Editing Toa-kai (section)

{{Short description|Yakuza syndicate of mainly Koreans}}
{{Infobox Criminal organization
| name = Toa-kai
| image = Toua_Yuai_Jigyo_Kumiai.svg
| caption = The [[Mon (crest)|daimon]] of the Toa-kai
| founded = 1948
| founding location = [[Ginza]], [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| founded by = [[Hisayuki Machii]]
| years active = 1948–present
| territory = 
| leaders = Yasushi Hayano
| membership est = 20<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20220515172947/https://www.fnn.jp/articles/-/360162</ref>
| criminal activities = 
| rivals = 
}}
The {{nihongo|'''Toa-kai'''|東亜会|Tōa-kai}} is a [[yakuza]] syndicate based in [[Tokyo]]. Originally named the {{nihongo|Tosei-kai|東声会|Tōsei-kai|"Voice of the East Gang"<ref name="Kaplan_228">''Yakuza: Japan's criminal underworld'', p.228, 2003, [[David E. Kaplan (author)|David E. Kaplan]] and Alec Dubro, {{ISBN|0-520-21562-1}}</ref>}}, with its historic leader [[Hisayuki Machii]], the Toa-kai was deeply involved in the history of [[Tokyo]]'s [[South Korea]]n community and Japan's [[anti-communist]] circles in the 20th century.