Ken'ichi Shinoda
Ken'ichi Shinoda ( Japanese 篠 田 建 市 Shinoda Ken'ichi ; born January 25, 1942 ) is under the name Shinobu Tsukasa ( 司 忍 ) the sixth and current gang leader ( Kumichō ) of the largest yakuza group Yamaguchi-gumi .
Life
Shinoda was jailed for murder for 13 years in the 1970s. In 2005 he became the new head of Yamaguchi-gumi after Yoshinori Watanabe retired. He is the organization's first non- Kansai gang leader.
Web links
- Japan's new godfather sets his sights on Tokyo , November 26, 2005, The Guardian
Yamaguchi Harukichi (1915-1925) | Yamaguchi Noboru (1925-1942) | Taoka Kazuo (1946–1981) | Masahisa Takenaka (1984–1985) | Yoshinori Watanabe (1989-2005) | Ken'ichi Shinoda (since 2005)
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| SURNAME | Shinoda, Ken'ichi |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 篠 田 建 市 (Japanese); Tsukasa Shinobu (pseudonym); 司 忍 (Japanese, pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | sixth and current gang leader of the Yamaguchi-gumi |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 25, 1942 |