Tojo Clan

The Tojo Clan (, Tōjō-kai) is a yakuza group based in Kanto, of eastern Japan. It is the second largest yakuza group in the country, only second to the Omi Alliance based in western Japan. It was founded by Makoto Tojo, and had upwards of 100 families containing over 30,000 members total at its peak. Its headquarters are located in Tokyo. 
The Tojo Clan appears and is prominently featured in every game in the mainline Yakuza series, as most of the series' playable characters - including Kazuma Kiryu and Ichiban Kasuga - are former members of the clan, and have close ties to its active members. 
== History ==
The Tojo Clan was founded by the first chairman Makoto Tojo on an unspecified date. The earliest part of Tojo Clan history seen in-game is 1980, when the Dojima Family carries out the Jingweon Massacre, killing 33 of the Jingweon Mafia's members in Kamurocho, including most of its leaders. The Tojo Clan is known have to existed in the 1960's, as Takashi Nihara describes Kazama as a yakuza back when he was Kiryu's age in Yakuza 0.
Five years later, in 1985, the clan gets into hot water when the Ueno Seiwa hit happens, where a member of the Tojo Clan's Sasai Family massacres men from the Ueno Seiwa Clan. It turns out that the hit was originally going to be used by the family's patriarch Hideki Sasai as a means to defuse and mediate the ongoing conflict between both clans, but botched some time before the hit.
In the following years, the clan seems to prosper, after Masaru Sera, the president of the Nikkyo Consortium, an organization within the Tojo Clan's ranks, is appointed chairman following Takashi Nihara's retirement. However, in 2005, another incident happens: Chairman Sera is murdered and the clan's ten billion yen goes missing, causing conflicts as many people are gunning for the chairman's seat. Ultimately, the position is given to Kazuma Kiryu through a will from both Sera and Shintaro Kazama. As it turns out, Sera let Kazama decide who would be the next chairman should he die. However, Kiryu decides to retire right after his appointment ceremony, and passes the position to Yukio Terada, a close acquaintance of Kazama.
In February 2006, in an effort to rebuild the clan and fill the empty seat of the clan captain, Terada announces a reformation plan, which states that the family with the most contributions for the clan may have its patriarch promoted to captain. This sparks competition between the direct families, especially Majima Family, Uematsu Family, and Ibuchi Family. Ten months later, in December 2006, Terada is assassinated, leaving the chairman position empty once again. However, this time, Kiryu personally wants Daigo Dojima (Sohei Dojima's son) to take the position to prevent a possible war. In order to temporarily fill the chairman's seat, Yayoi Dojima steps in as acting chairwoman.
In 2007, Daigo Dojima is officially appointed as the sixth chairman of the Tojo Clan. Although supported by senior members of the clan, the decision is met with a lot of resistance, as there are many with serious doubts about Daigo's capabilities as chairman. As a result of the conflict with the Omi Alliance, there are several third-tier organizations struggling financially, allowing Yoshitaka Mine and Tsuyoshi Kanda of the Nishikiyama Family to acquire vast amounts of territory in a short time. Later the same year, the Hakuho Clan is formed, with Mine as its inaugural chairman.
In 2009, Daigo is shot by Joji Kazama and falls into a coma, leaving clan captain Osamu Kashiwagi to handle the ensuing power struggle between the Hakuho Clan, Goh Hamazaki's Hamazaki Family, and the Nishikiyama Family. Following Kashiwagi's death and the dissolution of the other two organizations, Mine takes over as Interim Chairman.
After the incident, Daigo makes a full recovery and resumes his position as the clan's chairman. In 2010, the clan officiates a new family within its ranks: the Saejima Family, headed by Taiga Saejima, a legendary yakuza once famous for the Ueno Seiwa hit back in 1985.
In 2012, Daigo plans to form a nationwide alliance of yakuza by forming ties with several yakuza families and clans from across the country, a somewhat controversial move due to Daigo's notoriously egalitarian approach with regard to much smaller organizations.
The Tojo Clan's top officials are convicted and imprisoned by 2016. Katsumi Sugai, patriarch of Sugai Family and a previously unknown yakuza of the Tojo Clan, was appointed the organization's acting chairman. Daigo is later released from prison and decides to form a pact with Yomei Alliance, respecting Kiryu's wishes to not avenge him.
In 2017, the newly-elected governor of Tokyo, Ryo Aoki, enacted the Kamurocho 3K Plan to crack down on crime in the city, specifically aiming to weaken and eventually eliminate the Tojo Clan. Arakawa Family head Masumi Arakawa, under orders from the Sixth Chairman, leaked intel about Tojo activities to the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Force, facilitating the Clan's rapid dismantlement by law enforcement. In the aftermath, the Arakawa Family struck a deal with the Omi Alliance, allowing the latter to take over Tokyo in exchange for accepting the former into its ranks. By 2019, the Tojo Clan had collapsed entirely, and the Omi Alliance, which found itself stretched too thin by its sudden expansion, soon followed. From the outset, Daigo Dojima and Masaru Watase had intended to use the 3K Plan to facilitate the smooth dissolution of both of their factions, as the strong anti-yakuza laws had made it too difficult for the yakuza lifestyle to continue, yet both factions had grown too large for their leaders to unilaterally break up without provoking the rank-and-file to mutiny. The yakuza leaders submit a letter of disbandment of the Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance to the police, and agree to form a legitimate security company based in Osaka together.
In the Tojo Clan's final days, Kazuki Soma, an officer candidate within the Nikkyo Consortium, departed the Tojo Clan without formal notice, seemingly sensing that its days were numbered. Soma became known as the first member of the faction to jump ship before its collapse, and he also urged his fellow officer candidate, Daimu Akutsu, to do the same. At that point, the Tojo Clan was so weak that it no longer had the resources to hunt defectors who left without paying the usual tribute, and amid the faction's subsequent breakup, Soma completely avoided punishment. Soma went on to establish the hangure gang RK with Akutsu as his second-in-command, filling the power vacuum in Tokyo's criminal underworld and attracting hundreds of former Tojo yakuza into its ranks. By late 2021, RK ruled Kamurocho uncontested and was poised for further growth, but the gang abruptly met its end with the loss of its two top leaders as a result of the Akihiro Ehara affair.
==Membership and subsidiary families==
=== Chairmen ===
Title 	Name 	Years Active
First Chairman 	Makoto Tojo 	Unknown
Second Chariman 	Unknown 	Unknown to 1985-1988
Acting Second Chariman	Takashi Nihara 	1985-1988 to 1993
Third Chairman 	Masaru Sera 	1993 to 2005
Fourth Chairman 	Kazuma Kiryu 	2005 (one day only)
Fifth Chairman 	Yukio Terada 	2005 to 2006
Interim Chairwoman 	Yayoi Dojima 	2006
Sixth Chairman 	Daigo Dojima 	2007 to 2019
Interim Chairman 	Osamu Kashiwagi	2009
Interim Chairman 	Yoshitaka Mine 	2009
Interim Chairman 	Minoru Aoyama 	2012
Interim Chairman 	Katsumi Sugai 	2016
===Subsidiary Clans and Families===
Crest	Name 	Leader 	Years Active
N/A 	Adachi Family 	Unknown 	2006
N/A 	Aoyama Family 	Minoru Aoyama 	Unknown to 2012
 	Arakawa Family 	Masumi Arakawa 	1980's to 2019
N/A 	Bato Family 	Unknown 	Unknown to 2019
 	Dojima Family 	Sohei Dojima 	Unknown to 1995
 	Hakuho Clan 	Yoshitaka Mine 	2007 to 2009
 	Hamazaki Family 	Goh Hamazaki 	Unknown to 2009
N/A 	Hashiguchi Family 	Unknown 	2006
 	Hatsushiba Clan 	Hatsushiba 	Unknown to 2010
N/A 	Hikawa Family 	Unknown 	Unknown to 1977
 	Ibuchi Family 	Kei Ibuchi 	2006
N/A 	Jinsei Family
(Third Tier Subsidiary) 	Unknown 	1980's to 2016 (or later)
N/A 	Kameya Family 	Unknown 	2006
N/A 	Kanazawa Family 	Unknown 	2006
 	Kanemura Enterprises (Shibata Family Subsidiary)	Hiroshi Kanemura 	Unknown to 2010
 	Kazama Family 	Shintaro KazamaOsamu Kashiwagi 	1985 to 2009
 	Kenno Clan (Dojima Family Subsidiary) 	Daisaku Kuze 	Unknown to 1988
N/A 	Kubo Real Estate
(Nioka Family Subsidiary) 	Kazumichi Kubo 	Unknown to 2012
 	Kuki Family 	Ryutaro KukiRyusho Kuki 	Unknown to 2012
 	Majima Family 	Goro Majima 	1990's to 20062007 to 2019
 	Matsugane Family (Unknown Family Subsidiary) 	Mitsugu Matsugane 	1990s to 2019
N/A 	Miyoshi Family 	Unknown 	2006
N/A 	Murao Family 	Unknown 	2006
 	Nikkyo Consortium 	Masaru SeraMasashi KuniedaIrie 	1980's to 2019
N/A 	Nioka Family 	Kozo Nioka 	Unknown to 2012
 	Nishikiyama Family 	Akira NishikiyamaKoji ShindoTsuyoshi Kanda	1996 to 2009
N/A 	Niyoda Family 	Unknown 	Unknown to 2010
N/A 	Okamura Family 	Okamura 	Active in 2006 (Yakuza 2 Only)
 	Saejima Family 	Taiga Saejima 	2010 to 2019
 	Sakaki Family 	Unknown 	Unknown to 2019
N/A 	Sasai Family 	Hideki Sasai 	Unknown to 1985
 	Shibata Family 	Kazuo Shibata 	1980's to 2010
 	Shibusawa Family (Dojima Family Subsidiary) 	Keiji Shibusawa 	Unknown to 1988
 	Shimano Family 	Futoshi Shimano 	1985 to 2005
N/A 	Shinomiya Family 	Unknown 	Active in 1993
 	Someya Family 	Takumi Someya 	2015 to 2016
N/A 	Sugai Family 	Katsumi Sugai 	1980's to 2016
 	
Taihei Association (Dojima Family Subsidiary) 	Hiroki Awano 	Unknown to 1988
 	Tamashiro Family 	Tetsuo Tamashiro 	Unknown to 2009
N/A 	Toda Family 	Unknown 	2006
N/A 	Tsuchiya Family 	Unknown 	2006
 	Uematsu Family 	Akinobu Uematsu 	2006
N/A 	Ushimata Family 	Takero Ushimata 	Active in 2019
N/A 	Yajima Family 	Unknown 	2006
==Members by Appearances==
===Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami===
1995:
* Masaru Sera (Third Chairman)
** Prisoner 1356 (of the Nikkyo Consortium)
* Sohei Dojima (Patriarch of the Dojima Family)
** Shintaro Kazama (Captain, Patriarch of the Kazama Family)
*** Osamu Kashiwagi (Captain of the Kazama Family)
** Kazuma Kiryu (Lieutenant Advisor)
*** Shinji Tanaka
** Akira Nishikiyama
* Goro Majima (Captain of the Shimano Family, Patriarch of the Majima Family)
** Hiyama (of Shimano or Majima Family)
2005:
*Masaru Sera (Third Chairman)
*Kazuma Kiryu (Fourth Chairman for a day)
* Yukio Terada (Fifth Chairman)
*Shintaro Kazama (Patriarch of the Kazama Family, now a direct subsidiary)
**Osamu Kashiwagi (Captain)
*Akira Nishkiyama (Patriarch of the Nishikiyama Family, now a direct subsidiary)
** Matsushige (1996)
** Koji Shindo (Captain)
** Kazuto Arase (Sergeant)
** Shinji Tanaka (Soldier; secretly loyal to Kazama and Kiryu)
* Futoshi Shimano (Patriarch of the Shimano Family)
** Goro Majima (Captain; Patriarch of the Majima Family)
*** Nishida (of the Majima Family; does not appear, but sends emails to Kiryu in Yakuza Kiwami only)
* Masashi Kunieda (President of the Nikkyo Consortium)
===Yakuza 2/Yakuza Kiwami 2 (2006)===
* Yukio Terada (Fifth Chairman)
* Daigo Dojima (Sixth Chairman)
* Osamu Kashiwagi (Lieutenant; Patriarch of Kazama Family)
* Yayoi Dojima (Interim Chairwoman)
* Koji Shindo (Patriarch of the Nishikiyama Family)
* Goro Majima (Patriarch of the Majima Family, now a direct subsidiary)
** Nishida (Soldier)
* Okamura (Patriarch of the Okamura Family) (Yakuza 2 only)
1980 (flashbacks):
* Sohei Dojima (Patriarch of the Dojima Family)
** Shintaro Kazama (Lieutenant)
** Futoshi Shimano (Lieutenant)
=== Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Majima Saga) (2006) ===
* Akinobu Uematsu (Patriarch of the Uematsu Family)
* Kei Ibuchi (Patriarch of the Ibuchi Family)
* Goro Majima (Patriarch of the Majima Family, now a direct subsidiary)
** Nishida (Soldier)
** Ryota Kawamura (Member of the Majima Family)
* Yajima (Patriarch of the Yajima Family)
* Toda (Patriarch of the Toda Family
===Yakuza 3 (2009)===
* Osamu Kashiwagi (Interim Chairman; Patriarch of the Kazama Family)
** Aniki (Soldier)
* Yoshitaka Mine (Interim Chairman; Chairman of the Hakuho Clan)
** Katase (Secretary)
* Goh Hamazaki (Patriarch of the Hamazaki Family)
* Tsuyoshi Kanda (Patriarch of the Nishikiyama Family)
** Hasebe (Captain)
* Goro Majima (Patriarch of the Majima Family)
** Nishida (Soldier)
** Okuda (Majima Construction supervisor)
* Ibuki (Formerly of Dojima Family)
* Daigo Dojima (Sixth Chairman)
* Tetsuo Tamashiro (Patriarch of the Tamashiro Family, a branch based in Okinawa)
===Yakuza 4 (2010)===
* Daigo Dojima (Sixth Chairman)
* Goro Majima (Patriarch of the Majima Family)
** Daisaku Minami (Soldier)
* Kazuo Shibata (Patriarch of the Shibata Family)
** Hiroshi Kanemura (Patriarch of Kanemura Enterprises)
*** Hiroaki Arai (Captain)
*** Takeshi Kido (Soldier)
** Hatsushiba (Chairman of the Hatsushiba Clan)
*** Takumi Midorikawa (Captain)
* Hideki Sasai (Patriarch of the Sasai Family as of 1985, retired in modern day)
** Yoshinori Motoyama (Lieutenant until dissolution in 1985)
** Taiga Saejima (ex-Sasai Family member; at end of game, becomes Patriarch of the Saejima Family)
* Tatsuya Takasu (Patriarch of the Takasu Family)
** Fuse
=== Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho (2010) ===
* Ryutaro Kuki (Patriarch of the Kuki Family)
** Naoki Toda (Captain)
** Taizan Amamiya (Dragon Heat phisician and trainer)
* Kozo Nioka (Patriarch of the Nioka Family)
** Hayato Makabe (Dragon Heat fighter)
=== Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen (2012)===
* Ryusho Kuki (Patriach of the Kuki Family)
** Sasaki (Ryusho's former caretaker and current Dragon Heat staff)
** Ichiro Tanaka (Former Hitman)
* Kozo Nioka (Patriarch of the Nioka Family)
** Kazumichi Kubo (Owner of Kubo Real Estate)
*** Kobashi
*** Nagata
*** Okamatsu
** Hayato Makabe (Member)
===Yakuza 5 (2012)===
* Daigo Dojima (Sixth Chairman)
* Minoru Aoyama (Chief of HQ, Interim Chairman)
** Masato Aizawa (Bodyguard)
** Yu Morinaga (Bodyguard)
* Goro Majima (Patriarch of the Majima Family)
** Nishida (Soldier)
* Taiga Saejima (2010 only; Patriarch of the Saejima Family)
* Azumi (Officer sent to Nagoya, Mentioned only)
===Yakuza 0 (1988)===
* Takashi Nihara (Acting Second Chairman)
* Sohei Dojima (Patriarch of the Dojima Family)
** Kazuma Kiryu (Soldier; expelled during the story, and reinstated at its end)
** Akira Nishikiyama (Soldier)
** Yoneda (Soldier)
** Osamu Kashiwagi (Captain of the Kazama Family)
** Daisaku Kuze (Lieutenant; Patriarch of the Kenno Clan)
** Hiroki Awano (Lieutenant; Patriarch of the Taihei Association)
*** Okabe 
** Keiji Shibusawa (Lieutenant, later Captain; Patriarch of the Shibusawa Family)
** Kazuo Shibata (1985 flashback, Patriarch of the Shibata Family)
* Masaru Sera (President of the Nikkyo Consortium)
* Futoshi Shimano (Patriarch of the Shimano Family)
** Goro Majima (Soldier; expelled before the story)
* Unnamed Patriarch of the Jinsei Family (Mentioned only)
* Taiga Saejima (up to 1985, of Sasai Family, flashback)
===Yakuza 6 (2016)===
* Katsumi Sugai (Acting Chairman)
* Takumi Someya (Patriarch of the Someya Family)
* Murota (Soldier of the Jinsei Family)
Imprisoned for most of the game's events:
* Daigo Dojima (Sixth Chairman)
* Goro Majima (Patriarch of the Majima Family, advisor to Daigo)
* Taiga Saejima (Patriarch of the Saejima Family, advisor to Daigo)
=== Judgment (2018)===
* Mitsugu Matsugane (Patriarch of the Matsugane Family; later became a figurehead)
** Masaharu Kaito (former Lieutenant, expelled by Hamura)
* Kyohei Hamura (Captain; effectively assumed control of the family)
** Kojiro Ozaki (Lieutenant)
** Toru Higashi (Soldier)
** Kengo (Soldier)
** Tashiro (Soldier)
** Masakazu Kurimoto (Soldier)
* Takero Ushimata (Patriarch of the Ushimata Family)
** Ishimura (Soldier)
===Yakuza: Like a Dragon (1977-2019) ===
* Masumi Arakawa (Member of the Hikawa Family until early 1977, later Patriarch of the Arakawa Family until switching sides in 2017 to Omi)
** Jo Sawashiro (Captain)
** Ichiban Kasuga (Soldier; banished on January 1st 2001)
** Mitsuo Yasumura (Soldier)
* Hikawa Family Patriarch (mentioned only, unknown-early 1977)
* Unnamed Patriarch of the Sakaki Family (Mentioned only)
** Chikao Suzumori
===Lost Judgment (2021)===
Members listed here were a part of the Tojo until its dissolution in 2019.
* Miyakawa (Member, owner of the Shady Bar)
* Irie (President of Nikkyo Consortium until 2019)
**Unnamed Lieutenant (mentioned only)
*** Kazuki Soma (Executive Candidate)
*** Daimu Akutsu (Executive Candidate)
* Gaku Onidake (Hitman)
===The Kaito Files (2022)===
2005:
* Mitsugu Matsugane (Patriarch of the Matsugane Family; mentioned only)
** Masakazu Kurimoto
** Masaharu Kaito (member)
** Toru Higashi (member)
** Joji Hotta (member)
2022
* Masao Igarashi (Captain of the Bato Family)
** Shiro Senda (Lieutenant)
===Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth (historic)===
The Tojo Clan is dissolved as of the game's events in 2023, but several past members and subsidiaries are featured in flashbacks and recollections.
1970s:
* Hikawa Family Patriarch
** Masumi Arakawa (Soldier; kills the Patriarch and many of his men in a flashback)
1993:
* Shuji Tabata (Patriarch of the Tabata Family)
** Yutaka Yamai (Soldier; banished from the Tojo Clan after his involvement in Shuji's murder)
* Yui Tabata (Shuji's wife; Matriarch of the family)
==Non-Canon Members==
===Yakuza: Dead Souls (2011)===
* Daigo Dojima (Sixth Chairman)
* Goro Majima (Patriarch of the Majima Family)
** Tomoaki Nagahama (of the Majima Family)
===Ryu ga Gotoku Online - The Legend of Ichiban Kasuga (2001-2018)===
* Masumi Arakawa (Patriarch of the Arakawa Family until switching sides to Omi)
** Jo Sawashiro (Captain)
*** Ichiban Kasuga
*** Mitsuo Yasumura
==Allies==
* Ueno Seiwa Clan (1985-2010)
* Ryudo Family (Since 2009)
* Yamagasa Family (Since 2012)
* Kitakata Family (Since 2012)
* Yomei Alliance (Since 2017)
==Trivia ==
* The Tojo Clan logo is printed onto a pair of coasters that came with the "After Hours" edition of Yakuza 6.
* In Judgment, which takes place in December 2018, the Tojo Clan is still present in Kamurocho despite Yakuza: Like a Dragon establishing that the Tojo had been pushed out by the Omi Alliance and the Kamurocho 3K Plan six months after Aoki's election in 2017.
* The closest real world parallel organization is the Sumiyoshi-Kai who operate in Kamurocho's real life inspiration Kabukichō.
* The Tojo Clan's member count is inconsistent between games, as despite the Tojo Clan's decline (owing to the events of the games not being conducive to its growth), the number is increased from 25,000 to 30,000 in Yakuza 4. It is reduced back to 25,000 in Yakuza 6, but only in Kiryu's awakening sequence (taking place just after the events of Yakuza 5 where alliances with the Yamagasa Family and Kitakata Family were already formed).
==Gallery==
Tojo clan badge.jpg|Emblem of the Tojo Clan
Tojo Clan meeting.png|Tojo Clan meeting, 2005
Yk2majsagchap1-1.jpg|Tojo Clan Meeting, February 17, 2006.
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2016-06-03 (257).png|Tojo Clan Headquarters
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