Taishu-kai

The Taishu-kai (太州会, Taishū-kai^?) is a yakuza organization based in Fukuoka Prefecture on the Kyushu island of Japan, with an estimated 180 active members.

The Taishu-kai was formed around 1954 under the name "Ota Group" (太田グループ, Ōta Gurūpu^?) by Kuniharu Ota (太田 州春, Ōta Kuniharu^?), a mineworker who became the first president. The Ota Group was later renamed the "Ota-gumi" (太田組, Ōta-gumi^?), and again renamed the "Taishu-kai" in May 1973. Yoshihito Tanaka (or Yoshito Tanaka) succeeded Ota in December 1991.

Headquartered in Tagawa, Fukuoka, the Taishu-kai is one of the five independent Fukuoka-based designated yakuza syndicates, along with the Kudo-kai, the Dojin-kai, the Fukuhaku-kai and the Kyushu Seido-kai.

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