The YAKUZA in HAWAII - Crime & Shady Business in the ALOHA STATE
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- Опубліковано 3 чер 2024
- Hawaii, one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world, owes a good chunk of its thriving tourism industry to none other than the Japanese, who have been obsessed with the pacific island state of Hawaii for a long, long time.
In 2019, just before the pandemic hit, Hawaii welcomed a staggering one and a half million Japanese visitors who spent a total of $2.2 billion on its islands… more money per capita than any other nationality spent while on vacation in Hawaii!
And who could blame ‘em? After all, we are talking about the Aloha State here, home to some of the world’s most famous beaches, the Diamond Head, Hula dancing and just flat-out good vibes all around… or, for the most part.
More than half a century ago, during the hopeful years following the second world war, criminals of all different kinds of ethnic backgrounds rapidly started to flood Hawaii: The Italian-American Mafia, the Chinese Triads, and… you know where this is going… the Yakuza.
So, get you a cold drink and put on some sunglasses & your Aloha shirts as we take a trip to the pacific island state to explore not only how crime first found its way there and how the Yakuza, among fierce competition, basically ran the whole show for a while, but also how Japan’s developed a close relationship with Hawaii, starting more than 150 years ago!
This is the history of Hawaii, Japan & the Yakuza!
PATREON: / anikihistory
#yakuza #hawaii #crime
SOURCES:
Book: "Sunny Skies, Shady Characters: Cops, Killers, and Corruption in the Aloha State" by James Dooley
Book: "Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld" by Alec Dubro and David E. Kaplan
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
02:45 - Hawaii & Japan
08:38 - Local Crime in Hawaii
12:22 - The Yakuza
20:56 - Shady Investments
29:47 - Outro - Розваги
The state of Hawaii makes that much money but the locals never see a dime of it
#thatpart
THE GOVERNOR IS FROM NEW YORK HE ONLY GOT IN OFFICE CAUSE HIS WIFE IS HAWAIIAN HA! WATEVER😠😡🤬👿☠️☠️☠️☠️
Big facts
A lot of locals work in the hospitality industry, but I get what you're saying.
As a Japanese growing up in Hawaii, descendant of plantation workers - this is fascinating. Mahalo!
right!
Out of curiosity, how are mixed race relations in Hawaii? And how is for non mixed multi generational 'Japanese' in Hawaii? I've been a few times but never thought to inquire. Do mixed races generally consider themselves native or Japanese? In the USA mixed races tend to lean towards their non US heritage. (This includes white people). Polynesian culture is very romantic in general so anyone I met part Poly in the USA always leans Poly or disregards anything else completely.
Btw I said USA instead of mainland in respect to my Hawaiian family. (In case someone wants to be pedantic).
@@littlellama8405 they usually consider themselves "local" 🙌
I grew up living across of Uncle Nappy and he was always such a chill guy. His house is very beautiful and secluded
That piano "Bakamitai" gets me everytime at the end
tears
Actually it wasn't Michael Jackson, It was Miracle Johnson.
Miracle Johnson the GOAT
He invented Miracle Whip.
rajah dat kanaks..cheee! 🤙🏾
Silky johnson
Woo!
Remember this, we had NOOO 1% Club or any other Organization on our Islands until our “E huli iā ma Ulukau” passed away here in Hawai’i . They protected our streets and allowed us children areas and safe place to be raised in Waimanalo, Nanakuli, Hakimo Road, Maili, Makaha, Halawa Heights, KPT and even Town. The streets belonged to us as kids. We’d stay outside long after midnight, we’d walk on the roads to Tracks as elementary kids, we’d ride The Bus into Castle Park, Ala Moana. We knew no fear as we all knew that doing wrong to kids could be painful. Mahalo!!!
I heard it’s full of homeless tweakers living in bushes in sorry I’m not trying to be rude
How have I never heard of this??.. born and raised Maui, did this exist on outer islands too?? And when more or less did this end??.. fascinating stuff that I’d love to learn about.. either way hope all is well my brother..
Buulshit
@@Boomshakalakz Bull don’t shit the grass don’t grow. But feel free to blast their names and see if the Lapu looks for you. Go ahead sunshine stary eyes. You HEAVY right so go ahead.
I lived in Hawaii my whole life and have Japanese ancestry and was completely unaware of this. So wild.
I also have never heard these stories! Gunned down in China town? Whoa
rajah dat kanaks..cheee! 🤙🏾
Fo real?
same lol
yups Even our own History gets unremembered. thank god for UA-cam!
I’m glad your channel popped up on my feed at random. I’m gonna binge your videos now.
Finally, a crime channel from another culture 🎉
Awesome video!! I recently learned that the California prison gang the "Mexican Mafia" operated out of Hawaii as well.. and it all started with a member of theirs who was actually Japanese!
Chrono trigger background music, takes me right back
Such a dope OST!
@@anikihistory Next to FF6, one the Most Memorable!
@@BeachTypeZaku Oh for sure man, that FF6 opening theme is just unforgettable
@@anikihistory The Arpeggio has that mournful feeling to it and, admittedly, I didn't play FF6 until after I played FF7. I'm a horrible human being, I know (j/k🤣).
However, all three invite you back to play with them again with their ending themes. I guess "heartbreakingly happy?" Thank God for old school games!
@@BeachTypeZaku the word you might be looking for is cathartic, or at least that's the feeling i get from chrono ost
Ichiban: "AROHAAA"
Fricking MAGA.... sad
😅😂. Herro…..
Tao Pai Pai
Love as this drops as I finish the newest Like a Dragon release
I absolutely love your channel, please keep the content coming.
Aniki THE GOAT 🌸🌸 always with the awesome content!
The Yakuza isn’t gone here in Hawaii. Now they have families in govt positions and much of them own real-estate in their name as well. Rumors are they still run the docks. Mike Miske the recent crime lord here in Hawaii is also accused of convoluting with the Japanese Yakuza.
The yakuza that we know is gone. these corrupt clowns ain’t the same.
Give me one example of a Yakuza family member in gov
I cannot wait to start playing Infinite Wealth! I've been playing through the entire series since last year, so far I've completed Kiwami 1, Yakuza 0, Kiwami 2, 3, and I'm almost done with 4!
Great video, very informative. Thank you again for all your work.
Would also love to see more expansive information on Kabukimono. A stand alone video on them would be interesting. As well, the tentative connection, if any, between ronin and Yakuza. These aspects have been hinted at in other videos, but would be interesting to explore more deeply. Regardless, all your work is fantastic. Well done.
Dude incredible documentary!
I am born and raised in Hawaii, currently live on Maui.
I work at the Sheraton hotel in Maui have we have employees who have worked there 30-40+ years and would talk about Yakuza/Mafia activity at our particular hotel in the early days.
We know Mr. Osano and his family. I believe he passed away not too long ago. They have been amazing employers to us.
All I know is that Sheraton Maui is an amazing place to work. 🤙 And it's super fun hearing this kind of history 🙂
I miss Hawaii I worked at the pink Palace beautiful hotel
thats just construction workers that are more fun and have tattoos
Very interesting.
I live on Oahu.
Was a bartender and resident of Waikiki through the 90's until 2009, then moved to East Honolulu. .
Things have changed so much in the past 30 years, especially in Waikiki.
Sadly the nostalgia is pretty much gone.
I'm grateful I lived and worked in the hospitality business when I did.
Waikiki was so homey then.
Everyone knew etch other.
I miss it a lot.
Thanks so much uploading this video. Real true story
I grew up in Hawaii in the 60's. Great presentation, thanks.
Great content! You deserve more subscribers!
Was too young to know about crime. But in 65-67 I learned to dance Hula from Mrs. Anderson. 🤗 and danced for the tourist at Waikiki beach. Lived at Ewa Beach
Oh my God Hawaii is so dangerous. Its not aloha
cheeehuu!! 🤙🏾
@@cupidok2768waikiki has not been hawaii for kinda a long time. The tourists are the white guys idea of a good source of income. Its not
neat video! as a real estate agent back in the 90's i ended up working with some of these people. we had an understanding that i was there to be a professional and do my job representing them on legitimate land transactions and to keep anything else they were up to OUT of it. they respected that and i sold quite a few homes. when it all went south on them i ended up representing them when they had to sell their homes. i refused to represent them on commercial sales.
Mahalos, well done with history of it all, i remember some of those headlines, radio , j aku head pupule , on coconut wireless network!
Aku Head Pupule, he da guy! I got to be on the KiniPopo TV show! Mahalos and Aloha to you!
@@rhythmaddict808 kinipopo! Alright!
Enjoying the Hawaiian vibes. 😆
🏝️🌺
Aloha from the Islands. Very good work. 🤙🏽
I had a friend who was a cop in Honolulu between 1975 and 1977. He got fired for getting high on the job. He said a good few on the force back then were high as hell. Hawaii is corrupt as hell, even now lol. It will never be as bad as the 60s, 70s, and 80s but nowhere as perfect the airline companies would like you to believe 😂
Edit: i thought i should mention that i am sitting at home in Honolulu watching this.
I think it’s more corrupt now at least then we had more local control and the Vegas cops didn’t close the roads out of town as it burned to the ground likely to steal land, water and power.
lol also the police chief was busted recentky right? cops suck all over the place. well sometimes or at some of them.
Two of my uncles were HPD officers and firefighters. I know for a fact that one of them did coke, back in the 70’s or 80’s.
@@gabrielcoito2410 wonder if he knew your uncs. His name was Mike Spiker.
@@dai-nippon_digger Possibly
When I was a teenager back in Honolulu in 1999 I used to buy pills from these local Japanese kids who worked for yakuza, they all had small supped up Japanese cars and they boasted a lot. One night I got drunk with one of them and they told me that essentially the Yakuza would help finance medical school for you then you’d pay them back by prescribing pain meds to people they’d send to you. Again it came from a boastful low level dealer so take it with a grain of salt, but it’s a pretty solid system as it’s be hard to prove in court, and he always had all kinds of pills too, most consistent dealer ever.
born & raised in Hawaii. I have had many interactions with Hawaiian Mafia & Yakuza. My late husband was mafia & my son is from a Yakuza line.
Impressive overview.
Emperor Meiji dropped the bag
Bro fumbled it 💀
Meiji chocolate is pretty good.
Fax cuz
This is HEAT Aniki! When I seen on Tokyo vice they were in Hawaii I had so many questions but they never went into detail just showed them being arrested This is the deleted scene of that episode 👀thank you
Ditto for me. Nice to have some context on the matter.
Well put
The Yakuza used to eat at Futaba Restaurant in Waipahu when they were in town
Ah, nother thing to add to my list of local history
Snitches get stitches.
Is that Chrono-trigger background music? xD nice job btw.
Great Information Aloha 🤙🏾
I lived there from 88 to 94(I was 21 - 26). My surfing friend was dating a yaks daughter and we all got to drive around in her sports cars, which we could never afford. Being 56 now, I'm not sure how I should look back on those experiences, but they happened.
Im more curious how the bed rides were…My experience is LAME….
@@buzz5969lololol
Yes! I have been to Hawaii when there was that influence of the Sheraton Hotel 😊
Im glad someone is finally covering this topic. If only others would talk about the huge oproblem with cartels and organize crime that still runs rampant in our communities here.
Careful what you ask for. At least it is organized..crime. otherwise get chaos crime. Mafias police each other,and we can tap in and out at our leisure. Aloha
Hell yeah, I was just playing infinite wealth the other day
This should make this into a film
Book 'em, Danno!
Live on Oahu, great video!
And don't forget this is where the Kamehameha wave came from!
Mahalo for this knowledge. Fellow plantation decedent, Japanese blood as well. Also my father was victim to H. This was by far the most detailed I’ve ever seen going further back than I personally know. But I can confirm some names u dropped are indeed powerful people. Mahalo 👺
I was vacationing in Oahu a few years back and while walking around a marina in Waikiki area noticed a young lady in a cocktail dress looking a bit distraught smoking a cigerette sitting on the floor.
The thing that stood out to me about this was that one of her fingers were missing at the knuckles in a the yakuza movie way. It seemed rather fresh, not bloody like it just happened but like within a week or so.
I semi-jokingly told my gf that she was yakuza seeing as how japanese culture and tourist was prevalent on the island, yakuza must be operating here.
as an oahu native i'm pretty sure that was a sherm or crack head
They are running a snapping turtle m eth ring
Sorry but you got wrong information about the history between Kingdom of Hawai’i and Japan.
1. Kingdom of hawai’i gained its independence November 28 1843 and had a seat with the family of nations ( Now United Nations )
2. We was very close, so close that during our last queen Japan asked the queen to recognize Japan as a independent state for the world stage late 1892, sadly January 17 1893 United States invaded the Kingdom of Hawai’i and long story short till this day is a illegal occupation. That’s a long story but strongly encourage to research
Other then the first 6mins you are 80% on point with the underground in Hawaii 😅
Recommend reading “ sunny skies shady characters “
Hawaiians, Samoans, Tongans Filipino, Chinese, Korean, and Portuguese all had a play in the night time activities #IYKYK
Thanks for the great video, Aniki; I'm from Hawaii, and am of Japanese/Native Hawaiian descent myself.
I remember a story my uncle told me once about his time in the Honolulu PD: he used to have Waikiki as his beat, and said that during the 1980's, there was an extremely high-priced and beautiful Japanese escort nicknamed "the Golden Lady," who catered almost exclusively to rich Japanese tourists. Even though the police knew she was involved in prostitution, they could never pin charges on her, and my uncle suspected that she had serious help from some illegal backers... the Yakuza maybe...?😮
My friend, God rest his soul, used to smoke weed while patrolling Waikiki back in the 70s. Let's jus say he neva kept his job. 😂
Is your uncle still around? I’m trying to interview police officers from that time period.
I bet your uncle wanted to pim charges against her
you're going to break through, man!
damn!!! This was such a left known topic. I keep looking for my family in these clips lol the 70s were wild
Oahu Grown spent a lot of my teen years is Chinatown, Little Japan and The Korean strip learned a lot good and bad memories
I’ve heard stories of Jackson Inada my whole life. I have to keep my source close to vest but will let them know this video exists. Maybe they can share more stories from that era.
Yakuza where my gang and weeb interests meet 😅
Please also tackle about Japanese spies in the Philippines before WWII.
Is that Konishiki at 25:16?
Good recap but fell short … Funny no mention of Ariyoshi or Inouye involvement….
CHRONO TRIGGER BACKGROUND MUSIC❤❤
During the 1980s until the early 2000there was a Filipino immigrant in Hawaii who became Governor there.
Never knew we had a yakuza here in hawaii. Lol thought they existed for the show, Hawaii Five-0. 😂
They own the major Hotels in Waikiki, restaurants, travel agencies , limo services , strip clubs , massage parlors , adult video outlets , drug distribution, illegal gambling , cockfights , anything related to Japanese Tourism since the 90 's .😢😢😢The Japanese Porn Industry also films in Hawaii .
good timing w the travel guy's video on hawaii, ppl will search yakuza in hawaii and find this
Don't know if it's still the case, but it used to be cheaper for Japanese to fly out to Hawaii to play golf than play rounds in Japan.
Oh yeah I read that too while doing my research! Was a pretty wild time to be Japanese back then it seems
@@anikihistorytalking to my family back in Japan who were in their 20s and 30s back in the 80s...basically, yeah. It was awesome.
Born and raised 4th gen Japanese in Hawaii and you've just unlocked a new fear in me. 😢
If you don't bother them, they don't bother you. Don't be a dick, don't get involved in crime, and don't get involved in politics and you'll have nothing to worry about.
Born & Raised on this Rock.
So there are the guys that kept Magnum P.I. busy.
I would disagree with the notion that a royal marriage would make Hawaii a colony, since that’s the last thing the kingdom wanted. Also, Japanese and other Asian migrant workers were mistreated by the bayonet constitution which stripped away their rights to vote in Hawaii. Well, also the fact that Hawaii was the subject of an illegal coup and a couple years later an illegal annexation. But this is from a Hawaiians perspective.
I am born and raised in Hawaii, I am Hawaiian and still live here.
Steve Mcgarrett and Danny Williams had to book the Yakuza and throw in Jail.
Team Rocket in Alola.
Good ole Hawaii...😂❤
Biggest Yakuza owned business in Hawai’i is Suisan fish company. They have been busted for shark fin and all that but never really get in trouble.
About a decade ago i was stationed in Okinawa for the military. My unit had to go to Hawaii for training and I thought, ‘great! I will be back stateside!’ Boy was I wrong 😂 TBH, parts of Waikiki were indistinguishable from Japan.
I remember WHISPER ALLEY IN OKI, Did Hawaii also have one of those?
@@buzz5969 no Whisper Alley per se. There was, however, prostitution out in the open.
SO well done! I grew up on Oahu in the 50's. My Hawaiian Dad used to talk about these guys! As teens one of our fav's was to drive down Hotel St. to spot the hookers and Mahu's, the gay guys. We had no idea how dangerous this could of been. Aloha from Maui!
Lol, my dad used to cruise the same street with his sister and brother in law back in the 70’s! 🤣🤣🤣 His brother-in-law would drive a red and white Volkswagen bus
@@gabrielcoito2410 those were the days! We neva lock our doors, drank water from the hose and ate vienna sausage or spam with our eggs! A hui ho!
HOLY SHIT THE SONATINE FOOTAGE! MY FAVORITE MOVEI, ONLY PLACE IVE SEEN ANYONE TALK ABOUT OR USE FOOTAGE FROM IT!!!
what movie is this
@@stella-vu8vh Called Sonatine, its a Yakuza movie directed by Takeshi Kitano. After the first act it becomes this surreal psychological breakdown. its really cool. Trigger warning for self harm and such though, it gets kinda gnarly. Not too graphic though.
One of the problems of the Yakuza vacationing in Hawaii, is that they are able to make fake credit cards, which look are work just like real credit cards. Only weeks later, the banks notify the merchants that they lose, everything, despite following all of the credit card rules.
As a Kanaka Maoli. I heard about these stories.
Some say they saw a guy with crazy hair running around with a baseball bat.
Just the anime main character fighting invisible Hawaiian demons 🤷♂️
people (like billionaire Genshiro Kawamoto) bought (single family) homes (in affluent areas like Kahala), hotels, condos and golf courses.
You got the current situation wrong but pretty good job
I believe all your information is news based.
There is a book called " Yakuza " written about 20 years ago which is about the History of the Japanese Mafia .....much of this information is from that book.😊
Just the dude in the food court on Maui that that you could not smell the big hit he just took off his bong and blew into the fan
He was still cool , but could not process what I was asking
When I asked a 2nd generation 80 yr old Japanese auntie about the In turn.ent camps, and her family, she said that only the educated Japanese were sent there,and not the workers.
🔥 💯 🐉
❤
Oahu 1976-77.
Wow, fascinating history. Thank you and loved seeing all the old pics that reflect a very different shade of dark than the tourist post cards of same pics. And never knew that Kalakaua wanted Japan to essentially protect the islands from the colonialists. And so it's wild to wonder what would have happened??? ... In the 60's I grew up North Shore in a surfing family and so the only thing Waikiki was good for was Summer surf ... so never had a clue! But am now aware of how deeply corrupt Hawai'i to the bone and how the entire world is actually run by criminals from the mafia types to the oligarchs CIA and Zionists ... planet criminal paradise ... it never stops dating back to Babylonian money magic.
Boom
Everyone over 40 knows Wo Fat ran Hawaii’s underground . Hawaii 50
You forgot to mention my Uncle Alema Leota who was a leader in the crew “THE COMPANY”
Hawaii has been like the bridge between the American world and the Far Eastern world.
Born in 84 and transplanted to mainland to avoid growing up poor with a drug addict Dad. Raised well, but still, blood flows born on the island is copy of Father before us, is hard living.
wait.....Like A Dragon Infinite Wealth is real?
The second the Chrono Trigger music started I couldn't pay attention/
I guess everyone who knew had their sticky greedy hands ✋️ 🤷 in also. 😔, sadly 😥 sickening..........
Bro grandpa befriended some of them at the hotels, he was a engineer and Vietnam vet.
We did their rock wall
Yakuza owns what's left.
perfect timing since i’m currently playing like a dragon: infinite wealth 😁 this would be nice as a reference!
By the way u should do UA-cam on Mr. Ken Takakura