{{Short description|Yakuza group in Chiba, Japan}} [[File:双愛会.png|thumb|upright|Daimon of Soai-kai]] The {{Nihongo|'''Soai-kai'''|双愛会|Sōai-kai}} is a yakuza organization based in Chiba, Japan.<ref>[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> The Soai-kai is a designated yakuza group with an estimated 80 active members.<ref>{{Cite report |url=https://www.police.pref.chiba.jp/content/common/000065484.pdf |title=000065484.pdf |author=Chiba Police |date= |pages= |format=PDF |accessdate=2025-04-21}}</ref>
==History== The Soai-kai was formed in 1945 by Toramatsu Takahashi, then a member of a Yokohama-based bakuto group named the Sasada-ikka. Originally named the {{nihongo|"Gyosui-kai"|魚水会}} as an affiliate of the Sasada-ikka, the group was renamed the {{nihongo|"Takatora-gumi"|高寅組}} and again renamed the Soai-kai in 1955 when the group became independent from the Sasada-ikka.<ref>[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>
==Condition== Headquartered in Ichihara, Chiba, the Soai-kai is one of the three dominating yakuza groups in Chiba Prefecture, along with the Sumiyoshi-kai and the Inagawa-kai.<ref>[http://www.police.pref.chiba.jp/safe_life/gangsters/index3.php "Condition of Boryokudan"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110820064903/http://www.police.pref.chiba.jp/safe_life/gangsters/index3.php |date=2011-08-20 }}, as of late 2010, ''Chiba Prefectural Police'' {{in lang|ja}}</ref>
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{{Designated Boryokudan}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Soai-Kai}} Category:Organizations established in 1945 Category:1945 establishments in Japan Category:Yakuza groups