Hisayuki machii biography for kids
Hisayuki machii biography for kids
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Hisayuki Machii
Zainichi Korean yakuza boss (–)
Hisayuki Machii | |
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Machii featured on the cover of a posthumous biographical book | |
| Born | Jeong Geon-yeong ()July 20, Minami-Sakuma Cho, Shiba Ward, Tokyo, Empire of Japan |
| Died | September 14, () (aged&#;79) |
| Other&#;names | "Ginza Tiger" (銀座の虎) |
Hisayuki Machii (町井 久之, Machii Hisayuki, July 20, – September 14, ), 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 occupation and known as Keijō).[2] He returned to To