Which yakuza syndicate did PRIDE have ties with?

[Oduj]

Now that Nobuyuki Sakakibara is back with Fedor, I've been researching the mob ties of the defunct Japanese promotion but I couldn't find any besides some names such Hiromichi Momose, Naoto Morishita, Mr. Ishizaka (Kim Dok Soo).

All I know is that the yakuza boss Mr. Ishizaka (Kim Dok Soo) A.K.A. "Mr. I" is of Korean origin.

If anyone could provide more information I would greatly appreciate it.

 

[Fox by the Sea]

naivezumi posteruzuki kai, afaik.

 

[stevenseagle]

Either Yamaguchi-Gumi or Inagawa-Kai.

 

[JDragon]

naivezumi posteruzuki kai, afaik.

lol

 

[Jermei]

First post again lmao, why is it always so good...

 

[kashmir]

Frankie 3 sticks..oh wait

 

[Mau]

They should have a wiki for that.

 

[Fatal Catro]

Too much conjecture surrounding Pride.

 

[keylock21]

The first rule of the Yakuza is.....

 

[Billy no mates]

The one O-Ren Ishii used to run .

 

[antithetic]

3 ninjas

 

[Goonerview]

stupidzumi threadazaki ...

TS sounds like a weaboo.

 

[Kick Strickland]

ishai oryu aka "tommy fuck foot"

 

[muaytao]

You guys are all wrong. I'm pretty sure his name was Sum Ting Wong.

 

[Ragnarocker]

Now that Nobuyuki Sakakibara is back with Fedor, I've been researching the mob ties of the defunct Japanese promotion but I couldn't find any besides some names such Hiromichi Momose, Naoto Morishita, Mr. Ishizaka (Kim Dok Soo).

All I know is that the yakuza boss Mr. Ishizaka (Kim Dok Soo) A.K.A. "Mr. I" is of Korean origin.

If anyone could provide more information I would greatly appreciate it.

Careful TS, the Yakuza might have paid posters on here, wondering why you're asking so many questions.

 

[sir loin]

yakuza just split in two warring groups as mma is coming back to Japan

coincidence?

 

[Rematch]

I found this bit of hilarity on wikipedia.com:

"The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan (暴力団?, "violent groups"), while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" (任侠団体 or 仁侠団体?, "chivalrous organizations")."

 

[Iron Wolf]

Now that Nobuyuki Sakakibara is back with Fedor, I've been researching the mob ties of the defunct Japanese promotion but I couldn't find any besides some names such Hiromichi Momose, Naoto Morishita, Mr. Ishizaka (Kim Dok Soo).

All I know is that the yakuza boss Mr. Ishizaka (Kim Dok Soo) A.K.A. "Mr. I" is of Korean origin.

If anyone could provide more information I would greatly appreciate it.

I just asked Enson Inoue. I'll let you know what he says.

EDIT: According to Enson (who would know), it was the Yamaguchi-Gumi (he didn't specify which faction, and I'm not going to go back and ask ).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamaguchi-gumi

Interesting stuff.

 

[rush61]

naivezumi posteruzuki kai, afaik.

done

 

[csroster]