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The leader of any gang or conglomerate of yakuza is known as the oyabun ("boss"; literally "parent status"), and the followers are known as kobun ("protégés," or "apprentices"; literally "child status"). The rigid hierarchy and discipline are usually matched by a right-wing ultranationalistic ideology.
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As he puts it, "Yakuza are dropouts from society. They've suffered, and they're just trying to help other people who are in trouble." The secret to understanding the Yakuza, Miyazaki believes, lies in their past — one that stretches back to the 17th century. How The Yakuza Began With Japan's Social Outcasts
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Tushar Nagpal August 20, 2023 Crime Yakuza organizations are under the leadership of an oyabun or kumichō, who issues directives to their subordinates, known as kobun. In this context, the Yakuza ranking structure reflects a variation of the traditional Japanese senpai-kōhai (senior-junior) model.
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Yakuza ( Japanese: ヤクザ, IPA: [jaꜜkɯza]; English: / jəˈkuːzə, ˈjækuːzə /), also known as gokudō (極道, "the extreme path", IPA: [gokɯꜜdoː]), are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan.
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The Modern Samurai INSTAGRAM @pen_and.sword Many yakuza claim that their history goes back centuries and that they are descendants of rogue rōnin (masterless samurai) gangs, this has not been proven, however, the oldest surviving yakuza gang, Aizukotetsu-kai in Kyoto, was founded sometime in the 1870s.. In Feudal Japan (1185-1603 CE) the samurai were elite military warriors who were the bulk.
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A Yakuza family has a structure superficially similar to a Mafia family. A single patriarch (kumicho) rules the clan.He has various lieutenants, under-bosses and minor gang leaders beneath him in a roughly pyramidal structure [source: Crime Library].Regional leaders, assistants, advisers and an assortment of thugs further complicate the Yakuza clan structure.