Goto-gumi

The Goto-gumi (後藤組, Gotō-gumi^?) was a Japanese yakuza organization founded by Tadamasa Goto.

The gang was originally formed in Fujinomiya, Shizuoka Prefecture, but moved its activities east in 1991 when it merged with a gang in Hachiōji, Tokyo. The Goto-gumi, as an affiliate of Japan's largest yakuza organization, the Kobe-based Yamaguchi-gumi, was seen as a vanguard for Yamaguchi expansion into the Kantō region.

The gang achieved notoriety the following year when five of its members assaulted and seriously injured Japanese filmmaker Juzo Itami. The attack was in retaliation for Itami's negative portrayal of the yakuza in his film Minbo no Onna.

On October 14, 2008 Goto was expelled from the Yamaguchi-gumi and the Goto-gumi was split into two parts, headed by Mr. Rachi and Mr. Tsukamoto, two of Goto's chief executives. At the time of the expulsion, the supreme godfather Shinobu Tsukasa was in jail, and the expulsion was officially accepted by the number-two, Kiyoshi Takayama, the head of the second Kodo-kai. In April 2009 Tadamasa Goto publicly entered study for Buddhist priesthood.

In 2011 a Japanese man believed to be connected to the Goto-gumi was killed in Thailand.

The Goto-gumi was active in various fields of business, such as the financial industry, real estate industry, construction industry, and in the political world. Also, the Goto-gumi had allegedly been very influential in the entertainment industry,.

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