The Third was a yakuza group based in Kumamoto, Kyushu, Japan."1993 Police White Paper Chapter 1 : The Actual Condition of the Boryokudan", 1993, National Police Agency It was a secondary organization of the Kumamoto-rengo (熊本連合).
History Founded by Yoshiaki Yamano in 1954 under the name , it changed its name to "Yamano-kai" in 1956. Masatoshi Minoda succeeded as its president in 1972, and Tetsuo Ikeda became the president in 1986.
The group dissolved in April 2001. However, many of its members formed a new group, the Sanshin-kai, in September of that year.
The Yamano-kai was designated by the Japanese police as a bōryokudan group from December 1992 to November 2001.
Successive presidents 1st: Yoshiaki Yamano (山野 義明) 2nd: Masatoshi Minoda (蓑田 正敏) 3rd: Tetsuo Ikeda (池田 鉄雄)
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