Noboru Yamaguchi (yakuza)

Noboru Yamaguchi
Born1902
Nada-ku, Kobe, Japan
DiedOctober 4, 1942

Noboru Yamaguchi (山口 登, Yamaguchi Noboru, Japanese: [jamaɡɯt͡ɕi noboɾɯ]) was the second kumicho, or Godfather, of the Yamaguchi-gumi yakuza gang in Japan.[1]

He assumed control of the gang in 1925 from his father, the gang's founder, Harukichi Yamaguchi.[2] He ruled until 1942, and was succeeded in 1946 by his protégé, Kazuo Taoka.[3][4]

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