Editing Yakuza (section)

=== Manga, anime and television dramas ===
* ''[[Stop!! Hibari-kun!]]'': [[manga]] (1981–1983), [[anime]] (1983–1984). The story focuses on Kōsaku Sakamoto, a high school student who goes to live with yakuza boss Ibari Ōzora and his four children—Tsugumi, Tsubame, Hibari and Suzume—after the death of his mother. Kōsaku is shocked to learn that Hibari, who looks and behaves as a girl, is male.
* ''[[Gokusen]]'': [[manga]] (2000), drama (2002, 2005 and 2008) and [[anime]] (2004). The heiress of a clan becomes a teacher in a difficult high school and is assigned a class of delinquents, the 3-D. She will teach them mathematics, while gradually getting involved in several other levels, going so far as to get her students out of a bad situation by sometimes using her skills as heir to the clan.
* ''[[My Boss My Hero]]'': [[Film stock]] (2001), drama (2002). A young gang leader, who seems to be too stupid to do his job, misses a big deal because he cannot count correctly, and on the other hand, is practically illiterate. In order to access the succession of the clan, his father then forces him to return to high school, to obtain his diploma. He must not reveal his membership in the yakuza, under penalty of being immediately excluded.
* ''[[Twittering Birds Never Fly]]'': manga of the [[shōnen-ai]] genre (2011–?). Yashiro, a totally depraved masochist, boss of a yakuza clan and the Shinsei finance company, hires Chikara Dômeki, a secretive and not very talkative man, as his bodyguard. While Yashiro would like to take advantage of Dômeki's body, the latter is helpless.<ref>{{cite web|title= Serie –Twittering birds never fly|url=http://www.taifu-comics.com/index.php/serie/Twittering-birds-never-fly|website=taifu-comics.com|access-date=2015-10-10}}</ref>
* ''Like the Beast'': [[manga]], [[yaoi]] (2008). Tomoharu Ueda, a police officer in a small local post, meets Aki Gotôda, son of the leader of a yakuza clan, in pursuit of an underwear thief. The next morning, Aki shows up at his house to thank him for his help and finds himself making a declaration of love for him. Taken aback, Ueda replies that it is better that they get to know each other, but that's without counting Aki's stubbornness, ready to do anything to achieve his ends.
* ''[[Odd Taxi]]'': [[anime]], [[manga]] (2021). A taxi driver becomes entangled in the rivalry of competing kobun and uses his position to undermine the local yakuza organization.

Several [[manga]] by [[Ryoichi Ikegami]] are located in the middle of the Japanese underworld:
* ''[[Sanctuary (manga)|Sanctuary]]'' (1990): Hôjô and Asami, childhood friends, have only one goal: to give the Japanese back a taste of life, and to shake up the country. For this, they decide to climb the ladder of power, one in the light, as a politician, the other in the shadows, as yakuza.
* ''[[Heat (manga)|Heat]]'' (1999): Tatsumi Karasawa is the owner of a club in Tokyo who plans to expand his business. He gives a hard time not only to the police but also to the yakuza, of which he manages, however, to rally a certain number at his side.
* ''[[Nisekoi]]'' (2014): Nisekoi follows high school students Raku Ichijo, the son of a leader in the yakuza faction Shuei-gumi, and Chitoge Kirisaki, the daughter of a boss in a rival gang known as Muchi-Konkai.