Founded | 1949 |
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Founder | Kakuji Inagawa |
Founding location | Shizuoka, Japan |
Years active | 1949–present |
Territory | Tokyo |
Membership | 1,700 members[1] 1,200 quasi-members[1] |
Leader(s) | Jiro Kiyota (Korean name: Shin Byong-Kyu, 신병규) |
Allies | The Sixth Yamaguchi-gumi |
Rivals | Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi |
The Inagawa-kai (稲川会) is the third largest of Japan's yakuza groups, with approximately 1,700 members.[1] It is based in the Kantō region, and was one of the first yakuza organizations to begin operating overseas.