Kyushu Seido-kai
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2013 -2015 (Namikawa Mutsumi-kai)
2015 - (Namikawa-kai)
 Daimon of Kyushu Seido-kai | |
| Founding location | Omuta, Fukuoka, Japan |
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| Years active | 2006 - June 11th, 2013 (Kyushu Seido-kai) 2013 -2015 (Namikawa Mutsumi-kai) 2015 - (Namikawa-kai) |
| Membership (est.) | 130[1] |
| Criminal activities | Drug trafficking, loansharking, among others |
| Rivals | Dojin-kai |
The Kyushu Seido-kai (九州誠道会, Kyūshū Seidō-kai) was a yakuza organization based in Fukuoka Prefecture on the Kyushu island of Japan, with an estimated 150 active members.[1] Headquartered in the southern Fukuoka region of Omuta, the Kyushu Seido-kai maintains its offices in five other prefectures including Tokyo.[2]
Since its formation, the Kyushu Seido-kai has been known for its blatant armed conflicts with its former parent syndicate, the Dojin-kai,[3] involving various hazardous weapons such as automatic firearms (especially the AK-47), petrol bombs and hand grenades.
While violently feuding with the Dojin-kai, the Kyushu Seido-kai has caused deaths among several innocent civilians as well as numerous yakuza members,[4] and because of that, despite being a relatively recently established group, the Kyushu Seido-kai has been a designated yakuza group since 2008.[5]
In October 2013, the organization changed its name to Namikawa Mutsumi-kai,[6] and in 2015, it was renamed Namikawa-kai.[7]
The Kyushu Seido-kai launched in 2006 as the Dojin-kai's splinter group[8] led by the Omuta-based Murakami-ikka clan,[5] after the long-time Dojin-kai boss Seijiro Matsuo announced his resignation, sparking a war of succession.[9] In 2007 a Dojin-kai member attempted to murder a Seido-kai member, but ended up killing an innocent bystander.[10] The Kyushu Seido-kai ended up receiving official registration as a designated yakuza group under the Organized Crime Countermeasures Law on February 28, 2008.[11]
In 2011, the Seido-kai's feud with the Dojin-kai escalated,[12] and many Seido members were killed by the Dojin-kai; two Seido seniors were killed by alleged Dojin-kai's grenades in Omuta (April),[13] one Seido member was stabbed to death in Ogi, Saga (April),[14] and one Seido senior was shot to death in Imari, Saga (April).[15]
