Yoshio Kodama
✓ Source-basedfallingJapanese criminal (1911-1984)
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Yoshio Kodama was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist and a prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan.
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Yoshio Kodama (first row, second from right) in a group photograph with right-wing doyen Mitsuru Tōyama in 1929
Yoshio Kodama (left) as bodyguard to Wang Jingwei (1939)
From the left, Deputy Chikanori Moji, Yoshio Kodama, and Vice Admiral Takijirō Ōnishi in February 1945 at the Tainan Shrine in Taiwan
Kodama's mugshot from his time in Sugamo Prison
Kodama in January 1953 during a visit by conservative politicians Ichirō Hatoyama and Bukichi Miki to his Tokyo estate. Hatoyama became Prime Minister of Japan a year later. The photo was published in 1953 in Mainichi Shimbun.
Kodama with his second wife, SayokoPoliticians from Japan 6
About this person
Yoshio Kodama was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist and a prominent figure in the rise of organized crime in Japan. The most famous kuromaku, or behind-the-scenes power broker, of the 20th century, he was active in Japan's political arena and criminal underworld from the 1930s to the 1970s, and became enormously wealthy through his involvement in smuggling operations.
Country
JapanCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1911 to 1984 · aged 72
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