Kazuo Taoka (田岡 一雄, Taoka Kazuo, March 28, 1913 – July 23, 1981) was one of the most prominent yakuza godfathers. Known as the "Godfather of Godfathers"...
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prison sentence. He died of liver failure shortly afterward. Taoka's wife, Fumiko Taoka, stepped forward to fill the leadership void until a new kumichō...
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the role by the other members, including the influential Fumiko Taoka, widow of Kazuo Taoka. On January 26, 1985, Yamamoto sent a team of hitmen to Takenaka's...
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older sister). When the 3rd Yamaguchi-gumi boss (Kazuo Taoka) died in the early 1980s, his wife (Fumiko) took over as boss of Yamaguchi-gumi, albeit for a...
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