The '''Honda-kai''' (本多会) were a Japanese yakuza gang active in Kobe in the middle of the 20th century.
The Honda-kai was a "bakuto" gang, mainly devoted to illegal gambling. After World War II, they formed an alliance with the Yamaguchi-gumi syndicate, then growing under the leadership of Kazuo Taoka. But the power-sharing arrangement was unsuitable to Taoka, and the Honda-kai were soon absorbed into the Yamaguchi-gumi's ranks and ceased to be an independent operation.
It is believed that an American Yamaguchi-gumi syndicate began utilizing the '''Honda-kai''' (本多会) name in the mid-2000s.<ref>[http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/gangsters_outlaws/gang/yakuza/3.html CrimeLibrary - The Yakuza]</ref>
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Category:Yakuza groups Category:Yamaguchi-gumi Category:1940 establishments in Japan Category:1997 disestablishments in Japan
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