The Second Takumi-gumi is a Japanese yakuza syndicate. The Kansai-based yakuza was founded in 1967 by Masaru Takumi, the longtime second-in-command (wakagashira) and financial oversteer of the Yamaguchi-gumi.
Takumi was kumicho of yakuza's 1000-members until his assassination in Kobe in 1997 by members of the Nakano-kai.[1] His successor, Tadashi Irie, is the current kumicho.
In 2015, the Takumi-gumi, along with other yakuza organisations, withdrew from the Yamaguchi-gumi to form the Kobe Yamaguchi-gumi, which withdrew from the Kobe Yamaguchi^gumi in 2022. By 2023 they had only about 20 members.[2]
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- ^ The Japan Times - Kansai police braced for gang war
- ^ "【独自】阪神戦を甲子園で観戦しただけで78歳「宅見組」幹部が逮捕されたワケ《家族にもヤクザと知らせていない紳士の素顔》". Kodansha. Archived from the original on 3 January 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2024.