The Shinwa-kai (親和会) is a yakuza group based in Takamatsu, Kagawa on Shikoku, Japan. [1] It has an estimated 30 active members. [2]
The Takamatsu Shinwa-kai was renamed the Shinwa-kai in 1971. [3] The Shinwa-kai was registered as a designated yakuza group in December 1992. [4]
The Shinwa-kai has been based in Takamatsu, Kagawa, ever since its formation, [3] and is the only designated yakuza group based in the Shikoku region. [1] The Shinwa-kai is one of the four designated yakuza syndicates active in Kagawa Prefecture, along with the Yamaguchi-gumi, the Sumiyoshi-kai, and the Kyodo-kai. [5]
Since 1996, the Shinwa-kai has been a member of an anti- Yamaguchi federation named the Gosha-kai, along with four Chugoku-based organizations, the Kyosei-kai, the Kyodo-kai, the Goda-ikka, and the Asano-gumi. [6]