Kanaga-gumi

Kanaga-gumi

The Second Best Who Think They're Better Than the Rest
Second Largest Yakuza Clan in Seattle
Old School Yakuza
Connection	3
Type	Organized Crime Syndicate
Player May Join	Yes
Health	Maintaining
Area of Operation	Seattle

Faction Information

Summary

Built out of the rubble of the Shigeda-gumi after Takeo Shigeda's assassination, the Kanaga-gumi is the second largest Yakuza clan in Seattle, and perhaps among its most hardline adherents to the ways of the Old School. Many speculate that the current oyabun, Sato Kanaga, deliberately arranged for his predecessor's assassination as a protest against the eccentric and inclusive philosophy of the New Way espoused by the Shigeda-gumi, though few will dare to make such accusations aloud. After the dissolution of the Shigeda-gumi, the newly formed Kanaga-gumi forcibly expelled all women and metavariants from within its clans ranks, many of whom were instead received and adopted by the Kenran-kai. As a result, there exists a lot of bad blood between the two clans even a decade down the line.

Despite the Shigeda-gumi's alliance with the Shotozumi-rengo, and despite Sato Kanaga's allied assent to the decree of Shotozumi-gumi oyabun Hanzo Shotozumi that the Seattle clans are independent from the rule of their mainland Japanese predecessors, the Kanaga-gumi do not align themselves with the Shotozumi-rengo, and operate largely independently.

The Kanaga-gumi operate primarily in the industries of drug trade and gambling dens, although are no strangers to the sex trade either. Their primary territories rest on the West and North districts of Seattle, most notably Auburn, Snohomish, and Everett. They also boast a not-insignificant presence in the Redmond Barrens.

Goals

Secure existing territory, expand operations, and break into new markets. Even Old School yaks can't deny the money to be made in the trade of illicit magical artifacts, after all, and there are always new bunraku parlors to be built.

The strangeness happening in Zephyr Cove appears to have their interest as well, despite existing tensions with the Cutters in the territory.

Major Locations

Auburn, Snohomish, Everett, Redmond Barrens

Leaders

• Sato Kanaga (Oyabun)
• Takashi Kurosawa (Shategashira)

Background

WIP

Allies

Shotozumi-gumi

Enemies

Gianelli Family

Members

Contacts

Name	Connection	Archetype	Profession
Kousuke Yamada	4	Fixer	Kanaga Kyodai
Takashi Kurosawa	4	Custom (A,G,N,K)	Shategashira of the Kanaga-gumi

PCs

None

Bunny Hop - Though not officially affiliated as a shadowrunner, Bunny Hop's alternate identity as the child of the clan's shategashira lends her an unwilling connection to the group nonetheless.

Narrative Significant Runs

Name	GM	Metaplot	Date of Run
Orc EO Eviction	LHOG		1 March 2085
Working for the Man's Widow	LHOG		22 January 2085
A Knack for Safecracking	LHOG		22 January 2085
Tying A Yoke to Yamada	LHOG		30 November 2084
Fennec Bueller's Day Off	jit		5 November 2084
Swallowed By The Earth	Brock		18 March 2083