Harukichi Yamaguchi

{{Short description|Japanese mob boss (1881–1938)}}

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|birth_date=1881

|birth_place=Tsuna, Hyōgo

|death_date=January 17, 1938 (aged 57)

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{{nihongo|Harukichi Yamaguchi|山口 春吉|Yamaguchi Harukichi|extra=1881 – January 17, 1938}} was the founder of the Yamaguchi-gumi, which grew to become Japan's largest and most powerful yakuza organization.{{cite news |last1=Kobe gang's |first1=100th anniversary |title=Mags go big for Kobe gang's 100th |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/01/17/national/media-national/mags-go-big-kobe-gangs-100th/ |access-date=22 September 2022 |agency=www.japantimes.co.jp |publisher=Mark Schrieber |date=17 January 2015}}

Yamaguchi established the group in Kobe in 1915, and was its kumicho or Godfather until 1925 when he was succeeded by his son Noboru Yamaguchi.

Yamaguchi died at the age of 57.