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    The Yakuza are members of a Japanese crime syndicate that were founded back in the 17th Century, during the mid-Edo period.
    They very much see themselves as a Ninkyo Dantai, a ‘Chivalrous Organization’, that prides itself on tradition, family and maintaining a strict code of conduct.
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    Ruffians, Yakuza, Nationalists: The Violent Politics of Modern Japan, 1860-1960
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    An Economic History of Organized Crime: A National and Transnational Approach
    By Dennis M. P. McCarthy
    Understanding Organized Crime
    By Stephen L. Mallory
    Organized Crime
    By Howard Abadinsky
    Yakuza: Japan's Criminal Underworld
    By David E. Kaplan, Alec Dubro

КОМЕНТАРІ • 4,1 тис.

  • @niceguy123ish
    @niceguy123ish 4 роки тому +3785

    So you're telling me they don't breakdance during fist fights, sing sad karaoke, or race toy cars?
    Everything I knew up to this point was a lie

    • @nismo3871
      @nismo3871 4 роки тому +164

      they drive fancy cars doe, Im a car enthusiast yeah.

    • @GunslingerGeneral
      @GunslingerGeneral 4 роки тому +227

      dame da ne moment

    • @coolfungame8467
      @coolfungame8467 4 роки тому +7

      NOT FUNNY DIDNT LAUGH

    • @TheEsdaniel
      @TheEsdaniel 4 роки тому +90

      Also call ugly ladies on the telephone club lmao

    • @elifite5633
      @elifite5633 4 роки тому +67

      DingBoinka Jenga at least the real estate and construction part was right though

  • @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun
    @JustADioWhosAHeroForFun 4 роки тому +17759

    Take note that all of the Yakuza games by Sega were all approved by the actual Yakuza

    • @joshuakorynta3385
      @joshuakorynta3385 4 роки тому +2106

      That is interesting

    • @Xyt_EliteMajor
      @Xyt_EliteMajor 4 роки тому +1131

      For realsies??

    • @johnrandolph1989
      @johnrandolph1989 4 роки тому +425

      Arigato kyodai...😀

    • @bluekewne
      @bluekewne 4 роки тому +2314

      Yes, because real Yakuza beat each other to death with traffic cones & punch tigers in the face.

    • @ihavetubes
      @ihavetubes 4 роки тому +809

      @@bluekewne Could be they got feed back on history and tattoos, also the code they follow.

  • @01.adeyogaaditamaputra96
    @01.adeyogaaditamaputra96 3 роки тому +2722

    fun fact : when the first president of Indonesia visiting Japan,the Japanese government refused to give escort to the president. after that the president hired Yakuza to do their escort.

    • @gethuksea4640
      @gethuksea4640 3 роки тому +100

      Wait? For real?

    • @thecat293
      @thecat293 3 роки тому +216

      At first i thought this is fake, but damn it is real

    • @01.adeyogaaditamaputra96
      @01.adeyogaaditamaputra96 3 роки тому +44

      @@thecat293 crazy right🤯

    • @spaghettiman7108
      @spaghettiman7108 3 роки тому +254

      Now hold up, you telling me Mr Sukarno hires Yakuzas for his visit in Japan when the president of Japan at the time refuse to give him an escort? HOW DIDN'T I LEARNED THIS MY HISTORY LESSON? I'M INDONESIAN I'M SUPPOSED TO KNOW THAT BUT I DIDN'T

    • @01.adeyogaaditamaputra96
      @01.adeyogaaditamaputra96 3 роки тому +51

      @@spaghettiman7108 okee(gw bales pake b.indo ya) jadu tahun 58 pak sukarno mau kejepeang, nah terus di Jepang tuh ada rumor kalo ada kelompok anti sukarno sudah masuk jepang. nah pas tau itu beliau meminta pengawalan kepada polisi jepang,tapi mereka menolak alasannya pak sukarno dianggap melakukan kunjungan tidak resmi. nah pas tau begitu org kepercayaan sukarno kolonel sambas atmadinata menghubungi temannya (org jepang) di masa perang, temannya ini memberi saran untuk menyewa pengawal pribadi yaitu yakuza.

  • @copanemaipacabana6711
    @copanemaipacabana6711 4 роки тому +3115

    I'm Japanese and I want you to note:
    The term "YAKUZA" is very humiliating to those people. They never use that word to refer to themselves. They prefer to call themselves "GOKUDO".

    • @huszaratraktor
      @huszaratraktor 4 роки тому +448

      I'll remember that. You know... just in case.

    • @DanBruhMoment
      @DanBruhMoment 4 роки тому +141

      What does Gokudo mean, by the way?

    • @Geofuturisticswag
      @Geofuturisticswag 4 роки тому +64

      Yeah what does it mean?

    • @copanemaipacabana6711
      @copanemaipacabana6711 4 роки тому +562

      Good question. Let me try to explain.
      1. DO means way of something like judo, kendo, bushido, etc.
      2. GOKU means extreme or ultimate, so literally GOKUDO is way of extreme, or way of ultimate. Make sense, I hope? Anyway its a word to express their pride being outlaw.
      3. Usage is a bit different from other -DO terms, like practice kendo or exercise, judo. GOKUDO refers to certain type or grope of people, used like We are GOKUDO, he is a GOKUDO, or I'm a wife of GOKUDO.
      Hope it helps.

    • @huszaratraktor
      @huszaratraktor 4 роки тому +91

      @@Geofuturisticswag "extreme path" or "wicked" according to wiki

  • @Prizrak131
    @Prizrak131 4 роки тому +9379

    What Simple History taught me:
    1. If someone's face looks detailed, they're probably important
    2. Actual History

    • @Simplehistory
      @Simplehistory  4 роки тому +2030

      haha important person in the history = gets ears and a nose

    • @CancerGaming56
      @CancerGaming56 4 роки тому +173

      I didn't notice point 1 until you pointed it out, but now I'm not quite sure whether I should be bothered or not.

    • @Enraged-vu2vb
      @Enraged-vu2vb 4 роки тому +50

      @@Simplehistory thanks for giving me some spam

    • @user-tm8lv7ky6t
      @user-tm8lv7ky6t 4 роки тому +14

      Lol

    • @sweetcandysugaarmy8480
      @sweetcandysugaarmy8480 4 роки тому +28

      @@Simplehistory No wonder Krillin from Dragonball doesn't have a nose; he's not really important when compared with Vegeta and Goku. 😂

  • @walker68175
    @walker68175 4 роки тому +5726

    Trivia:
    The children's show "Bob the Builder" had to be revised in Japan. In the UK and US versions, Bob had 4 fingers. In Japan, the humans were made to have 5 fingers instead of 4, as a man having 4 fingers indicates their membership with the Yakuza. It's part of Japanese culture and society at the time.

  • @silvius1798
    @silvius1798 4 роки тому +1462

    *Me with a small heart tattoo on my hand*
    "Can I enter the hot spring?"
    *Japanese People* : YAKUZZAAAAAA!!!!!

    • @Gator_nit
      @Gator_nit 4 роки тому +53

      If you ever go to Japan get ready for anime fights

    • @gavensedgwick6516
      @gavensedgwick6516 4 роки тому +100

      Nah if you're not Asian they'll just awkwardly stare at you. I've never been turned away from an onsen

    • @Admiral45-10
      @Admiral45-10 4 роки тому +18

      As far as I know, those baths are offering plasters to cover small tattoos.

    • @lc9072
      @lc9072 3 роки тому +19

      They mostly understand small tattoos with foreigners.

    • @ridhwan6113
      @ridhwan6113 3 роки тому +17

      You mispelled KUZEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!

  • @Grunge_Cycling
    @Grunge_Cycling 3 роки тому +363

    You failed to mention that the Yakuza played a huge role in maintaining social stability during the post-WWII period when the feudal government was rendered useless, and the nation's pride and masculinity destroyed by the nuclear bombs. People looked to these "criminals" to settle neighbourly disputes and maintain basic security.

    • @nukeariesdiana2476
      @nukeariesdiana2476 2 роки тому +16

      So they become cops

    • @alphacreature6121
      @alphacreature6121 2 роки тому +5

      This real or a dialogue from Yakuza 5?

    • @Gigi-zr6hp
      @Gigi-zr6hp Рік тому +7

      @@alphacreature6121 It's real even without the games. How do you think the bubble economy happened in the first place despite Japan being nuked.

    • @redred1952
      @redred1952 Рік тому

      Fat man and little boy didn't destroy the whole damn island, your blemishing abit my guy

    • @josephdavis1704
      @josephdavis1704 Рік тому +1

      @@redred1952 lmk when your nation has had two of its main cities nuked

  • @johnb.5217
    @johnb.5217 4 роки тому +4254

    Not a gamer but YAKUZA games are some of the best games I’ve ever played

    • @sirsmellybottom7480
      @sirsmellybottom7480 4 роки тому +179

      Gamer here. Can confirm. YAKUZA is fantastic in general

    • @Elozero250
      @Elozero250 4 роки тому +79

      It is i started playing zero in march and im addicted to it and i played a lot of games

    • @bobjenkins8015
      @bobjenkins8015 4 роки тому +15

      This is real life son!

    • @ramseskush6007
      @ramseskush6007 4 роки тому +28

      Since your not a gamer, i guess you dont have alot of games to compare to

    • @ssssdaniel5238
      @ssssdaniel5238 4 роки тому +32

      gamer here, Yakuza games is simply fantastic and engaging.

  • @michaelwang6125
    @michaelwang6125 4 роки тому +1350

    10:45 that was a long pause when you were expecting more dialogue.

    • @dannydavi-toe7412
      @dannydavi-toe7412 4 роки тому +8

      lol yah

    • @Jobe-13
      @Jobe-13 4 роки тому +7

      For real. 😂

    • @huultah
      @huultah 4 роки тому +43

      yeah i tought my internet had just went off or something, pretty strange.

    • @bearbar4723
      @bearbar4723 4 роки тому +37

      I think it's so they could get the ad revenue possibly

    • @babatunde6950
      @babatunde6950 4 роки тому +7

      I was waiting for a explosion or something

  • @cameronvooght1831
    @cameronvooght1831 4 роки тому +235

    Me at 3AM in the morning: yeh I wanna learn about the Yakuza

  • @hitnailhalfway2485
    @hitnailhalfway2485 4 роки тому +2241

    "In Japan. Heart surgeon. Number one. Steady hand. One day, Yukaza boss
    need new heart. I do operation, but mistake! Yukaza boss die! Yukaza
    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 Yukaza boss on purpose. I
    good surgeon, the best!"

  • @justin764
    @justin764 4 роки тому +1033

    Fun fact about Yakuza’s tattoos: This tradition originates from back before Meiji years when the criminals were tattooed about their crimes each time they were brought in to jails.

    • @kamikaze4172
      @kamikaze4172 4 роки тому +42

      It was to make it impossible for them to fully reenter society, too

    • @FloeticsPH
      @FloeticsPH 4 роки тому +24

      Oh really? That's interesting. The only Meiji I know is the food company.

    • @justin764
      @justin764 4 роки тому +1

      Jeremiah Gottwald Yep, Meiji Restoration.

    • @OuroborosChoked
      @OuroborosChoked 4 роки тому

      So just like Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds

    • @alley-man0557
      @alley-man0557 4 роки тому +1

      Jeremiah Gottwald that company has been around for ages makes some of my favorite snack growing up

  • @elementrixonline4951
    @elementrixonline4951 4 роки тому +4987

    In 2011, March 11, When an Earthquake and Tsunami hit Tokyo and Kobe Regions in Japan; The Yakuza managed to send out goods faster than the government.
    Edit: Changed typhoon to tsunami and earthquake. Given more information.

    • @superspies32
      @superspies32 4 роки тому +418

      And also they maintain security and reorganize the area right after the catastrophe.

    • @IndustrialMilitia
      @IndustrialMilitia 4 роки тому +344

      @Adriel R Don't owe them money and not pay them back. Same with any Mafia. That's the #1 rule when dealing with organized crime.

    • @raviraichhetri8830
      @raviraichhetri8830 4 роки тому +52

      Yakuza are a group of Robin hood

    • @mlalbaitero
      @mlalbaitero 4 роки тому +134

      Yeah and they also traffic humans

    • @IndustrialMilitia
      @IndustrialMilitia 4 роки тому +42

      @Mateo Hodge Yah, that's probably accurate. Never rat on your friends, and always keep your mouth shut.

  • @124952024
    @124952024 4 роки тому +173

    I thought the Yakuza boss was killed by a heart surgeon who fled to hide in America and became a warehouse worker.

  • @phucmapvlog
    @phucmapvlog 4 роки тому +812

    Always learn something on your channel, thanks!

  • @thegodpowers
    @thegodpowers 4 роки тому +4923

    Your not a true Yakuza member until you sing Baka Mitai at a Karaoke bar after beating up some drunk hooligans near an empty lot

    • @Elozero250
      @Elozero250 4 роки тому +167

      DAME DAME DAMEYO

    • @capncake8837
      @capncake8837 4 роки тому +109

      Joe Pesci Rage *DAME DA NE

    • @potatoyumyum1991
      @potatoyumyum1991 3 роки тому +50

      @Yoga
      anta ga... suki de suki sugite

    • @laoprxnce
      @laoprxnce 3 роки тому +42

      @@potatoyumyum1991 dore dake tsuyoi osake de mo

    • @leedleleedle234
      @leedleleedle234 3 роки тому +35

      @@laoprxnce yugamanai omoide ga

  • @Xyt_EliteMajor
    @Xyt_EliteMajor 4 роки тому +5322

    Who wins:
    A weeb with power of anime and hentai
    or
    A guy in blacksuit without a pinky and armed with an uzi

    • @izakireemsi2783
      @izakireemsi2783 4 роки тому +308

      Weeb with power of anime and hentai
      Cuz we're innocents

    • @karwan6385
      @karwan6385 4 роки тому +203

      @@izakireemsi2783 nah, we'll die.

    • @t-roy524
      @t-roy524 4 роки тому +214

      Weeb cuz they will throw gang signs at you and the next thing you know a ball of energy is hurling torwards you

    • @frostygaming5379
      @frostygaming5379 4 роки тому +84

      A guy with no pinkie and uzie

    • @frostygaming5379
      @frostygaming5379 4 роки тому +34

      Uzi

  • @justint.2858
    @justint.2858 4 роки тому +890

    8:13 Why tf is Obama in the gun fight?

    • @potatopoh-tah-toh5039
      @potatopoh-tah-toh5039 3 роки тому +136

      That's where he went after his presidency.

    • @Regular-Sized
      @Regular-Sized 3 роки тому +74

      Imagine...under his suits there’s been a full body tattoo this whole time 😐

    • @rinharter7758
      @rinharter7758 3 роки тому +8

      😳😳😳

    • @undyinglich6326
      @undyinglich6326 3 роки тому +12

      It's what he does in his free time

    • @bioemiliano
      @bioemiliano 3 роки тому +23

      Good ol' Obama always getting himself in armed conflicts

  • @adjmoo
    @adjmoo 3 роки тому +375

    Yakuza before: Japenese Mafia which are feared
    Yakuza now: Haha Dame Da ne go brrrrrrrrrrrrr

  • @thebrazilianhistorian6530
    @thebrazilianhistorian6530 4 роки тому +2538

    A Friend sent this on our group chat, our Japanese friend answered: "Me and the boys"

    • @jacobhayes9992
      @jacobhayes9992 4 роки тому +276

      Yeah you may want to be nice to him

    • @thenorthstarsamurai
      @thenorthstarsamurai 4 роки тому +196

      As a Japanese I have to tell you if we says it we do it

    • @torque2088
      @torque2088 4 роки тому +6

      69th like!

    • @justin2308
      @justin2308 4 роки тому +19

      THE COLD SAMURAI Message received 👍

    • @RanDeligero
      @RanDeligero 4 роки тому +14

      A man of culture

  • @YourJudgeLaw
    @YourJudgeLaw 4 роки тому +4864

    When you hear this narrators voice, *you know the video is going to be good.*

  • @snark4611
    @snark4611 4 роки тому +62

    Don't forget that every couple years or so the head of the whole clan fucks up somehow, ends up in a coma or goes missing and an angry looking dude in a grey suit has to beat the rest of the clan into submission to stop them from overthrowing the current chairman while he's indisposed.

    • @garrysucks4190
      @garrysucks4190 2 роки тому +3

      The dude wears grey? Thought he wore white.

    • @amarson2322
      @amarson2322 2 роки тому +1

      does he have a fan with an eyepatch?

    • @pwixell7113
      @pwixell7113 2 роки тому +2

      @@garrysucks4190 it's a light grey

  • @erika002
    @erika002 3 роки тому +180

    You: _Betrays Yakuza_
    Yakuza: *_D A M E D A N E ~_*

  • @rehm9420
    @rehm9420 4 роки тому +2805

    Imagine being a rapper visiting Japan and trying to go to a hot spring

    • @christerkrane4694
      @christerkrane4694 4 роки тому +196

      There are quite a few that accept tattoos now. Due to increasing tourism a turnaround is in the works :)

    • @roberthaig2133
      @roberthaig2133 4 роки тому +66

      Some allow them but some definitely dont. My mate had to put a covers over his 3 or 4 tatts before he was allowed in to the onsen.

    • @spamspam6984
      @spamspam6984 4 роки тому +11

      frank ocean mentions this on chanel

    • @brandonwu7912
      @brandonwu7912 3 роки тому +1

      Imagine having a kuudere as ur pfp

    • @mrshakedownkenjioe2858
      @mrshakedownkenjioe2858 3 роки тому +1

      I have tattoos want to see them

  • @quinndavis3247
    @quinndavis3247 4 роки тому +1475

    “I do surgery on Yakuza boss but mistake, yakuza boss die”

    • @d0d0birdiexd78
      @d0d0birdiexd78 4 роки тому +106

      Shadow Shadow i good surgeon! The best!

    • @a.t.t.g8359
      @a.t.t.g8359 4 роки тому +148

      "I come to America become surgeon's assistant: my secret was not mistake, I kill on purpose. I am best surgeon in world"

    • @minedoimperija
      @minedoimperija 4 роки тому +4

      Pinky...

    • @frostygaming5379
      @frostygaming5379 4 роки тому +7

      Good reference

    • @wallywallendo
      @wallywallendo 4 роки тому

      Yes

  • @Akanichi
    @Akanichi 4 роки тому +123

    A well-meaning doc but a few big inaccuracies here: Quite a few Yakuza members are ethnic Korean, but ethnic Koreans are NOT Burakumin. Ethnic Koreans (Zainichi) along with Burakumin, both form a major chunk or the Yakuza ranks, but they are different from each other. Burakumin are a severely socially discriminated ethnic group that traces their ancestries to medieval peasants who had undesirable jobs that were considered unclean, like butchers or undertakers.
    Modern Yakuza also don't trace their lineage to the medieval-era peddlers and gambling establishments. Those were simply their 200 year-old counterparts. Modern Yakuza all trace their beginnings to war-torn Japan of the late 1940's, where poverty was rampant and there was an economic vacuum that placed the Yakuza in power.

    • @vksasdgaming9472
      @vksasdgaming9472 3 роки тому +1

      Modern Yakuza might be the second generation of Yakuza. First was result of Meiji-restauration which broke down old social order and left many samurai penniless so they became criminals.

    • @vksasdgaming9472
      @vksasdgaming9472 2 роки тому +1

      @@firecattle With that classification line between second and third generation is quite blurry while first and second have much clearer separation. If I remember correctly yakuza got their name from gambling term similar to "seven high" and former samurai were hired by gambling groups as enforcers and thus formed first generation. Quite interesting anomaly in organized crime.

  • @Otacon9611
    @Otacon9611 3 роки тому +12

    I love these bite sized history videos. So fun to throw on and learn

  • @elrondhubbard7059
    @elrondhubbard7059 4 роки тому +671

    I've had several run-ins with the Yakuza, but they leave me alone now after I destroyed one of their HQs and beat their boss in a 1v1 sword fight.

    • @nutzungsbedingungen2246
      @nutzungsbedingungen2246 4 роки тому +111

      I did this too, i nearly got beat, but then i believed in the Power of Friendship and won

    • @elrondhubbard7059
      @elrondhubbard7059 4 роки тому +52

      @@nutzungsbedingungen2246
      It almost feels unfair to use something that powerful.

    • @Gator_nit
      @Gator_nit 4 роки тому +15

      Hoho I fought 5 guys with guns and I only had a sword

    • @teaslipped6918
      @teaslipped6918 3 роки тому +19

      wtf is this comment section-
      I love it

    • @mrstranger1334
      @mrstranger1334 2 роки тому +5

      @@murraytc4641 did you say family???

  • @aveenvp
    @aveenvp 4 роки тому +2070

    When I was a teacher's aide a few years back, in a classroom of Japanese exchange students age 19-20, I had this one kid who was for sure Yakuza.
    He had spiked, bleached hair, and I always saw him outside our classroom smoking. He had no friends. He would always wear long sleeves, and when his collar slipped I saw that he had a full body suit of tattoos. Finally, when I asked him what he wanted to do as a career, all he would say was "I will work for my father's business".

    • @anameofsomesort959
      @anameofsomesort959 4 роки тому +320

      Sure he wasn't just edgy? I mean why would a kid who wants to join the Yakuza go to another country as an exchange student?

    • @AJ-qz5qb
      @AJ-qz5qb 4 роки тому +391

      To gain connections

    • @wheneggsdrop1701
      @wheneggsdrop1701 4 роки тому +179

      @@anameofsomesort959 Safety and to gain connections.

    • @cowboycowboy9592
      @cowboycowboy9592 4 роки тому +115

      I seen a few in san diego.one Taking criminal justice classes and one in business class. Tuff respectful and didn't associate with the hipster college crowd

    • @HC-gn2gb
      @HC-gn2gb 4 роки тому +34

      On west coast in California and I think new York they are there I think

  • @baronvonbeandip
    @baronvonbeandip 3 роки тому +4

    1:37 Yo, big ups for actually taking the time to draw those kabufuda/hanafuda cards reliably. I appreciate the attention to detail

  • @sparklecandie4026
    @sparklecandie4026 3 роки тому +54

    Fun fact: Yakuza are also known to use traffic cones, tables, sofas and motorcycles to fight

    • @exorchili7121
      @exorchili7121 2 роки тому +1

      cringing Rn dude legit forgot to list their main weapon of bycicle how ignorant

  • @baduploadschedule1015
    @baduploadschedule1015 4 роки тому +2035

    Yakuza is gangsta until they get tiger dropped by a man in a white suit

  • @axetheviking6482
    @axetheviking6482 3 роки тому +67

    I thought all the Yakuza did was helping Dominatrixes with their work and returning stolen video games to children and such.

    • @exorchili7121
      @exorchili7121 2 роки тому

      yakuza 0 is cool but I prefer yakuza 5

  • @iuopunderstandyourjokes9914
    @iuopunderstandyourjokes9914 3 роки тому +30

    There is an ex-yakuza out there called Kazuma Kiryu". He was known as "The Dragon of Dojima" in his clan. He left the clan and now he's known as "karaoke dragon" in japan.

  • @guibin
    @guibin 4 роки тому +843

    When I lived in Kobe a few years ago, there was a civil war over some secession crisis or whatever in the Yamaguchi-gumi that made it all over the news. Apparently this led to the group splitting in two, but I don't know if they made up. My friend lived near a particularly nice neighborhood that she suspected had a lot of Yakuza residences and during this time, there was a drive-by on one of those residences. No, there weren't mass shootouts in the streets between rival factions. They were pretty discreet about it all.
    Interesting fact. The Yakuza made the news one year for holding a Halloween event for where kids can go trick-or-treating at their HQ. They've been doing it for over a decade.

    • @vaultboy1086
      @vaultboy1086 4 роки тому +97

      gui bin Huh, I wouldn’t expect the Yakuza to be letting kids Trick or Treat at their HQ.

    • @gibfeet8992
      @gibfeet8992 4 роки тому +73

      Would the parents even allow the kids to go to their hq

    • @guibin
      @guibin 4 роки тому +102

      @@vaultboy1086 It's probably part of their PR strategy. At least that's what we all suspect. It's pretty well known that Yakuza membership has been declining over the years, and they want to repair that image. I don't know if they're still doing it. They stopped in 2017 and I haven't heard anything about them starting back up.

    • @guibin
      @guibin 4 роки тому +55

      @@gibfeet8992 Apparenty enough to justify them continuing it for a decade. The parents would be with the kids.

    • @chetawanung-adjmagool9967
      @chetawanung-adjmagool9967 4 роки тому +41

      @referral madness most of their HQs look like many other ordinary office buildings in Japan, it doesn't look shady unless you know what it is.
      Btw, recently, yakuza has been opening up boba tea shops as one of the ways to make income as well as adapting to the new age.

  • @raazaingrid3843
    @raazaingrid3843 4 роки тому +836

    Nintendo started off as a company that made these gambling cards

    • @maverick9275
      @maverick9275 4 роки тому +112

      Yes and no. Nintendo produced hanafuda card decks which are to make comparisons are a lot like our standard 52 card decks in which many games can be played with them not just one. So Nintendo made cards that were more than likely used for gambling but not explicitly for.

    • @dimasnaufalpratama4812
      @dimasnaufalpratama4812 4 роки тому +18

      Nintendo secretly a yakuza clan

    • @mathunit1
      @mathunit1 4 роки тому +17

      @@dimasnaufalpratama4812 How do you think they have copyright ninjas everywhere? :P

    • @karimm2
      @karimm2 4 роки тому +5

      Top 10 anime character development

    • @brandonnesfan
      @brandonnesfan 4 роки тому +1

      No, it became popular after the video game crash because they were ruthless and didn't let retail stores sell the nes if they're selling competing products.
      Also, the '83 crash only happened in north amerika, everywhere else was fine.

  • @theclassicmanila-style8435
    @theclassicmanila-style8435 3 роки тому +19

    4:22 dudes acting gangsta until kiryu shows up and hit them with bicycles and traffic cones

  • @deontv100
    @deontv100 4 роки тому +10

    Yakuza guys are super chill. Shared a beer with a few of them once. Everyone in that town knew they were yakuza, but no one really cared.

  • @astral9138
    @astral9138 4 роки тому +581

    Imagine the Chinese Triads at war with the Yakuza, its like ww2 in the shadows.

    • @preussen4983
      @preussen4983 4 роки тому +81

      imagine if one of those yakuza members are descendants of unit 731

    • @rowbearly6128
      @rowbearly6128 4 роки тому +91

      It happened in Tokyo in the early 2000s...messy and lots of bodies, massively under reported.

    • @asga2600
      @asga2600 4 роки тому +15

      Add the Italian Mafia

    • @yin6287
      @yin6287 4 роки тому +10

      Triads is kind of not that organized like Yakuza

    • @Elozero250
      @Elozero250 4 роки тому +1

      @@rowbearly6128 How this war was called ?

  • @SummerSegu
    @SummerSegu 4 роки тому +1698

    I am Japanese!
    Yakuza is a terrifying existence in my country.

    • @Flollo420
      @Flollo420 4 роки тому +167

      is it really a day to day topic? are your people afraid of these gangs? i would like to know because in some parts of this world there are gangs in countrys but people of normal society dont really care about them or are not really affected by their actions

    • @blushingralseiuwu2222
      @blushingralseiuwu2222 4 роки тому +269

      Is it really true that they employ chicken as manager for their business?

    •  4 роки тому +36

      @@Flollo420 i don't think yakuza is a gang. They surely won't beat you up and take your wallet. In Italy, a certain Sicilian city happened to be where some powerful banks took roots (because of Renaissance history), well, in that city the mafia makes everything in its power to give national police no reason to come and pay a visit, they keep pickpockets at bay and if they need to fight they do it elsewhere. I guess there must be similar situations in japan

    • @Gato-jr9qx
      @Gato-jr9qx 4 роки тому +79

      I’m Hong Kong Chinese and we had scarier gang than yakuza

    • @ryand8461
      @ryand8461 4 роки тому +148

      420 no no one talks about yakuza here. You don’t even hear about it on the news. They are irrelevant in normal society and they don’t want attention either so they stay relatively hidden

  • @joniii_
    @joniii_ 3 роки тому +19

    Yakuza are still prevelant in today's Japan. I was just a year ago on an exchange in Japan and I remember how we needed to walk in groups from at least 5 to the train station as somebody who looked like Yakuza had been spotted near the school. I didn't see the person but there were at least 3 police cars on the way as we walked.

  • @riteshdas9036
    @riteshdas9036 3 роки тому +32

    4:09 that's definitely kazama shintaro and masaru Sera having a good time

    • @PalloneWafer
      @PalloneWafer 3 роки тому +5

      Bubble era was sweet for them

    • @coyotebongwater6833
      @coyotebongwater6833 2 роки тому

      XD it totally does look like them too now that you point it out.

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 роки тому +1308

    Brits: "Pinkies out"
    Yakuza: *Hold my tea.*

  • @awesomehpt8938
    @awesomehpt8938 4 роки тому +405

    Did you know that the most committed members of the Yakuza have the backs of their knees tattooed which is the most painful part of the body to have a tattoo.

    • @loafofbread9400
      @loafofbread9400 4 роки тому +24

      Ok

    • @jessinrodenburg7728
      @jessinrodenburg7728 4 роки тому +7

      is it worse than the inside of your upper arm, close to he armpit, down?

    • @bt3408
      @bt3408 4 роки тому +16

      jessin rodenburg the back of the knee is probably the worst spot because there are a bunch of nerves there

    • @Gameflyer001
      @Gameflyer001 4 роки тому +17

      Makes sense, since getting shot in the kneecap is apparently the most painful place to be hit.

    • @mexifry222
      @mexifry222 4 роки тому

      Ok

  • @Klicktot
    @Klicktot 3 роки тому +16

    When suddenly the Kuze theme song plays in background..

    • @Supperdude9
      @Supperdude9 2 роки тому +2

      HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TEACH YOU THIS LESSON OLD MAN?!

  • @zach6746
    @zach6746 4 роки тому +3

    The cup on the right moves at 5:18, thought we wouldn't notice!

  • @jjaybourne4734
    @jjaybourne4734 4 роки тому +305

    Japanese uncle: Okay i'll stay out of your room
    9 year old me: Pinky swear?
    Uncle:

    • @leecupp2573
      @leecupp2573 4 роки тому +15

      Is that a hentai reference?

    • @fuckinantipope5511
      @fuckinantipope5511 4 роки тому +9

      @@leecupp2573 did you not watch the video?

    • @salem7439
      @salem7439 4 роки тому +2

      Maybe it is a reference to hentai 🤷‍♂️

    • @grootsyt
      @grootsyt 4 роки тому +6

      @@fuckinantipope5511 he doesnt mean the pinky part, he means the weird rapey uncle that wont leave part

    • @aleksandarvil5718
      @aleksandarvil5718 4 роки тому +3

      LAW AND ORDER SVU
      **DUN - DUN - DUN - DUN**

  • @blaster702
    @blaster702 4 роки тому +416

    They also have a propensity for ripping off their shirts and fighting on top of buildings. Pretty weird.

    • @vikareus1257
      @vikareus1257 4 роки тому +76

      Don’t forget about how they also get enveloped in a flaming aura too. Must be part of the Yakuza’s training.

    • @kuromifan10
      @kuromifan10 3 роки тому +40

      KIRYUUUU CHANNNNNNN!

    • @thirdanimator3347
      @thirdanimator3347 2 роки тому +1

      I heard some chairmen fought there.

  • @theinsignium1921
    @theinsignium1921 4 роки тому +33

    3:50 What is Psy doing in my Yakuza Documentary?

  • @MadMonsterGaming
    @MadMonsterGaming 3 роки тому +23

    This guy's pronunciation of foreign languages is genuinely impressive.

  • @t-roy524
    @t-roy524 4 роки тому +620

    Whenever you realize Simple History teaches you more history than your online classes.

    • @izakireemsi2783
      @izakireemsi2783 4 роки тому +8

      *mindblown*

    • @exicutioner161
      @exicutioner161 4 роки тому +6

      I don’t even do history in online classes anymore
      it’s just English and Math

    • @matbannerson
      @matbannerson 4 роки тому +2

      sometimes the online classes rely on simple history to teach academics.

    • @nerdyman7190
      @nerdyman7190 4 роки тому +1

      I don’t have any classes, I am a lucky one who has summer break earlier than others

    • @comradesam3382
      @comradesam3382 4 роки тому +1

      And offline

  • @jameslee3944
    @jameslee3944 4 роки тому +107

    While stationed in Okinawa, we were told that anyone with tattoos where prohibited from entering public beaches as they were automatically assumed to be Yakuza. Even if you weren’t Asian. Sometimes we’ll spot Yakuza hanging out by casinos and bars too. Crazy times on Oki.

    • @theunbeatable6598
      @theunbeatable6598 2 роки тому +10

      There was a man in Hawaiian shirt who has tattoos allegedly and runs an orphanage

    • @LuisMane1
      @LuisMane1 Рік тому +1

      @@theunbeatable6598 Orphanage Manager

  • @triobros98
    @triobros98 2 роки тому +4

    Sega: can we make a game about this

  • @stuggoto750
    @stuggoto750 Рік тому +4

    Simple History please. I need to find the first song that plays in this video! I have been searching for a while and every now and then I come back to this video

  • @knightmarespawn2690
    @knightmarespawn2690 4 роки тому +441

    *Yakuza gets mentioned*
    Most people: That’s the Japanese mafia right?
    Me: Kiryuuu chaaaan!

  • @craz_e
    @craz_e 4 роки тому +108

    Italian Mafia Member: So here is the dea...
    Yakuza: so anyways I started blastin

  • @pross6525
    @pross6525 11 місяців тому

    A very interesting piece of history thank you for sharing this

  • @sbsb4995
    @sbsb4995 4 роки тому +1

    Great stuff.

  • @aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1261
    @aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa1261 4 роки тому +3437

    When you are Japanese and you find out you are 1%

    • @markhenley3097
      @markhenley3097 4 роки тому +149

      I'm going to go join the Yakuza join the Yakuza.

    • @NguyenMinh-vs1vm
      @NguyenMinh-vs1vm 4 роки тому +79

      Now go get your f*cking shinebox

    • @OnionChoppingNinja
      @OnionChoppingNinja 4 роки тому +194

      Must suck if a guy finds out he's half Japanese and half Sicilian.
      I mean who you gonna join? the Yakuza or Cosa Nostra?

    • @qq-lw2vp
      @qq-lw2vp 4 роки тому +94

      Gang-Star

    • @quasar7951
      @quasar7951 4 роки тому +26

      @@OnionChoppingNinja what if they combine?

  • @davidvasquez08
    @davidvasquez08 4 роки тому +354

    Japan: *We can’t deal with the Yakuza*
    Mexico: *Hold our cartels*

    • @MASTEROFEVIL
      @MASTEROFEVIL 4 роки тому +8

      Haha

    • @jeremywicklund9887
      @jeremywicklund9887 4 роки тому +15

      Did you see how many obamas were in the Yakuza clips? They got the n word pass

    • @osamabinladen824
      @osamabinladen824 4 роки тому +12

      Philippines: Hold our New People's Army (NPA)

    • @archer24
      @archer24 4 роки тому

      @@osamabinladen824 wait a min 😃😄🤨😐😶

    • @flipmanlet8982
      @flipmanlet8982 4 роки тому

      @@osamabinladen824 And don't forget Abu Sayyaf

  • @motauman1372
    @motauman1372 2 роки тому

    Great story and animation man.

  • @mckasss9488
    @mckasss9488 4 роки тому +11

    Yakuza trend right now, some of the higher officials have college degree, even masters or PHD. Some are attorney, doctors, and even CPA. The bottom guys are drop outs, or ex-bosouzoku (motor vehicle gangs) and others.

  • @josesosa3337
    @josesosa3337 4 роки тому +422

    People who play yakuza: My time to shine!!

  • @SHARDK2
    @SHARDK2 4 роки тому +265

    You forgot to add the part where every year a guy in a gray suit comes around and wrecks all of them.

  • @garrettoliva5154
    @garrettoliva5154 4 роки тому +34

    Nope every Yakuza is ripped with giant tattoos and fight on rooftops with their shirts off and drop kick each other until they become friends or sacrifice themselves for the greater good.

  • @bigflip3714
    @bigflip3714 2 роки тому

    Great vid

  • @x6621
    @x6621 4 роки тому +642

    “”They (yakuza) were often descended from Burakumin, an ethnic Korean background””
    Me, a Korean living in Japan: * 𝘀𝘄𝗲𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 *

    • @vargush9841
      @vargush9841 4 роки тому +48

      [the yakuza wants to know your location]

    • @kortmann9
      @kortmann9 4 роки тому +25

      _you know what you must do now_

    • @Dina-up2nc
      @Dina-up2nc 4 роки тому +3

      How it to live in japan? Do you like it?

    • @x6621
      @x6621 3 роки тому +13

      Raven, that is very true, but the majority of Yakuza here have some kind of Okinawan/Korean background, whether it be a mother or a whole family.

    • @x6621
      @x6621 3 роки тому +2

      Mr.K, I am a Zainichi of course I know this. Burakumin are not exclusive to Koreans, but Koreans were considered Burakumin.

  • @cathanmccann1769
    @cathanmccann1769 4 роки тому +317

    Who's cooler
    Italian mafia:
    Japanese mafia:
    Can you do a video on the Irish war for independence

  • @nsahandler
    @nsahandler 2 роки тому +7

    Fun Fact:
    The motorcycle assassination was the inspiration for the infamous animated film Akira.

  • @edgelord8337
    @edgelord8337 4 роки тому +190

    Italian mafia
    Japanese mafia
    *1**#tiger** mafia from who killed captain alex*

    • @nathaniell4325
      @nathaniell4325 4 роки тому +26

      TIGER MAFIA
      nice to see someone else who watched that.

    • @grugg3108
      @grugg3108 4 роки тому +23

      They know the way of using a gun (Unless Bruce U is around).

    • @kapkan3733
      @kapkan3733 4 роки тому +1

      How are you everywhere edge lord?

    • @gorogorogoro-chan5656
      @gorogorogoro-chan5656 4 роки тому +15

      The most deadliest gang in Uganda

    • @komatobeast9122
      @komatobeast9122 4 роки тому +17

      @@gorogorogoro-chan5656 The entire world you mean.

  • @RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE
    @RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE 4 роки тому +726

    "Videogames cannot be part of Mafia!"
    SEGA: *observe.*
    (Yakuza series reference)

  • @stephenbanyar1874
    @stephenbanyar1874 Рік тому +1

    8:20 わーい! That yellow car in the background is a 1978 Mitsubishi Mirage. Simple History sure is diligent!

  • @xeno246
    @xeno246 Рік тому +3

    Thanks!

  • @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache
    @Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache 4 роки тому +208

    *goes to top of Millennium Tower*
    *dramatically rips off shirt, revealing bare back and tattoo*

    • @hyperkid321
      @hyperkid321 4 роки тому +14

      (For who’s sake starts playing in the background)

    • @ghstrys472
      @ghstrys472 4 роки тому +17

      *NISHIKAYAMA FAMILY PARTRIARCH*
      *AKIRA NISHIKIYAMA*

    • @frander2883
      @frander2883 4 роки тому +8

      *HAKUHO CLAN CHAIRMAN*
      *YOSHITAKA MINE*

    • @strechemall
      @strechemall 4 роки тому +5

      *MEN IN BLACK*

    • @scr8846
      @scr8846 4 роки тому +4

      *SIXTH CHAIRMAN OF THE TOJO CLAN*
      *DAIGO DOJIMA*

  • @tomfrazier1103
    @tomfrazier1103 4 роки тому +114

    Into the 1980s, the Japanese people who drove American cars: Gangsters and dentists.

    • @Kimrothmony
      @Kimrothmony 4 роки тому +1

      Where's the tattoo's artists?

    • @tomfrazier1103
      @tomfrazier1103 4 роки тому

      @@Kimrothmony They cannot afford cars in Japan?

    • @alexl9334
      @alexl9334 2 роки тому

      In america toyota ae86 shitbox grorious piece of machinery for 90k
      In Japan glorious V8 gas guzzling pos shitbox for 90k

  • @TrwuKiNg
    @TrwuKiNg 2 роки тому +2

    Him: Explaining the history of Yakuza
    My brain the entire time: Kiryu

  • @zeltod_2725
    @zeltod_2725 3 роки тому +41

    5:28 Just say that I like Jojo '-'

  • @brettphillips7034
    @brettphillips7034 4 роки тому +115

    Yakuza: "We are very powerful"
    Agent 47: "Hold my beer"

    • @00SEMTX
      @00SEMTX 4 роки тому +5

      Gotta admit..the fat guy had one nice place

    • @phuongming2449
      @phuongming2449 4 роки тому +4

      Yame Yame

    • @bepizz6680
      @bepizz6680 4 роки тому +4

      Johnny sins

    • @kiriakos7016
      @kiriakos7016 4 роки тому +5

      Yeah,47 can destroy an entire criminal organization.

    • @emretorun1436
      @emretorun1436 4 роки тому +1

      HAHAHA HILARIOUS AND ORIGINAL COMMENT NEVER SAW A COMMENT LIKE THIS BEFORE

  • @playboyprodigy4194
    @playboyprodigy4194 4 роки тому +29

    Fun Fact : Back when Nintendo was just a small business that used to sell Hanafuda cards, their biggest customers were the Yakuzas

  • @toppy1798
    @toppy1798 3 роки тому

    Hey bro I like your detailed explanations and the Animations you do! Which software do you use?

  • @Tomodachi323
    @Tomodachi323 7 місяців тому +1

    thanks for the history lesson. I'm trying to learn all I can about Japan including the language via Duolingo. 👍😊🇯🇵

  • @theroyalcourt5770
    @theroyalcourt5770 4 роки тому +69

    It's funny, I just started to play the Yakuza series as of recent and the fact this just recently came out only 3 days after I started is awesome.

  • @kapkan3733
    @kapkan3733 4 роки тому +266

    Image teaching more history than schools
    This post was made by simple history gang

  • @ZaneRichards-pk3bb
    @ZaneRichards-pk3bb Місяць тому

    I lived in Ibaraki prefecture for three years, and they were everywhere. Yamaguchigumi in the south and the Matsubakai in the north. Had a couple of interesting and random run-ins with members and ex-members.

  • @AziizNamantino
    @AziizNamantino 4 роки тому +29

    Yakuza : beating people to death
    Also yakuza : "Dame da ne, dame yo dame nano yo"

  • @balasankarajith2923
    @balasankarajith2923 4 роки тому +336

    Who would win?
    *The entire Japanese Yakuzas in their full powers*
    Or
    One Ex-Arrow shooter hero who's family just became dust

  • @Jo-un6es
    @Jo-un6es 4 роки тому +84

    Simple History: *Makes Yakuza video*
    The Yakuza: We would like to know your location.

    • @SoldierOfFate
      @SoldierOfFate 4 роки тому +5

      Yakuzas don't bother those who don't screw with them and meddle in their affairs (that or if you're a corrupt government figure).
      Certain Mexican cartels and South American criminal syndicates however....

    • @RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE
      @RedTsarOldChannel-INACTIVE 4 роки тому

      @@SoldierOfFate
      As a Latin American, I can confirm that.

  • @yurikovRUKR762
    @yurikovRUKR762 3 роки тому

    This is so satisfying during quarantine

  • @capt.sparky854
    @capt.sparky854 3 роки тому +1

    War is interesting but this is one of the most fascinating things I've watched lately.

  • @samuelturner6261
    @samuelturner6261 4 роки тому +155

    “For as far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a yakuza.”

  • @fungustheturd4004
    @fungustheturd4004 4 роки тому +152

    A movie recommendation: The Outsider
    It’s on Netflix and shows practically all of the things that this video has shown

  • @erengodyeager2602
    @erengodyeager2602 3 роки тому

    This is cool!!

  • @carterrissmiller2510
    @carterrissmiller2510 3 роки тому +10

    Yakuza to the Yakuza: Big Balls Tough Mafia
    Yakuza to Memers: Dame Da Ne

  • @awesometheguy1
    @awesometheguy1 4 роки тому +7

    This has been one of my favorite videos on this channel. I really enjoy learning about crime syndicates like the Yakuza

  • @Teaspoon9205
    @Teaspoon9205 4 роки тому +217

    When I was this early, people were spamming “first.”

    • @yetkieuz
      @yetkieuz 4 роки тому +3

      Thien Nguyen Mình Xinh Chào Nha!

    • @ridhofc7140
      @ridhofc7140 4 роки тому

      first

    • @julienvalley28
      @julienvalley28 4 роки тому

      that... is me

    • @thekhans2823
      @thekhans2823 4 роки тому

      @ Thien Nguyen , When I came there we’re no comments that UA-cam allowed me to see so I just said first

    • @Yolloface-cr7le
      @Yolloface-cr7le 4 роки тому

      Komrade Dog im vietnamese too

  • @kendrei
    @kendrei 3 роки тому +4

    dame da ne
    dame yo dame na no yo
    anta ga suki de suki sugite
    dore dake tsuyoi osake de mo
    yugamanai omoide ga
    baka mitai

  • @katymbeke8400
    @katymbeke8400 3 роки тому

    5:54 I remember seeing this in a movie as a kid and immediately changing the channel.

  • @abthedragon4921
    @abthedragon4921 4 роки тому +17

    Always wanting to learn about history
    Simple History always delivers

  • @yumechan89
    @yumechan89 4 роки тому +132

    What is the best anime?
    Google : Naruto
    Bing: