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'''Bōryokudan''' (暴力団), literally "violence group", is the term used by the [[Japan|Japanese]] [[police]] to describe the [[organized crime]] groups commonly known in the English-speaking world as [[yakuza]]. The term "yakuza" is actually used in Japan to refer to individual members of these groups. They refer to themselves as "'''ninkyo dantai'''" (任侠団体 (or 仁侠団体) chivalrous organization).
==Designated Boryokudan==
*Sixth [[Yamaguchi-gumi]], led by [[Kenichi Shinoda|Shinobu Tsukasa]] (real name: Kenichi Shinoda)
**Fourth [[Yamaken-gumi]], led by [[Kunio Inoue]]
***Fifth [[Kenryu-kai]], led by [[Koji Nakata (yakuza)|Koji Nakata]]
**Second [[Kodo-kai]], led by [[Kiyoshi Takayama]]
**[[Goto-gumi]], led by [[Tadamasa Goto]]
**[[Kokusui-kai]], led by [[Kazuyoshi Kudo]]
*[[Inagawa-kai]], founded by [[Kakuji Inagawa|Seijo Inagawa]] (real name: Kakuji Inagawa)
*[[Sumiyoshi-kai]], led by [[Shigeo Nishiguchi]] and [[Hareaki Fukuda]]
**[[Sumiyoshi-ikka]], led by [[Hareaki Fukuda]]
**[[Shinwa-kai (Takamatsu)|Shinwa-kai]], led by [[Katsuhiko Hosotani]] (real name: Kunihiko Hosotani) and [[Hirofumi Kira]]
*Fourth [[Kudo-kai]], led by [[Satoru Nomura]]
*Third [[Kyokuryu-kai]], led by [[Yoshihiro Onaga]]
*[[Okinawa Kyokuryu-kai]], led by [[Kiyoshi Tominaga]]
*Fifth [[Aizukotetsu-Kai]], led by [[Toshitsugu Zukoshi]]
*Fifth [[Kyosei-kai]], led by [[Atsumu Moriya]]
*Sixth [[Goda-ikka]], led by [[Kanji Nukui]]
*Fourth [[Kozakura-ikka]], led by [[Kiei Hiraoka]]
*Third [[Asano-gumi]], led by [[Yoshiaki Kushita]]
*Second [[Dojin-kai]], led by [[Seijiro Matsuo]]
*[[Soai-kai]], led by [[Akira Takamura]] (real name: Sin Myong U)
*<del>Third [[Yamano-kai]]</del>
*<del>[[Ishikawa-ikka]]</del>
*Third [[Kyodo-kai]], led by [[Nozomu Ikezawa]]
*[[Taishu-kai]], led by [[Hiroshi Hidaka]]
*Seventh [[Sakaume-gumi]], led by [[Zaikaku Kin|Kozaburo Kanayama]] (real name: Zaikaku Kin)
*<del>[[Kyokuto-SakuraiSoke-Rengokai]], led by [[Kazuo Shimura]]</del>
*[[Kyokuto-kai]], led by [[Shinichi Matsuyama]] (real name: Cho Kyu Hwa)
*[[Azuma-gumi]], led by [[Kiyoshi Azuma]] (real name: Kiyoshi Kishida)
*[[Matsuba-kai]], led by [[Kuniyasu Makino]] (real name: I Chun Song)
*<del>[[Kokusui-kai]], led by [[Kazuyoshi Kudo]]</del>
*<del>Second [[Dainippon-Heiwa-kai]]</del>
*Second [[Fukuhaku-kai]], led by [[Shoshiro Wada]] (real name: Makio Wada)
==Other famous Boryokudan==
*[[Kanto-kai]], founded by [[Yoshio Kodama]]
*[[Ichiwa-kai]], led by [[Hiroshi Yamamoto (yakuza)|Hiroshi Yamamoto]]
*[[Nakano-kai]], led by [[Taro Nakano]]
*Second [[Honda-kai]]
==See also==
*[[yakuza]]
[[Category:Japanese terms]]
[[Category:Organized crime terminology]]
[[Category:Yakuza groups]]
[[ja:暴力団]]
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