The is a yakuza

Yakuza

, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...

 group based in Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi, in the center of the prefecture. The largest city, however, is Shimonoseki.- History :...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The Goda-ikka is a designated yakuza group and Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamaguchi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi, in the center of the prefecture. The largest city, however, is Shimonoseki.- History :...

's largest yakuza group with an estimated 440 members.

History

The group was formed in 1948 as the in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honshū, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu across the Kanmon Straits....

 by Koichi Goda, then a member of an old yakuza clan named the Kagotora-gumi. The Goda-gumi was renamed the Goda-ikka in 1968. The Goda-ikka was registered as a designated yakuza group under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in July 1992.

Kanji Nukui became the six generation president in 1994. In October 2009 following Nukui's retirement, Makoto Suehiro succeeded Nukui, becoming the president of the seventh generation Goda-ikka.

Condition

Based in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. It is at the southwestern tip of Honshū, facing the Tsushima Strait and also Kitakyushu across the Kanmon Straits....

, the Goda-ikka has its known offices in two other prefectures.

The Goda-ikka is the largest yakuza group in Yamaguchi Prefecture

Yamaguchi Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is the city of Yamaguchi, in the center of the prefecture. The largest city, however, is Shimonoseki.- History :...

 followed by the Yamaguchi-gumi

Yamaguchi-gumi

is Japan's largest and most infamous yakuza organization. It is named after its founder Harukichi Yamaguchi. Its origins can be traced back to a loose labor union for dockworkers in Kobe pre-WWII....

, and as of 2008, about 64% of yakuza members in Yamaguchi Prefecture belong to the Goda-ikka.

Since 1996, the Goda-ikka has been a member of an anti-Yamaguchi

Yamaguchi-gumi

is Japan's largest and most infamous yakuza organization. It is named after its founder Harukichi Yamaguchi. Its origins can be traced back to a loose labor union for dockworkers in Kobe pre-WWII....

 federation named the Gosha-kai, along with three other Chugoku-based organizations, the Kyosei-kai

Kyosei-kai

The is a yakuza group based in Hiroshima, Japan, with an estimated 280 active members and 470 semi-active members. The Kyosei-kai is the largest yakuza organization in the Chugoku region.-History:...

, the Kyodo-kai

Kyodo-kai

The is a yakuza group based in Hiroshima, Japan. The Kyodo-kai is a designated yakuza group with an estimated 180 active members and 300 semi-active members, and is the second largest yakuza group in the Chugoku region after the Kyosei-kai.-History:...

, the Asano-gumi

Asano-gumi

The is a yakuza group based in Okayama, Japan. The Asano-gumi is a designated yakuza group with an estimated 130 active members.-History:The Asano-gumi was formed in 1945 as a bakuto organization named the by Kunio Oyama. The group restarted as the Asano-gumi with the head of Shin'ichi Asano in...

, and the Shikoku

Shikoku

is the smallest and least populous of the four main islands of Japan, located south of Honshū and east of the island of Kyūshū. Its ancient names include Iyo-no-futana-shima , Iyo-shima , and Futana-shima...

-based Shinwa-kai.

Presidents

• 1st: Koichi Goda
• 2nd: Ichiro Hamabe
• 3rd: Akira Hamasaki
• 4th: Tomoharu Kawasaki
• 5th: Daiko Yamanaka
• 6th: Kanji Nukui
• 7th: Makoto Suehiro (korean name: Kim Kyo-Hwan, 김교환)