The Fukuhaku-kai (福博会) is a yakuza organization based in Fukuoka on the Kyushu island of Japan.[1] The Fukuhaku-kai is a designated yakuza group with an estimated membership of 60.[1]
 The daimon of Fukuhaku-kai | |
| Founded | 1985 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Akira Umedu |
| Founding location | Fukuoka, Japan |
| Membership | 60[1] |
| Leader | Kuniyasu Kaneshiro |
History
editThe Fukuhaku-kai was registered as a designated yakuza organization under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in 2000.[2]
Condition
editThe Fukuhaku-kai is one of the five independent designated yakuza syndicates based in Fukuoka Prefecture, along with the Kudo-kai, the Taishu-kai, the Dojin-kai and the Kyushu Seido-kai.[3] These northern-Kyushu based organizations, excluding the Kyushu Seido-kai, have formed an anti-Yamaguchi-gumi fraternal federation known as the Yonsha-kai. The Fukuhaku-kai has never been a member of this federation,[4] however has caused at least one conflict with the Yamaguchi-gumi, which involved firearms, in 2004.[5]
Territory
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References
edit- 1 2 3 "Organized Crime Trends in 2025" (PDF). National Police Agency. pp. 17–19, 35. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 April 2026. Retrieved 16 April 2026.
- ↑ "10 years from the enforcement of the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law" Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, March 2002, National Police Agency, (in Japanese)
- ↑ "Retrospection and Outlook of Crime Measure", p.15 Archived 2011-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Masahiro Tamura, 2009, National Police Agency (in Japanese)
- ↑ The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi Complete Databook 2008 Edition : "The funeral of the Fourth Kudo-kai Honorary Adviser Hideo Mizoshita" (p.193), 1 February 2009, Mediax, ISBN 978-4-86201-358-3 (in Japanese)
- ↑ "Boryokudan Situation in 2004" (p.10) Archived 2011-07-26 at the Wayback Machine, April 2005, National Police Agency (in Japanese)
- ↑ "Crime Situation of Fukuoka Prefecture" (p.17), 2006, Fukuoka Prefecture (in Japanese)