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, also known as , is a yakuza, the sixth and current ''kumicho'' (supreme "Kingpin") of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza organization.〔Johnston, Eric, "(Yakuza don exits the big house )", ''Japan Times'', 10 April 2011, p. 2.〕 == Career == Shinoda was born in Ōita, Kyushu.〔("Pre-Notification For Upcoming Designation Of Transnational Organized Criminal Elements : IDENTIFYING INFORMATION : YAKUZA : Entry 1 : Yamaguchi-gumi : Person 1 : Kenichi Shinoda" ) ''Malta Financial Services Authority''〕 He began his yakuza career in 1962 when he joined the Hirota-gumi, a Nagoya-based Yamaguchi-gumi affiliate. Following the disbanding of the Hirota-gumi, he founded the Kodo-kai with Kiyoshi Takayama among others in 1984 as the successor to the Hirota-gumi. Under Shinoda and his long-term partner Takayama, the Kodo-kai was a successful branch of the Yamaguchi-gumi, establishing branches in 18 prefectures—including expansion into the Kantō region, traditionally not Yamaguchi territory. Shinoda took control of the 40,000-strong gang on July 29, 2005 after the retirement of previous don Yoshinori Watanabe. Under Shinoda, the Kobe-based Yamaguchi-gumi is expected to continue that expansion into Tokyo and Eastern Japan. According to both yakuza and police, this movement will inevitably create conflict between the Yamaguchi-gumi and the Kanto-Hatsukakai, a federation of Tokyo-based yakuza groups including the Inagawa-kai and the Sumiyoshi-kai. Shinoda is the first Yamaguchi-gumi ''kumicho'' not to hail from the Kansai region. He also eschews the "supreme Godfather" image, in public at least: after his appointment as ''kumicho'', he insisted on taking the train to his induction ceremony instead of a chauffeured limousine. He also reportedly stopped in a street ramen noodle restaurant on the way to the lavish yakuza banquet arranged in his honor. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Kenichi Shinoda」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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