page_title: Kazuo Taoka
hierarchical_section_title: Kazuo Taoka
caption_attribution_description: English: From left to right, Ono Mitsuru, Taoka Kazuo, Tsuruta Koji, with their arms around each other's shoulders.
context_page_description: Kazuo Taoka was one of the most prominent yakuza godfathers.
  Known as the "Godfather of Godfathers" and "The Japanese Godfather", Taoka was third kumicho of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza organization, from 1946 to 1981.
context_section_description: 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" and "The Japanese Godfather", Taoka was third kumicho of the Yamaguchi-gumi, Japan's largest yakuza organization, from 1946 to 1981.
caption: From left to right, Mitsuru Ono, Kazuo Taoka, Kōji Tsuruta. 1952.
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