Toi Inagawa
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Toi Inagawa a.k.a. Yuko Inagawa (稲川 裕紘 Inagawa Yuko) was kaicho (Godfather) of the Inagawa-kai
Inagawa-kai
The is the third largest of Japan's yakuza groups, with approximately 15,000 members. It is based in the Kanto region, and was one of the first yakuza organizations to begin operating overseas.-History:...

 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...

 gang in 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...

 from 1990 until 2005. He was also 2nd socho of the Inagawa-ikka.

Inagawa was the son of Kakuji Inagawa
Kakuji Inagawa
Kakuji Inagawa , also known as Seijō Inagawa was a Japanese yakuza boss best known for founding the Inagawa-kai, Japan's third-largest yakuza syndicate....

, the gang's founder. In 1990, he took over from Susumu Ishii
Susumu Ishii
Susumu Ishii a.k.a. 石井 隆匡 was the second kaicho of the Inagawa-kai yakuza gang in Japan. He was also 5th socho of the Yokosuka-ikka....

 to became the Inagawa-kai's third kaicho.

Toi Inagawa died of illness in May 2005. As of October 2005, a clear successor has not emerged, but Inagawa's son Hideki Inagawa is seen as the most likely candidate.
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