Taishu-kai
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The {{nihongo|Taishu-kai|太州会|Taishū-kai}} is a yakuza organization based in Fukuoka Prefecture on the Kyushu island of Japan, with an estimated 70 active members.{{cite web|url=https://www.npa.go.jp/sosikihanzai/R05sotaijousei/r5jousei.pdf|title=Organized Crime Situation 2023|pages=26|website=National Police Agency|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330010050/https://www.npa.go.jp/sosikihanzai/R05sotaijousei/r5jousei.pdf|accessdate=30 March 2024|archive-date=30 March 2024}}
History
The Taishu-kai was formed around 1954 under the name {{nihongo|"Ota Group"|太田グループ|Ōta Gurūpu}} by {{nihongo|Kuniharu Ota|太田 州春|Ōta Kuniharu}}, a mineworker who became the first president. The Ota Group was later renamed the {{nihongo|"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.[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}}
Condition
Headquartered in Tagawa, Fukuoka,[http://www.npa.go.jp/sosikihanzai/bouryokudan/boutai/h22_bouryokudan.pdf "Boryokudan Situation in 2010"], April 2011, National Police Agency {{in lang|ja}} 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.[http://www.npa.go.jp/english/kokusai/20.pdf "Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime"], December 2009, National Police Agency
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.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 lang|ja}}
References
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Category:Organizations established in 1954