Taoka Fumiko

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Taoka Fumiko ( Japanese 田 岡 フ ミ 子 ; * around 1920 in Hyōgo prefecture as Fukayama Fumiko ( 深山 フ ミ 子 ); † January 24, 1986 ) was the wife of Taoka Kazuo , the third gang leader ( Kumichō ) of the yakuza group Yamaguchi-gumi . She gained particular fame when she took over the management of the organization after his death.

Life

Fukayama Fumiko married the Yakuza Taoka Kazuo in May 1944 . After the death of her husband Taoka in July 1981, she took over the leadership of his yakuza group Yamaguchi-gumi . She was supported in this by an eight-person committee. This was an unusual step in the patriarchal yakuza milieu, although women can be influential, but tend to stay in the background. It was reported about Fumiko herself that during her husband's lifetime she played a mediating role between him and his subordinates and tried to avoid conflicts within the organization.

Originally, Taoka Fumiko and her board of directors of the organization were supposed to temporarily take care of the management of the organization until the previous deputy Yamamoto Ken'ichi of Taoka Kazuo would be released from prison. However, when Yamamoto died before his release in February 1982, it became apparent that the next gang leader would come from the ranks of the body. In the election for the new gang leader, Takenaka Masahisa , Taoka Fumiko's favorite candidate, prevailed against Yamamoto Hiroshi . Their attempt to swear Yamamoto to the new gang leader failed. He did not recognize Takenaka's victory, renounced Yamaguchi-gumi with other like-minded people and founded the yakuza group Ichiwa-kai in June 1984 . Shortly afterwards, she handed over the leadership of Yamaguchi-gumi to Takenaka in a solemn ceremony on Shikoku Island .

literature

  • David E. Kaplan, Alec Dubro: Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld . University of California Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-520-27490-7 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 田 岡 フ ミ 子 . In: デ ジ タ ル 版 日本人 名 大 辞典 + Plus at kotobank.jp. Retrieved March 27, 2014 (Japanese).
  2. ↑ a b Mark Schreiber: Shocking Crimes of Postwar Japan (1996)
  3. ↑ a b Woman Who Led Gang in Japan Dies at 66 , January 26, 1986, Los Angeles Times
  4. ^ Wolfgang Herbert: Japan after sunset: Among gangsters, illegals and day laborers. (2002)
  5. ↑ Giovanni Fiandaca: Women and the Mafia: Female Roles in Organized Crime Structures (2007)
Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Taoka is the family name, Fumiko the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Taoka, Fumiko
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 田 岡 フ ミ 子 (Japanese); Fukayama, Fumiko (maiden name); 深山 フ ミ 子 (Japanese, maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Japanese director of Yamaguchi-gumi
DATE OF BIRTH around 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Hyogo Prefecture
DATE OF DEATH January 24, 1986