Can gangs have a positive effect on the society? Is ethical criminal really possible or is it just an excuse? What do you think?

Ronin were not "master samurai", they were MASTER-LESS samurai. Quite an important distinction

The fact that yakuza helped japanese people faster than the government when tsunami hit them is just amazing

You may wonder how rich these guys are. When a well-know Yakuza boss named Masaru Takumi was assassinated in 1997, he supposedly left nearly 2 billion dollars in his assets.

"is there such a thing as an ethical criminal?" Well yeah... He lives over in Gotham.

lies... Yakuza are very nice people. *I was force to type this or I would get tempura oil on my back.*

There are 3 main penalties: 1.Death 2.Expulsion 3.Become an idol

Now I can watch Tokyo drift with full knowledge of the yakuza

Yakuza approved of the game kakuza saying its accurate Everyone: BAKA MITAI and SU NAO NI I LOVE YOU

A guy was admitted to hospital with 8 plastic horses in his stomach. His condition is now stable.

The most dangerous gang is, Grove Street Families.

When I lived in Japan, a local coffee shop that I went to had to pay "protection money" to the Yakuza every month. This wasn't a chain, like Starbucks, but just a local coffee shop owned by some friends. They don't really steal from the rich and give to the poor, because stealing from the rich is quite difficult. They usually own host/hostess bars, brothels, etc. I saw them on the street, and everyone knew they were the Yakuza. They never caused me any problems or anything. Also, I knew many Snack bars that had to pay them monthly for "protection money" as well. If you open a non-chain place in or near downtown in a city, you will most likely have to pay this.

You can't mention the Yakuza without mentioning The Tojo Clan and more importantly the fourth chairman Kazuma Kiryu

They forgot about the largest sub section of Yakuza The hidden leaf village.

I’ve drank with a few Yakuza members. The dudes were extra chill. You wouldn’t expect them to be cold blooded criminals. One of them had a family and he fully expected his two sons to join the yakuza. The kids were 3 and 1 years old. The other was just a young guy. He was 22. I think the guy with the family was his “older brother”.

“I’ll let you in on a little something, The Yakuza game, it’s not like boxing. The man who gets beat down isn’t the loser. The guy who can’t tough it out to the end, he’s the one who loses.” - Daisaku Kuze - Lieutenant of the Dojima Family - Patriarch of the Kenno Clan -

These guys were chill AF. We ran into some in Osaka and we had sooooo much fun with them lol 😂

This video is nice but where's the Dragon of Dojima, Kazuma Kiryu?

Japan ... Even their criminal empire has Hyper Standard

Dont get in a fight with the Dragon of Dojima.

the Yakuza prevents petty crime in Japan. That is why there isn't an high rate of petty crime in japan (Robbery/Mugging/Thiefs, Assaults, etc), or even a high rate of crime in Japan period. Infact, many people have said before that the safest nightlife spots are ruled over by the Yakuza. I remember hearing once that when someone had wanted to go clubbing with a few friends, their grandparents told them to head to certain clubs that were all ran by the Yakuza.

How many of you will never remember the Japanese names or words in this video.....

Imagine if Mexico did this with the cartel. There economy would be booming

the Yakuza are respected because they did not start off as common thugs but as people who seek to protect each other and survive. they also give back to the society and in a way put it in line

*Hentai is art.*

Who remembers the Yakuza Stinger? GTA 3

Can't talk about the Yakuza without mentioning the Dragon of Dojima and the Mad Dog of Shimano. Pretty chill dudes.

"Ancient master samurai, known as ronin"... Haha, I think you mean *masterless* samurai

In Japan, heart surgeon. Number one. Steady hand. One day, Yakuza boss need new heart. I do operation. But, mistake! Yakuza boss die! Yakuza very mad. I hide in fishing boat, come to America. No english, no food, no money. Darryl give me job. Now I have house, American car, and new woman. Darryl save life. My big secret: I kill yakuza boss on purpose. I good surgeon. The best!

I met an old guy from the Yakuza when I was in the hospital and he was one of the nicest people I ever met. He asked me what I thought of Yakuza and I told him that they’re still people and I consider them as such.

"You have to do something serious to get whacked". . . . "The Mayor was whacked because he refused to play ball with yakuza boss"

It's hilarious how Westerners who've never or only once been to Japan think that it's some kind of utopia where life is pitch perfect

Guchi-gumi Gucci Gang

What about the Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance

The birth place of the Dragon of Dojima!

Well unlike other mafias out there, the big ones, especially the Yakuza have an honor code.

As for calling yakuza "extreme path (wicked)", we Japanese call it Gokudo (極道: Goku = extreme, Do(u) = way/path), not Goduku. There's no such a word as "Goduku" in Japanese. It seems like you have Godoku (誤読) the word (Godoku means "misreading" or "misinterpreting.") ;)

*The birthplace of the fetish called "away from reality"*

1:50 the guy in the middle reminds me of the Pen Pineapple Apple Pen guy 😂

I went to Japan a couple months ago and was surprised to learn that people with tattoos weren't allowed into a lot of saunas/bath houses. My sister and I had to look for alternative ones and most of the people there had tattoos and were foreigners. I asked a local about the tattoo rule and they said tattoos can symbolize the gangs & many places won't allow you in if they see you with them. Thankfully, no one can see mine unless I want you to and undress

Great video! You've got yourselves a new subscriber, *BUT* ... there were a few mistakes here _(in fact more than a few if you count both spelling errors and the mispronunciation of all of the Japanese words)_ that I'd like to correct. 1. The term _"goduku"_ is wrong and means nothing; the correct term is _"gokudo"_ 2. A ronin was not a master samurai, but rather a masterless samurai (ronins were part of the lowest social class* in feudal Japan and generally despised by all, as traditionally masterless samurais should've committed seppuku _[ritual suicide]_ as a sign of allegiance to their passed master and not doing so was considered the most disgraceful act a samurai could've committed) 3. Yubitsume (finger cutting) was not introduced in early Yakuza history to weaken your sword grip, but rather due to East Asian cultures forbidding left-handedness (the sword gripping factor was only part of Japanese swordsmanship culture) + I think it could also have been worth mentioning that the Yakuza consists largely of ethnic Koreans and societal outcasts (burakumin), but I can't argue omitting this is a mistake *The social hierarchy of feudal Japan was the following: 1. The emperor (he was thought to be a direct descendant of the sun god Amaterasu, yet was merely a figurehead wielding little political power) 2. Shoguns (military dictators and the de facto leaders of Japan) 3. Daimyos (feudal lords controlling large parts of Japan) 4. Samurai (noble warriors serving daimyos) 5. Common people (90% of the society, this class includes peasants, crafters etc.) 6. Ronin, hinin (hinin translates to "nonperson", but it stands for criminals, geishas, beggars and so on; masterless ronins were unable to find any work, so they often became mercenaries and violent thugs bringing a stigma upon the class as a whole)_ Some sources may state ronins were equally or even more respected than common folk of feudal Japan, but based on pre-Meiji accounts they seem to be considered as disgraceful as criminals. Ronins couldn't get any jobs so they often turned to petty crime. As a result of both this and the perceived dishonoring of their masters, their status in the social hierarchy kept deteriorating as time passed. Other than that I really enjoyed the narration and animations here. Easy to digest and educational. Keep it up! And yes, I did misspell at least _ronin, shogun and daimyo_ writing this comment by not using macrons.

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10:11 Welp, guess that explains what happened to Kuze.

I can personally say that I was in the process of being robbed and a yakuza member came to help me. I tried to pay him some money for his help but he just smiled and said put it away.

_"They're trying hard not to kill each other, or any of the public..."_ ಠ_ಠ Apparently, my family during the holiday season and the Japanese Yakuza have quite a bit in common...

I'll never join the yakuza. Pinkie promise

Yakuza is the most dangerous gang and mafia in the world Italian mafia: hold my corruption

Is just me or i just realized that most criminals in Japan are interesting and stylish

Kiyru-chan

We should have international gang wars to see what country has the best gang!!! 😃😃😃 Actually...on second thought, let's not do that... 0_0

1:04 the way they panned out to show my man getting stomped out was too hilarious

Yakuza member: Cuts the finger Thug Life lmao

You can see how hard he is trying to pronounce all of it right

I thought they were only in anime.

Okay this may sound fake but, one day my mum and I were having lunch at a restaurant, and I started talking about wanting to go to Japan. Because my mum is an ex-opera singer and still teaches singing, she was reminded of once when she was doing an opera called carmen she was at a cafe when 2 guys walked up dressed very well and asked here were she came from because she looked like she was foreign and asked if they could practice there English with her. She said yes and they had a very polite conversation. Later she went back to were she was staying and one of the guides started telling her of for talking to strangers because apparently that part of the town was a bit dodgy, and it just so turned out that the were part of the yakuza and was told off for it. She was unharmed and not fazed by the experience.

Only a rare few criminal organizations were wise enough to recognize the value of community outreach. It's an invaluable asset, the love of a community, that has helped many aggressively hunted fugitives evade capture, some for decades despite huge bounties.(Chapo Guzman for example) Those who victimized their community rarely last.

The way he pronounces Yakuza kills me (no judgement)

I've always been fascinated by the yakuza. Yes, they aren't perfect, but them being reported to help the people in times of need, and all the other good they do, is beyond awesome.

Yakuza:Most powerful and dangerous Russian Mafia : Hold my Nuts

They were mad cool when I interacted. Id like ALL gangs to be like them.

"A better class of criminal." Same amount of corruption, way less petty crimes? Sounds nice.

I love the animations in these videos

9:33 sounds like Magikarp evolves to Gyradose

The Yakuza game series(Ryū ga Gotoku) is my favorite

i think you got something wrong about the whole walking around without being judged despite how you look ,people are gonna punch holes in you with their eyes.

Wow they made Japanese gangsters into a real thing

kiryuuu chan

THIS IS THE BEST INFOGRAPHICS HOST!!! BRING HIM BACK, PLEASE!!!

Holy shit they made Anime a real place?!

The word Yakuza reminds me of Yakult. Maybe these guys just need some MILK!

Yakuza always help before government too. It’s pretty amazing.

yakuza: no more drugs passione under giorno giovanna: i see that you're a man of culture as well

Perfect timing considering that Yakuza: Kiwami 2 just came out. lol

*Yamagucci Gang* *Yamagucci Gang* *Yamagucci Gang* *Yamagucci Gang*

Rip to Fuma Oyabun,Yumi,Shinji and Nishiki

My brother wanted to be a Yakuza but he changed for the best

So glad the new narrator didn’t do this video😅

I remember reading an article a while back about how the yakuza are struggling financially and their members are resorting to stealing watermelons from farms to sell. They are not making money as they used to be apparently. A lot of infightings, memberships dwindling fast and the authorities ramping up crackdown on the yakuza-linked businesses, things not really going well for them.

Me when walking in the Yakuza's territory: "I'm in the ghettoo...RATATAAA...RATATATAA- AAH-"

Japanese Yakuza - Most Dangerous & Powerful Gangs In The World by killing the fewest people in the world..

Now I'm Italian so I'll be the referee in this debacle. It's true the Cosa Nostra did give back to the community and provide help in some situations , HOWEVER they also caused violence Bloodshed and Mayhem in communities for decades. And now they are a shadow of their former selves they have nothing to blame but THEMSELVES. Yakuza however are still around and making over 80 billion God damn dollars and one of the most safest countries in the world today. You can't beat that and their public Image is still pretty much golden. Yakuza for the win.🇯🇵

0:40 They actually do harass foreigners who aren’t or don’t appear American.

I am very mixed on the Yakuza (ヤクザ) on the one hand they have a code of honour and respect I leaned about this from watching videos about the Yakuza and playing the Yakuza games however, on the other hand conflicts like the Yama-Ichi War(山一抗争) prove that the Yakuza can be very dangerous and cause chaos

I know you do not know about Yakuza's origin! Yakuza originally came from the civil engineering industry. In medieval Japan, the feudal lords who stood against each other built many castles to defend each other. In order to build these cities, a lot of labor and resources were mobilized, and naturally the formation of power and merchants was formed. In addition, a middle management layer was created to mobilize and manage large-scale personnel. Here, Japanese Yakuza, which means "manager", appeared. In the Tokugawa era of the newly emerged Tokugawa era, the fangs of the battlefields, the Ronin who drifted away without their masters, and the stupid young men climbed without measures in the countryside that had been wrecked by the warlords were absorbed by Yakuza. If he is a member of a community that is the head of this Yakuza, it will help to train and settle these clumsy people, but if he is a bad person or belongs to the dark world, he will have no choice but to become a criminal . In other words, Yakuza was a candidate for a job seeking job in the commercial society of Japan and a candidate for a loser who had fallen from the normal route. In other words, their birth can not be a warrior. And to argue that they maintain the order of society is indeed a duty to the power to maintain the situation. However, unlike the police and military forces, Yakuza is an unofficial and illegitimate supporter of power and a living person. This is precisely because Yakuza is opposed to unjust power, but also because he receives terrorism from terrorists, intervenes in various interests, and bribes illegal politicians.

1:15 That's a weird expression while stepping on someone's throat.

Wait... Let’s go with the maximum of 3000 gangs. 80,000 members divide by 3,000 yakuza orgs = 26.7 So yeah an average gang could have 20-40 members, scary.

Can we all have a moment of silence for Han Seoul-Oh ( fast and furious franchise ) for going against most dangerous gang on earth and only to have a accident and manage survive and stay hidden from the world for like 15 years

I agree. I live in the US and growing up everyone had this idea that being a gangster was cool. The accessories, the women, but they lack the class. The Yakuza has always had my respect, they're based off tradition, conceal their body art and believe in order and hierarchy. Terrifying undoubtedly, but much respect to the Yakuza organizations for still existing after so long.

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i just noticed, i learned more information watching this show than going to school.

I like the way that outline of tattoos only mean your beginning of your journey

Roses are red, Violets are blue, You either crank that Soulja Boy, Or it cranks *YUUUUUUUUU*

i luv ur vids they are 25% pf the knowledge i have keep up the good work

I just discovered they have a website and they even are sponsered by SEGA.

The one and only , my favourite Yakuza , The Dragon of Dojima Kazuma Kiryu.... Kiryu Chan....😂😂

They haven’t met my high school bully.

Was this made because Yakuza Kiwami 2 just came out?

If intrested in the Yakuza check out Sega's Yakuza games by legendary games designer Toshihiro Nagoshi as they are most exellent and give a insight into the Yakuza world akin to how The Sopranos shows the inner working of the mob.

I am Yakuza, and I am coming for you for making this video without our permission.

The only thing I know about the Yakuza is that they like Karaoke and hitting men in black suits with motorcycles