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The is a yakuza group headquartered in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka on the Kyushu island of Japan,〔("EDITORIAL: Drive out yakuza groups" ), April 17, 2010, ''Asahi Shimbun''〕 with an estimated 630 active members.〔("2010 Police White Paper Chapter 2 : Furtherance of Organized Crime Countermeasures" ), 2010, ''National Police Agency'' 〕 (An article by the Independent newspaper ) refers to the Kudo-kai as an affiliate of the Yamaguchi-gumi, but that is false. The Kudo-kai has been a purely independent syndicate ever since its foundation, and has caused numerous conflicts with the Yamaguchi-gumi (at least on eight separate occasions in 2000; at least one Yamaguchi-affiliate boss was shot to death by the Kudo-kai in 2000〔("2001 Police White Paper Chapter 4 : Furtherance of Boryokudan Comprehensive Measures" ), 2001, ''National Police Agency'' 〕). The Independent article may mean "Kodo-kai". The Kudo-kai is the largest yakuza group in the Kitakyushu area,〔("Japan's mobsters get a big-screen reality check with policeman's film" ), July 22, 2006, ''The Independent''〕 and like other yakuza groups based in the northern Kyushu region, it is noted for its extremely militant stance, by using the likes of machine guns and hand grenades in their activities.〔("About the Anti-Kudo-kai Top Convention in the Kitakyushu Area" ), May 19, 2010, ''Fukuoka Prefecture'' 〕 The Kudo-kai is regarded as the best example of Kyushu yakuza who strongly oppose the police, get angry easily, and "fight with pride".〔("Fukuoka yakuza groups tackle police pressure in all-out war" ), 4 May 2010, ''The Tokyo Reporter'', from ''Friday'' May 14, p.22-23 〕 The National Police Agency's official report refers to the Kudo-kai as a "particularly nefarious group".〔("Boryokudan Situation in 2010" ), April 2011, ''National Police Agency'' 〕 One notable incident happened in March 1988, while feuding with a Chinese mafia syndicate attempting to enter the Kitakyushu area, the Kudo-kai attacked the Consulate General Fukuoka office of the People's Republic of China, which had nothing to do with the mafia, with shotguns and a dump truck. The Kudo-kai is a member of an anti-Yamaguchi fraternal federation, the Yonsha-kai, with three other northern-Kyushu based organizations, the Taishu-kai, Dojin-kai, and 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 〕 The Yonsha-kai had been known as the "Sansha-kai" until 2005 when the Kumamoto-kai joined it. The Kudo-kai is the principal member of this federation. ==History== The Kudo-kai was founded before WWII as a bakuto organization named the "Kudo-gumi" in Kokura by the first president Genji Kudo. In 1987, the Kudo-kai annexed the Kusano-ikka, a Kitakyushu-based yakuza clan which had frequent violent conflicts with the Kudo-kai until then. The Kudo-kai was registered as a designated yakuza group under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in 1992.〔("Kudo-kai" ), 20 August 2003, ''Nishinippon Shimbun'' 〕 Hideo Mizoshita became the third president in January 2000,〔("Hideo Mizoshita profile" ), ''Takarajima'' 〕 and he died on July 1, 2008 at the age of 61.〔("Hideo Mizoshita of the Kudo-kai dies" ), 2 July 2008, ''Fukuoka Kenmin Shimbun'' 〕 His funeral was held on July 6 of that year, where the attendees included many yakuza magnates from all over the country, such as those from the Sumiyoshi-kai, Inagawa-kai, Soai-kai, Matsuba-kai, Kyokuto-kai, Aizukotetsu-kai, Sakaume-gumi, Azuma-gumi, Asano-gumi, Kyodo-kai, Goda-ikka, Shinwa-kai, Kyosei-kai, Kozakura-ikka, Kyokuryu-kai, Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai, and even Kiyoshi Takayama of the Yamaguchi-gumi,〔 and possibly some Russian or Italian or Mexican yakuza magnates.〔''The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi Complete Databook 2008 Edition'' : "The funeral of the Fourth Kudo-kai Honorary Adviser Hideo Mizoshita", p.196's picture, 1 February 2009, Mediax, ISBN 978-4-86201-358-3 〕 In June 2011, following the 4th president Nomura's promotion to the Grand President (''sosai''), the 4th number-two (''rijicho''), Fumio Tanoue, became the president.〔("Kudo-kai : The number-2 succeeded as the 5th, With a refresh in the executive" ), June 25, 2011, ''Mainichi Shimbun'' 〕 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「Kudo-kai」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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