# Kodo-kai > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kodo-kai > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Kodo-kai.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodo-kai > Source revision: 1297064031 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Criminal organization based in Nagoya, Japan}} {{Infobox criminal organization | name = | image = Kodo-kai.png | image_size = | caption = The [daimon](/source/Mon_(emblem)) of the Kodo-kai | founded = 1984 | founder = [Shinobu Tsukasa](/source/Shinobu_Tsukasa), 24 other members including [Kiyoshi Takayama](/source/Kiyoshi_Takayama) | named_after = | founding_location = | years_active = 1984-present | territory = [Nagoya](/source/Nagoya), [Japan](/source/Japan) | ethnicity = Japanese | membership = 4000{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/18/yakuza-kiyoshi-takayama-arrested-japan|title=Yakuza chief arrested in Japan|website=[TheGuardian.com](/source/TheGuardian.com)|date=18 November 2010}} | leaders = | activities = [Banking](/source/Banking), [investment banking](/source/investment_banking) (for the criminal underworld) [real estate](/source/real_estate), [securities](/source/securities), [show business](/source/show_business) | allies = Seibu Rengo, Komatsu-gumi, Koike-gumi, Fukushima Rengo, Jido-kai, Omi-ikka | rivals = | notable_members = }}The '''Kodo-kai''' ({{nihongo2|弘道会}} ''Kōdō-kai'', ''Koh-doh-kai'') is a [yakuza](/source/yakuza) [criminal organization](/source/criminal_organization) based in [Nagoya](/source/Nagoya), Japan.[http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T101118006346.htm "Nation's No. 2 gangster arrested"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014092211/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T101118006346.htm |date=2012-10-14 }}, November 19, 2010, ''[Daily Yomiuri](/source/Daily_Yomiuri)'' It is a secondary organization of the Sixth [Yamaguchi-gumi](/source/Yamaguchi-gumi), the largest known yakuza syndicate in Japan.[http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201012100378.html "Police anti-gang drive in trouble"], December 11, 2010, ''[Asahi Shimbun](/source/Asahi_Shimbun)'' With an estimated membership of 4,000,[https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/nov/18/yakuza-kiyoshi-takayama-arrested-japan "Yakuza chief arrested in Japan"], November 18, 2010, ''[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian)'' it is the second-largest Yamaguchi affiliate after the [Yamaken-gumi](/source/Yamaken-gumi), and operates in at least 18 [prefectures](/source/Japanese_prefectures).[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20050819f3.html "Police wary as Yamaguchi-gumi prepares to fete sixth don"], August 19, 2005, ''[The Japan Times](/source/The_Japan_Times)'' The Kodo-kai is under close surveillance by the [National Police Agency](/source/National_Police_Agency_(Japan)), as the NPA considers the organization to not be a traditional yakuza organization, but to be more like a [mafia](/source/mafia)-type organization or [terrorist organization](/source/terrorist_organization).[http://www.kinyobi.co.jp/backnum/antenna/antenna_kiji.php?no=1632 "The "Top Operations" for destroying the Yamaguchi-gumi Kodo-kai, arresting from the kumicho to the number 3"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002211434/http://www.kinyobi.co.jp/backnum/antenna/antenna_kiji.php?no=1632 |date=2011-10-02 }}, December 17, 2010, ''Weekly Friday'' {{in lang|ja}} The Kodo-kai is notorious for its defiant attitude toward the official, and has dispensed with the yakuza's traditional policy of co-operating with the police. The Kodo-kai has been one of the wealthiest clans in the Yamaguchi-gumi, with an immense working capital estimated at around $5 billion. ==History== The Kodo-kai was founded in 1984 by [Shinobu Tsukasa](/source/Shinobu_Tsukasa)[http://www.npa.go.jp/hakusyo/h22/honbun/pdf/22p02000.pdf "2010 Police White Paper Chapter 2 : Furtherance of Organized Crime Countermeasures, Columun 1 : Kodo-kai Countermeasures"], 2010, ''[National Police Agency](/source/National_Police_Agency_(Japan))'' {{in lang|ja}} with 24 other members including [Kiyoshi Takayama](/source/Kiyoshi_Takayama). At this time, Tsukasa became a formal member of the Fourth Yamaguchi-gumi. When the Fifth Yamaguchi-gumi started in May 1989, Tsukasa assumed the position of ''wakagashira-hosa'' (one of the third-ranking bosses). [[File:Nagoya Station at Night 3280199097.jpg|thumb|right|260px|The Kodo-kai's territories include [Sakae](/source/Sakae%2C_Nagoya), the largest downtown in the Nagoya area.[http://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/-/783 "Police internal document with a strategy for destroying the 'Kodo-kai'"], July 7, 2010, ''[Gendai Business](/source/Weekly_Gendai)'' {{in lang|ja}}]] [Kiyoshi Takayama](/source/Kiyoshi_Takayama) was promoted to the number-two boss (''wakagashira'') in 1989, and to the 2nd president (''kaicho'') in March 2005. The Kodo-kai expanded under Takayama's administration, and by late 2009 its total membership reached 4,000. Takayama became a formal member of the Fifth Yamaguchi-gumi in April, 2005, and assumed the position of ''wakagashira-hosa'' in June, 2005. And when Tsukasa became the ''kumicho'' (Godfather) of the Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi in July 2005, his Kodo-kai partner Takayama was given the position of the ''wakagashira'' (number-two boss) on August 8.[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070214f1.html "From rackets to real estate, yakuza multifaceted"], February 14, 2007, ''[The Japan Times](/source/The_Japan_Times)'' ==Era== ===1st (1984–2005)=== [Shinobu Tsukasa](/source/Shinobu_Tsukasa), also one of the third-ranking bosses (''wakagashira-hosa'') of the Fifth Yamaguchi-gumi and the founding head of the Tsukasa-kogyo. He would later become the head of the Hirota-gumi and the supreme boss of the Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi. ===2nd (2005–)=== [Kiyoshi Takayama](/source/Kiyoshi_Takayama) who is the number-two boss (''wakagashira'') of the Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi and the founding head of the Takayama-gumi, and former chief director (''rijicho'') of the Ryoshin-kai. ==Activities== Described as a "financial mafia" by a former officer of the [Aichi Prefectural Police](/source/Aichi_Prefectural_Police) Department, the Kodo-kai's activities include [banking](/source/banking) or [investment banking](/source/investment_banking) for the criminal underworld. The Kodo-kai is allegedly also very active and powerful in traditional "yakuza-friendly" businesses, such as the [real estate business](/source/Real_estate), [securities business](/source/Securities) and [show business](/source/show_business).[http://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/print/780 "Police's 'Yamaguchi-gumi Cleanup Operation' behind the O-zumo's 'Baseball Gambling'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119111244/https://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/print/780 |date=2021-01-19 }}, July 1, 2010, ''[Gendai Business](/source/Weekly_Gendai)'' {{in lang|ja}} A senior member of another Yamaguchi-affiliate has revealed that the Kodo-kai manages a private [intelligence organization](/source/intelligence_organization) which specializes in [espionage](/source/espionage) including police-targeted intelligence.[http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/news/110121/crm11012113080213-n2.htm "Muddy Stream of Doubt : One year until the Yamaguchi-gumi kumicho's prison release, Will there be any 'industry reorganization'? Boryokudan maneuver to assemble information" 2/5] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111106212818/http://sankei.jp.msn.com/affairs/news/110121/crm11012113080213-n2.htm |date=2011-11-06 }}, May 2, 2010, ''[Sankei Shimbun](/source/Sankei_Shimbun)'' {{in lang|ja}} According to Japanese media sources, the organization is among the most profitable of all the yakuza factions in Japan. Kodo-kai reportedly raked in an immense amount of money by being the sole supplier of rock, sand, and gravel for the [Chūbu Centrair International Airport](/source/Ch%C5%ABbu_Centrair_International_Airport) construction project. The organization continues to earn large revenue by controlling the stevedoring and warehousing companies at the [Port of Nagoya](/source/Port_of_Nagoya), and having a monopoly on [sex-oriented](/source/Prostitution_in_Japan) establishments in the Nagoya area.''Sentaku Magazine'' (reprinted in the ''[Japan Times](/source/Japan_Times)''), "[http://www.japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2015/10/23/commentary/japan-commentary/kodokai-still-raking-funds-despite-tougher-yakuza-laws/ Kodo-kai still raking in funds despite tougher yakuza laws]", 23 October 2015 ==Affiliates== The Kodo-kai's known branch organizations have included : *'''Seibu Rengo''', based in [Hakata, Fukuoka](/source/Hakata%2C_Fukuoka), [Kyushu](/source/Kyushu).[http://kyushu.yomiuri.co.jp/news/national/20110627-OYS1T00199.htm "The Kodo-kai Kyushu top is arrested, relating to the construction works for the Nagasaki University Hospital"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110630032502/http://kyushu.yomiuri.co.jp/news/national/20110627-OYS1T00199.htm |date=2011-06-30 }}, June 25, 2011, ''[Yomiuri Shimbun](/source/Yomiuri_Shimbun)'' {{in lang|ja}} *'''Komatsu-gumi''', based in [Tokyo](/source/Tokyo). Launched around 1987, Komatsu-gumi have its offices in several districts in Tokyo, including [Taito](/source/Taito%2C_Tokyo) and [Minato](/source/Minato%2C_Tokyo).[http://www.47news.jp/CN/201101/CN2011012901000261.html "Yamaguchi-gumi Kodo-kai affiliate kumicho is arrested, on suspicion of extorting"], January 29, 2011, ''47 News'' {{in lang|ja}} *'''Koike-gumi''', based in [Chiba](/source/Chiba_Prefecture).[http://www.chibanippo.co.jp/news/chiba/society_kiji.php?i=nesp1295589794 "Kodo-kai affiliate kumicho is arrested, on suspicion of a car loan fraud"], January 21, 2011, ''Chiba Nippo'' {{in lang|ja}} *'''Fukushima Rengo''', based in [Sapporo, Hokkaido](/source/Sapporo%2C_Hokkaido).[http://www.47news.jp/news/2011/01/post_20110118141401.html "Nine are arrested for unregistered loaning, the system finance belonging to the Kodo-kai"], January 18, 2011, ''47 News'' {{in lang|ja}} *'''Jido-kai''', based in [Nagano, Nagano](/source/Nagano%2C_Nagano), the largest Kodo affiliate in [Nagano Prefecture](/source/Nagano_Prefecture).[http://www.asahi.com/national/jiji/JJT201012040121.html "Kodo-kai wakagashira-hosa is arrested on suspicion of fraud — Aomori, Nagano Police"], December 4, 2010, ''[Asahi Shimbun](/source/Asahi_Shimbun)'' {{in lang|ja}} *'''Omi-ikka''', based in [Otsu, Shiga](/source/Otsu%2C_Shiga). The Omi-ikka was founded in 2003 by the eldest son of [Tokutaro Takayama](/source/Tokutaro_Takayama), the fourth president of the [Kyoto](/source/Kyoto)-based [Aizukotetsu-kai](/source/Aizukotetsu-kai).[http://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/print/1620 "The background of the arrest of the wakagashira Kiyoshi Takayama, is a fierce conflict for the 'Kyoto concession'!"], November 25, 2010, ''[Gendai Business](/source/Weekly_Gendai)'' {{in lang|ja}} among others. == References == {{reflist}} Category:Organizations established in 1984 Category:1984 establishments in Japan Category:Yakuza groups Category:Yamaguchi-gumi --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Kodo-kai](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodo-kai) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodo-kai?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.