paper Chapter 2 : Furtherance of Organized Crime Countermeasures"], 2010, National Police Agency {{in lang|ja}}
It is the largest yakuza group in Yamaguchi Prefecture, followed by the Yamaguchi-gumi. As of 2008, about 64% of yakuza members in Yamaguchi Prefecture belong to the Goda-ikka.[http://www.police.pref.yamaguchi.jp/1090/09kyogikai/pdf/kyougikai08425.pdf "2008's First Shunan City Police Department Conference Proceedings"]{{dead link|date=October 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, 2008, Yamaguchi Prefectural Police {{in lang|ja}}
Since 1996, the Goda-ikka has been a member of an anti-Yamaguchi federation, the Gosha-kai, along with three other Chugoku-based organizations, the Kyosei-kai, the Kyodo-kai, the Asano-gumi, and the Shikoku-based Shinwa-kai.[http://www.web-sanin.jp/gov/boutsui/mini36.htm "The Fourth Kyosei-kai"], 20 February 2008, Matsue Joho Center {{in lang|ja}}
References
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