Shadowrun Yakuza

Seattle Yakuza: The Shotozumi-Rengo

Three gumi operate out of Seattle, and all three of them are part of the Shotozumi-gumi. They have effectively divided up Seattle's districts among themselves, though there is always the occasional sniping and poaching at the edges of things.

• Shotozumi-gumi: Downtown Seattle • An old and traditional gumi, Shotozumi Hanzo broke from Watada-rengo in Japan in 2058, establishing the Shotozumi-rengo independent of the Japanese Watada-rengo from which it sprang. Though Shotozumi-san is an old fashioned traditionalist, he also considers his organization distinctly American (albeit Japanese-American) and ensures that women, non-Japanese, and metahumans all have a place in his organization, if not full parity within it.
• Shigeda-gumi: Everett, Snohomish, Redmond • The most recently formed of the gumi in Seattle, the Shigeda have only ever been part of the Shotozumi-gumi. Their oyabun embraces the so-called "New Way" among the Yakuza, admitting magicians, women, and metahumans into the ranks of his kobun.
• Kenran-kai: Puyallup • In 2064, the oyabun of the Nishidon-gumi (one Isao Nishidon) attempted to rise up against the newly-established Shotozumi-gumi who held Seattle's territories. Attacking other Yakuza forces, he attempted to violently consolidate and control the Yakuza of Seattle under his control, and failed. Rather than allowing himself to be punished, he performed seppuku. The remnants of his organization were re-organized as the Kenran-kai, a Yakuza "organization" rather than the more traditional "family." The Kenran-kai became known as the bottom-feeders of the Seattle Yakuza, often called upon to do the dirtiest and least glamorous tasks. In the wake of the excisement of the Korean Yakuza bosses, many of the Korean kobun ended up in the Kenran-kai.