Shotozumi-gumi

Shotozumi-gumi

Shotozumi-rengo

Location:	Downtown Seattle
Activities:	Gambling, smuggling, prostitution, extortion
Oyabun:	Hanzo Shotozumi
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Shategashira:	xxx
Saiko-Komon:	x
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The most traditional of the Seattle yakuza families, the Shotozumi-gumi runs the yakuza operations for the whole city. Hanzo Shotozumi has run the family for decades, and is a staunch traditionalist. His organization’s members practice all of the traditional rituals of the yakuza, including irezumi, yabitsume, and seppuku.

Hanzo’s daughter Keiko recently returned to the family’s good graces and has managed to show the organization the value of women and metahumans as assets, employing them in areas where traditional kobun are either too recognizable or too inexperienced.

The Shotozumi-gumi uses the traditional practice of nawahari to extort protection money from the predominately Japanese neighborhoods of the International District in Downtown Seattle. They also use similar tactics to extort money from local businesses and even local offices of multinational businesses.

Shotozumi kobun also deal heavily in gambling, bunraku parlors, geisha parlors, chip-dealing, and smuggling. Though the yakuza has many ties to Mitsuhama Computer Technologies, the two organizations are not inseparable. Sometimes getting a job from the yakuza will pay in MCT corporate scrip, which will make converting the money into nuyen a little more complicated.

Shotozumi Hanzo Oyabun of the Shotozumi-gumi Hanzo Shotozumi first landed in Seattle in the 2040s at the behest of Akira Watada, the infamous leader of the Watada-rengo in Japan. At the time, the Watada-rengo controlled large parts of Japan and all of the clans of Seattle. Seattle had a large number of Korean members, which grew restless under the watchful eye of Watada. Shotozumi was brought in when Watada decided to eliminate the problem during a week-long purge called “The Schism.” Being a die-hard traditionalist, Shotozumi was more than happy to wipe out the Korean influences in the Seattle yakuza. The blood on his hands after that week would help solidify his position as the oyabun of Seattle. He was then tasked with rebuilding the Seattle yakuza as a traditional and loyal organization. In the 25 years that have followed, Shotozumi managed to expand the yakuza’s influence, very nearly pushing the Mafia completely out of Seattle. As a result, Shotozumi declared his clan and the other clans of Seattle independent of the Watada-rengo in Japan. A brief war broke out between the Seattle yakuza and the Watada-rengo and their affiliates in California. However, Shotozumi won the war handily and the Seattle clans gained their independence. The second attempt to remove Shotozumi from power came from within. Isao Nishidon was a long-time Seattle yakuza oyabun and attempted to sieze power during the second Crash. However, Nishidon got in way over his head and rather than submit to Shotozumi, chose to take his own life. No one has questioned Shotozumi’s guidance and leadership since.

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