Editing Yakuza (section)

===Kyushu===
[[File:Japan Kyushu Region large.png|thumb|right|[[Kyushu]], a well-known source of many yakuza members]]
The island of [[Kyushu]] (and particularly its northern prefecture [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]]) has a reputation for being a large source of yakuza members,<ref name="JapaneseJusticeJohnson2002">{{cite book |last1=Johnson |first1=David T. |title=The Japanese way of justice: prosecuting crime in Japan |date=2002 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford [England] ; New York |isbn=9780195119862 }}</ref> including many renowned bosses in the [[Yamaguchi-gumi]].<ref name="Baradel 2021 pp. 74–91">{{cite journal | last=Baradel | first=Martina | title=Yakuza Grey: The Shrinking of the Il/legal Nexus and its Repercussions on Japanese Organised Crime | journal=Global Crime | volume=22 | issue=1 | date=2021-01-02 | issn=1744-0572 | doi=10.1080/17440572.2020.1813114 | pages=74–91}}</ref> Isokichi Yoshida (1867–1936) from the [[Kitakyushu]] area was considered by some scholars and political watchers as one of the first renowned modern yakuza.<ref name="Siniawer 2012 pp. 623–641">{{cite journal | last=Siniawer | first=E. M. | title=Befitting Bedfellows: Yakuza and the State in Modern Japan | journal=Journal of Social History | volume=45 | issue=3 | date=2012-03-01 | issn=0022-4529 | doi=10.1093/jsh/shr120 | pages=623–641}}</ref> Recently [[Shinobu Tsukasa]] and Kunio Inoue, the bosses of the two most powerful clans in the Yamaguchi-gumi, originate from Kyushu. [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]], the northernmost part of the island, has the largest number of [[#Designated bōryokudan|designated syndicates]] among all of the prefectures.<ref>{{cite news |last1=High concentration of |first1=Yakuza within Fukuoka |title=Fukuoka to offer financial help for gangsters trying to leave crime syndicates |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/02/20/national/crime-legal/fukuoka-offer-financial-help-gangsters-trying-leave-crime-syndicates/ |access-date=30 August 2022 |agency=www.japantimes.co.jp |date=20 February 2018}}</ref>