Tojo Clan (2024)

Table of Contents
Contents History[] Membership and subsidiary families[] Chairmen[] Subsidiary Clans and Families[] Members by Appearances[] Yakuza[] Yakuza 2 (2006)[] Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Majima Saga) (2006)[] Yakuza 3 (2009)[] Yakuza 4 (2010)[] Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho (2010)[] Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen (2012)[] Yakuza 5 (2012)[] Yakuza 0 (1988)[] Yakuza 6 (2016)[] Judgment (2018)[] Yakuza: Like a Dragon (1977-2019)[] Lost Judgment (2021)[] The Kaito Files (2022)[] Non-Canon Members[] Yakuza: Dead Souls (2011)[] Ryu ga Gotoku Online - The Legend of Ichiban Kasuga (2001-2018)[] Allies[] Trivia[] Gallery[]

The Tojo Clan (東城会, Tōjō-kai) is a yakuza group based in Kanto, of eastern Japan. It is the second largest yakuza group in the country, only second to the Omi Alliance (which the Tojo often clashes with) based in western Japan. It was founded by Makoto Tojo, and had upwards of 100 families containing over 30,000 members total at its peak. Its headquarters are located in Tokyo.

The Tojo Clan appears and is prominently featured in every game in the mainline Yakuza series, as most of the series' playable characters - including Kazuma Kiryu and Ichiban Kasuga - are former members of the clan, and have close ties to its active members.

Contents

  • 1 History
  • 2 Membership and subsidiary families
    • 2.1 Chairmen
    • 2.2 Subsidiary Clans and Families
  • 3 Members by Appearances
    • 3.1 Yakuza
    • 3.2 Yakuza 2 (2006)
    • 3.3 Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Majima Saga) (2006)
    • 3.4 Yakuza 3 (2009)
    • 3.5 Yakuza 4 (2010)
    • 3.6 Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho (2010)
    • 3.7 Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen (2012)
    • 3.8 Yakuza 5 (2012)
    • 3.9 Yakuza 0 (1988)
    • 3.10 Yakuza 6 (2016)
    • 3.11 Judgment (2018)
    • 3.12 Yakuza: Like a Dragon (1977-2019)
    • 3.13 Lost Judgment (2021)
    • 3.14 The Kaito Files (2022)
  • 4 Non-Canon Members
    • 4.1 Yakuza: Dead Souls (2011)
    • 4.2 Ryu ga Gotoku Online - The Legend of Ichiban Kasuga (2001-2018)
  • 5 Allies
  • 6 Trivia
  • 7 Gallery

History[]

The Tojo Clan was founded by the first chairman Makoto Tojo on an unspecified date. The earliest part of Tojo Clan history seen in-game is 1980, when the Dojima Family carries out the Jingweon Massacre, killing 33 of the Jingweon Mafia's members in Kamurocho, including most of its leaders. However, the Tojo Clan is also known to have existed in the years since 1968 when Shintaro Kazama killed the parents of Kazuma Kiryu as a Dojima Family hitman.

Five years later, in 1985, the clan gets into hot water when the Ueno Seiwa hit happens, where a member of the Tojo Clan's Sasai Family massacres men from the Ueno Seiwa Clan. It turns out that the hit was originally going to be used by the family's patriarch Hideki Sasai as a means to defuse and mediate the ongoing conflict between both clans, but botched some time before the hit.

In the following years, the clan seems to prosper, after Masaru Sera, the president of the Nikkyo Consortium, an organization within the Tojo Clan's ranks, is appointed chairman following Takashi Nihara's retirement. However, in 2005, another incident happens: Chairman Sera is murdered and the clan's ten billion yen goes missing, causing conflicts as many people are gunning for the chairman's seat. Ultimately, the position is given to Kazuma Kiryu through a will from both Sera and Shintaro Kazama. As it turns out, Sera let Kazama decide who would be the next chairman should he die. However, Kiryu decides to retire right after his appointment ceremony, and passes the position to Yukio Terada, a close acquaintance of Kazama.

In February 2006, in an effort to rebuild the clan and fill the empty seat of the clan captain, Terada announces a reformation plan, which states that the family with the most contributions for the clan may have its patriarch promoted to captain. This sparks competition between the direct families, especially Majima Family, Uematsu Family, and Ibuchi Family. Ten months later, in December 2006, Terada is assassinated, leaving the chairman position empty once again. However, this time, Kiryu personally wants Daigo Dojima (Sohei Dojima's son) to take the position to prevent a possible war. In order to temporarily fill the chairman's seat, Yayoi Dojima steps in as acting chairwoman.

In 2007, Daigo Dojima is officially appointed as the sixth chairman of the Tojo Clan. Although supported by senior members of the clan, the decision is met with a lot of resistance, as there are many with serious doubts about Daigo's capabilities as chairman. As a result of the conflict with the Omi Alliance, there are several third-tier organizations struggling financially, allowing Yosh*taka Mine and Tsuyoshi Kanda of the Nishikiyama Family to acquire vast amounts of territory in a short time. Later the same year, the Hakuho Clan is formed, with Mine as its inaugural chairman.

See Also
Taiga SaejimaMajima FamilyTsukasa SagawaMirei Park

In 2009, Daigo is shot by Joji Kazama and falls into a coma, leaving clan captain Osamu Kashiwagi to handle the ensuing power struggle between the Hakuho Clan, Goh Hamazaki's Hamazaki Family, and the Nishikiyama family. Following Kashiwagi's death and the dissolution of the other two organizations, Mine takes over as interim chairman.

After the incident, Daigo makes a full recovery and resumes his position as the clan's chairman. In 2010, the clan officiates a new family within its ranks: the Saejima Family, headed by Taiga Saejima, a legendary yakuza once famous for the Ueno Seiwa hit back in 1985.

In 2012, Daigo plans to form a nationwide alliance of yakuza by forming ties with several yakuza families and clans from across the country, a somewhat controversial move due to Daigo's notoriously egalitarian approach with regard to much smaller organizations.

Fast forward to 2016, the Tojo Clan's top officials are now imprisoned. Katsumi Sugai, patriarch of Sugai Family and a previously unknown yakuza of the Tojo Clan was appointed as its acting chairman. Daigo is later released from prison and decides to form a pact with Yomei Alliance, respecting Kiryu's wishes to not avenge him.

In 2017, the newly-elected governor of Tokyo, Ryo Aoki, enacted the Kamurocho 3K Plan to weaken and eventually eliminate the Tojo Clan. Masumi Arakawa, under orders from the Sixth Chairman, leaked intel to help the plan pass and allow the Tojo leadership to carry out their plan. By 2019 it has collapsed entirely under the combined pressure of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Force and the Omi Alliance. Both Daigo Dojima and Masaru Watase planned to use the 3K Plan to weaken the Omi Alliance and allow dissolution of both of their factions to go smoothly, as the strong anti-yakuza laws have made it too difficult for the yakuza lifestyle to continue. They submit a letter of disbandment of the Tojo Clan and Omi Alliance to the police, and plan to form a legitimate security company based in Osaka together.

Membership and subsidiary families[]

Chairmen[]

TitleNameYears Active
First ChairmanMakoto TojoUnknown
Second CharimanUnknownUnknown to 1985-1988
Acting Second CharimanTakashi Nihara1985-1988 to 1993
Third ChairmanMasaru Sera1993 to 2005
Fourth ChairmanKazuma Kiryu2005 (one day only)
Fifth ChairmanYukio Terada2005 to 2006
Interim ChairwomanYayoi Dojima2006
Sixth ChairmanDaigo Dojima2007 to 2019
Interim ChairmanOsamu Kashiwagi2009
Interim ChairmanYosh*taka Mine2009
Interim ChairmanMinoru Aoyama2012
Interim ChairmanKatsumi Sugai2016

Subsidiary Clans and Families[]

CrestNameLeaderYears Active
N/AAdachi FamilyUnknown2006
N/AAoyama FamilyMinoru AoyamaUnknown to 2012
Tojo Clan (1)Arakawa FamilyMasumi Arakawa1980's to 2017
N/ABato FamilyUnknownUnknown to 2019
Tojo Clan (2)Dojima FamilySohei DojimaUnknown to 1995
Tojo Clan (3)Hakuho ClanYosh*taka Mine2007 to 2009
Tojo Clan (4)Hamazaki FamilyGoh HamazakiUnknown to 2009
N/AHashiguchi FamilyUnknown2006
Tojo Clan (5)Hatsushiba Clan
(Shibata Family Subsidiary)		HatsushibaUnknown to 2010
N/AHikawa FamilyUnknownUnknown to 1977
Tojo Clan (6)Ibuchi FamilyKei Ibuchi2006
N/AJinsei Family

(Third Tier Subsidiary)

Unknown1980's to 2016 (or later)
N/AKameya FamilyUnknown2006
N/AKanazawa FamilyUnknown2006
Tojo Clan (7)Kanemura Enterprises
(Shibata Family Subsidiary)		Hiroshi KanemuraUnknown to 2010
Tojo Clan (8)Kazama FamilyShintaro Kazama
Osamu Kashiwagi		1985 to 2009
Tojo Clan (9)Kenno Clan
(Dojima Family Subsidiary)		Daisaku KuzeUnknown to 1988
N/AKubo Real Estate

(Nioka Family Subsidiary)

Kazumichi KuboUnknown to 2012
Tojo Clan (10)Kuki FamilyRyutaro Kuki
Ryusho Kuki		Unknown to 2012
Tojo Clan (11)Majima FamilyGoro Majima1990's to 2006
2007 to 2019
Tojo Clan (12)Matsugane Family
(Unknown Family Subsidiary)		Mitsugu Matsugane1990s to 2019
N/AMiyoshi FamilyUnknown2006
N/AMurao FamilyUnknown2006
Tojo Clan (13)Nikkyo ConsortiumMasaru Sera
Masashi Kunieda
Irie		1980's to 2019
N/ANioka FamilyKozo NiokaUnknown to 2012
Tojo Clan (14)Nishikiyama FamilyAkira Nishikiyama
Koji Shindo
Tsuyoshi Kanda		1996 to 2009
N/ANiyoda FamilyUnknownUnknown to 2010
N/AOkamura FamilyOkamuraActive in 2006 (Yakuza 2 Only)
Tojo Clan (15)Saejima FamilyTaiga Saejima2010 to 2019
Tojo Clan (16)Sakaki FamilyUnknownUnknown to 2019
N/ASasai FamilyHideki SasaiUnknown to 1985
Tojo Clan (17)Shibata FamilyKazuo Shibata1980's to 2010
Tojo Clan (18)Shibusawa Family
(Dojima Family Subsidiary)		Keiji ShibusawaUnknown to 1988
Tojo Clan (19)Shimano FamilyFutoshi Shimano1985 to 2005
N/AShinomiya FamilyUnknownActive in 1993
Tojo Clan (20)Someya FamilyTakumi Someya2015 to 2016
N/ASugai FamilyKatsumi Sugai1980's to 2016
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Taihei Association
(Dojima Family Subsidiary)

Hiroki AwanoUnknown to 1988
Tojo Clan (22)Tamashiro FamilyTetsuo TamashiroUnknown to 2009
N/AToda FamilyUnknown2006
N/ATsuchiya FamilyUnknown2006
Tojo Clan (23)Uematsu FamilyAkinobu Uematsu2006
N/AUshimata FamilyTakero UshimataActive in 2019
N/AYajima FamilyUnknown2006

Members by Appearances[]

Yakuza[]

1995:

2005:

  • Masaru Sera (Third Chairman)
  • Kazuma Kiryu (Fourth Chairman for a day)
  • Yukio Terada (Fifth Chairman)
  • Shintaro Kazama (Patriarch of the Kazama Family, now a direct subsidiary)
    • Osamu Kashiwagi (Captain)
  • Akira Nishkiyama (Patriarch of the Nishikiyama Family, now a direct subsidiary)
  • Futoshi Shimano (Patriarch of the Shimano Family)
    • Goro Majima (Captain; Patriarch of the Majima Family)
  • Masashi Kunieda (President of Nikkyo Consortium)

Yakuza 2 (2006)[]

1980 (flashbacks):

Yakuza Kiwami 2 (Majima Saga) (2006)[]

Yakuza 3 (2009)[]

Yakuza 4 (2010)[]

Kurohyou: Ryu ga Gotoku Shinsho (2010)[]

Kurohyou 2: Ryu ga Gotoku Ashura-hen (2012)[]

  • Ryusho Kuki (Patriach of the Kuki Family)
    • Sasaki (Ryusho's former caretaker and current Dragon Heat staff)
    • Ichiro Tanaka (Former Hitman)
  • Kozo Nioka (Patriarch of the Nioka Family)
    • Kazumichi Kubo (Owner of Kubo Real Estate)
      • Kobashi
      • Nagata
      • Okamatsu
    • Hayato Makabe (Member)

Yakuza 5 (2012)[]

Yakuza 0 (1988)[]

Yakuza 6 (2016)[]

Imprisoned for most of the game's events:

Judgment (2018)[]

Yakuza: Like a Dragon (1977-2019)[]

Lost Judgment (2021)[]

Members listed here were a part of the Tojo until its dissolvement in 2019.

See Also
Yakuza | History, Meaning, Rituals, & Facts

The Kaito Files (2022)[]

2005:

2022

Non-Canon Members[]

Yakuza: Dead Souls (2011)[]

Ryu ga Gotoku Online - The Legend of Ichiban Kasuga (2001-2018)[]

Allies[]

Trivia[]

  • The Tojo Clan logo is printed onto a pair of coasters that came with the "After Hours" edition of Yakuza 6.
  • In Judgment, which takes place in December 2018, the Tojo Clan is still present in Kamurocho despite Yakuza: Like a Dragon establishing that the Tojo had been pushed out by the Omi Alliance and the Kamurocho 3K Plan six months after Aoki's election in 2017.
  • The closest real world parallel organization is the Sumiyoshi-Kai who operate in Kamurocho's real life inspiration Kabukichō.
  • The Tojo Clan's member count is inconsistent between games, as despite the Tojo Clan's decline (owing to the events of the games not being conducive to its growth), the number is increased from 25,000 to 30,000 in Yakuza 4. It is reduced back to 25,000 in Yakuza 6, but only in Kiryu's awakening sequence (taking place just after the events of Yakuza 5 where alliances with the Yamagasa Family and Kitakata Family were already formed).

Gallery[]

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Emblem of the Tojo Clan

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Tojo Clan meeting, 2005

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Tojo Clan Meeting, February 17, 2006.

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Tojo Clan headquarters

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