Hisayuki machii biography books
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Hisayuki Machii
Zainichi Korean yakuza boss (1923–2002)
Hisayuki Machii | |
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Machii featured on the cover of a posthumous biographical book | |
| Born | Jeong Geon-yeong (1923-07-20)July 20, 1923 Minami-Sakuma Cho, Shiba Ward, Tokyo, Empire of Japan |
| Died | September 14, 2002(2002-09-14) (aged 79) |
| Other names | "Ginza Tiger" (銀座の虎) |
Hisayuki Machii (町井 久之, Machii Hisayuki, July 20, 1923 – September 14, 2002), born Jeong Geon-yeong (Korean: 정건영; Hanja: 鄭建永) was a Korean Japanese yakuza boss.[1] He was nicknamed the "Ginza Tiger" (銀座の虎, Ginza no Tora), and was the founder of one of Japan's most notorious yakuza gangs, the Tosei-Kai.
Biography
Early life
According to his widow Yasuyo, Machii was born Jeong Geon-yeong, a first-generation Korean of Minami-Sakuma Cho, Shiba Ward, Tokyo, Empire of Japan.[2] His mother left him in the care of his grandmother in Seoul (at the time under Imperial Japanese occup