Toa-kai

The group was formed by Hisayuki Machii, a Zainichi Korean mob boss, as the Tosei-kai in 1948. which was in conflict with the North Korea-associated General Association of Korean Residents in Japan. Increasing police crackdowns by 1965 forced Machii to disband the Tosei-kai and establish a new gang, the , or "East Asia Friendship Enterprise Association". He also formed a "legitimate" company called the , or East Asia Enterprises Company, and named power-broker Yoshio Kodama as chairman of the board. Afterwards, the Toa Yuai Jigyo Kumiai changed the name as and Toa-kai. The founder Machii retired in the 1980s, ==Condition==

The Toa-kai is a member of a bakuto fraternal federation named the Kanto Hatsuka-kai, along with four other Kanto-based yakuza syndicates, the Sumiyoshi-kai, the Inagawa-kai, the Matsuba-kai, and the Soai-kai. The Toa-kai has aligned itself with the largest known Yamaguchi-gumi syndicate since the syndicate's Taoka era in the 20th century, Yoshimi-Kogyo was dissolved in 2012. The origin of the Yoshimi-kogyo reportedly traces back to the late 20th century, when Toshio Gibo, an ethnic Okinawan mobster, formed an anti-left nationalist organization named the Makoto-kai in Okinawa under influence of Yoshio Kodama. Gibo met with Machii through Kodama, founding an affiliate of the Tosei-kai in Okinawa. ==Leadership==

, featured on the cover of a biographical book after his death • 1st President: Hisayuki Machii • 2nd president: Fujimatsu Hirano • 3rd president: Morihiro Okita • 4th president: Shohei Futamura • 5th president: Yoshio Kaneumi • 6th president: Yasumi Hayano ==References==