Aizukotetsu-kai

The Seventh Aizukotetsu-kai (七代目会津小鉄会, Shichidaime Aizukotetsu-kai) (sometimes written Aizu-Kotetsukai or Aizu Kotetsu-kai), based in Kyoto, is Japan's yakuza organization. Its name comes from the Aizu region, "Kotetsu", a type of Japanese sword, and the suffix "-kai", or society.

Aizukotetsu-kai
The daimon of Aizukotetsu-kai
Founded1868 (1868)
FounderSenkichi Kousaka
Founding locationKyoto, Japan
Membership30[1]
Leader(s)Toshinori Kaneko

In 1992 the Aizukotetsu-kai became one of the first yakuza syndicates named under Japan's new anti-boryokudan legislation, which gave police expanded powers to crack down on yakuza. Its chairman at the time, Tokutaro Takayama, campaigned publicly against the new laws, and the group launched a lawsuit challenging their constitutionality. In September 1995 the Kyoto District Court threw out the lawsuit.

In October 2005, the group formed an alliance with the Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza clan now led by Kenichi Shinoda (Oyabun) and his second-in-command (Wakagashira) Kiyoshi Takayama.

In July 2014, an unaffiliated person known as "Oujo no ude" negotiated with Kiyoshi Takayama from Yamaguchi-gumi to form a new alliance between the largest syndicates, the most recent addition being the Kudo-kai.

Successive Leadership
  • 1st (1868–1886): Senkichi Kousaka
  • 2nd (1886–1935): Unomatsu Kousaka
  • 3rd (1975–1986): Riichi Zukoshi - who was kaicho of the Second Nakajima-kai.
  • 4th (1986–1997): Tokutaro Takayama - (Korean name: Gang Oe-su, 강외수) who was kumicho of the Second Nakagawa-gumi.[2]
  • 5th (1997–2008): Toshitsugu Zukoshi
  • 6th (2008–2017): Mitsugu Baba
  • 7th (2017–present): Toshinori Kaneko - (Real name: Gen Kin)

References
  1. National Police Agency (2020-04-02). 令和元年における組織犯罪の情勢【確定値版】 (PDF) (Report). pp. 7–40. Retrieved 2020-04-29.
  2. The Japan Time - From rackets to real estate, yakuza multifaced


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