{{Short description|Yakuza group}} [[File:Shinwa-kai.png|thumb|upright|Daimon of Shinwa-kai]] The {{nihongo|'''Shinwa-kai'''|親和会}} is a yakuza group based in Takamatsu, Kagawa on Shikoku, Japan.<ref name="npa_20">[http://www.npa.go.jp/english/kokusai/20.pdf "Police of Japan 2011, Criminal Investigation : 2. Fight Against Organized Crime"], December 2009, ''National Police Agency''</ref> It has an estimated 30 active members.<ref>{{Cite report|author=National Police Agency{{in lang|ja}} |date=2020-04-02|title=令和元年における組織犯罪の情勢【確定値版|url=https://www.npa.go.jp/sosikihanzai/kikakubunseki/sotaikikaku06/R1.sotaijousei.pdf|pages=7-40|format=PDF|accessdate=2020-04-29}}</ref>
==History== The Takamatsu Shinwa-kai was renamed the Shinwa-kai in 1971.<ref name="npa_h05">[http://www.npa.go.jp/hakusyo/h05/h050101.html "1993 Police White Paper Chapter 1 : The Actual Condition of the Boryokudan"], 1993, ''National Police Agency'' {{in lang|ja}}</ref> The Shinwa-kai was registered as a designated yakuza group in December 1992.<ref>[http://news.shikoku-np.co.jp/kagawa/social/201012/20101211000122.htm "The Shinwa-kai re-registered as a designated boryokudan"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111005215943/http://news.shikoku-np.co.jp/kagawa/social/201012/20101211000122.htm |date=2011-10-05 }}, 11 December 2010, ''Shikoku Shimbun'' {{in lang|ja}}</ref>
==Condition== thumb|right|Takamatsu The Shinwa-kai has been based in Takamatsu, Kagawa, ever since its formation,<ref name="npa_h05"/> and is the only designated yakuza group based in the Shikoku region.<ref name="npa_20"/> The Shinwa-kai is one of the four designated yakuza syndicates active in Kagawa Prefecture, along with the Yamaguchi-gumi, the Sumiyoshi-kai, and the Kyodo-kai.<ref>[http://www.pref.kagawa.lg.jp/kgwpub/pub/cms/upfiles/2_6896_2.pdf "Boryokudan condition in Kagawa Prefecture"], October 2010, ''Kagawa Prefecture'' {{in lang|ja}}</ref>
Since 1996, the Shinwa-kai has been a member of an anti-Yamaguchi federation named the Gosha-kai, along with four Chugoku-based organizations, the Kyosei-kai, the Kyodo-kai, the Goda-ikka, and the Asano-gumi.<ref>[http://www.web-sanin.jp/gov/boutsui/mini36.htm "The Fourth Kyosei-kai"], 20 February 2008, ''Matsue Joho Center'' {{in lang|ja}}</ref>
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{{Designated Boryokudan}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Shinwa-Kai (Takamatsu)}} Category:Yakuza groups