Fukuhaku-kai

The Fukuhaku-kai (福博会) is a yakuza organization based in Fukuoka on the Kyushu island of Japan.^[1] The Fukuhaku-kai is a designated yakuza group with an estimated membership of 60.^[2]

Fukuhaku-kai

The daimon of Fukuhaku-kai
Founded	1985; 40 years ago (1985)
Founder	Akira Umedu
Founding location	Fukuoka, Japan
Membership	60
Leader(s)	Kuniyasu Kaneshiro

History

The Fukuhaku-kai was registered as a designated yakuza organization under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law in 2000.^[3]

Condition

The Fukuhaku-kai is one of the five independent designated yakuza syndicates based in Fukuoka Prefecture, along with the Kudo-kai, the Taishu-kai, the Dojin-kai and the Kyushu Seido-kai.^[4] These northern-Kyushu based organizations, excluding the Kyushu Seido-kai, have formed an anti-Yamaguchi-gumi fraternal federation known as the Yonsha-kai. The Fukuhaku-kai has never been a member of this federation,^[5] however has caused at least one conflict with the Yamaguchi-gumi, which involved firearms, in 2004.^[6]

Territory

Nakasu

The Fukuhaku-kai has been in conflict with four different Yamaguchi-affiliates over the concessions of Nakasu, the largest red-light district in Kyushu, and also with the Dojin-kai and Kudo-kai over their attempts to enter the same territory.^[7]