Asano-gumi

The Asano-clan (浅野氏) is a yakuza group based in Okayama, Japan.

[1] The Asano-gumi is a designated yakuza group with an estimated 60 active members.

[2] The Asano-gumi was formed in 1945 as a bakuto organization named the Oyama-ikka (大山一家, Ōyama-ikka) by Kunio Oyama.

The group restarted as the Asano-gumi with the head of Shin'ichi Asano in April 1952 following Oyama's retirement.

[3] Since 1996, the Asano-gumi has been a member of an anti-Yamaguchi federation named the Gosha-kai, along with three other Chugoku-based organizations, the Kyosei-kai, the Kyodo-kai, the Goda-ikka, and the Shikoku-based Shinwa-kai.