Goda-ikka

The Goda-ikka (合田一家, Gōda-ikka) is a yakuza group based in Yamaguchi, Japan.[1] It is a designated yakuza group and Yamaguchi Prefecture's largest, with an estimated 60 members.[2]

Goda-ikku
The daimon of Goda-ikka
FounderKoichi Goda
Founding locationYamaguchi, Japan
Membership60
Leader(s)Makoto Suehiro

History

The group was formed in 1948 as the Goda-gumi (合田組, Gōda-gumi) in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi by Koichi Goda, then a member of an old yakuza clan, the Kagotora-gumi. The Goda-gumi was renamed the Goda-ikka in 1968.[3] It was registered as a designated yakuza group under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in July 1992.[4]

Kanji Nukui became its six-generation president in 1994. In October 2009, following his retirement, Makoto Suehiro became the seventh-generation president.[5]

Description

Shimonoseki

Based in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, the Goda-ikka has known offices in two other prefectures.[6]

It is the largest yakuza group in Yamaguchi Prefecture, followed by the Yamaguchi-gumi. As of 2008, about 64% of yakuza members in Yamaguchi Prefecture belong to the Goda-ikka.[7]

Since 1996, the Goda-ikka has been a member of an anti-Yamaguchi federation, the Gosha-kai, along with three other Chugoku-based organizations, the Kyosei-kai, the Kyodo-kai, the Asano-gumi, and the Shikoku-based Shinwa-kai.[8]

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