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Place of Birth: Ōsaka, Ōsaka Prefecture, Japan
About Kaneyoshi Kuwata
- Kaneyoshi Kuwata (?? ??, Kuwata Kaneyoshi, September 23, 1939 – April 5, 2007) was a yakuza gang member, the fifth generation wakagashira of the Yamaguchi-gumi, was the third kumicho of the Yamaken-gumi yakuza gang, and second generation kaicho of Kenryu-kai.
- He was an Osaka graduate. In 1969, Kuwata was active in the Yamaguchi-gumi.
- In 1989, he climbed up to Yoshinori Watanabe's personal secretary, which within a year, he was promoted up to the head assistant. Kuwata was involved in a December 1997 assassination in Tokyo.
- Tokyo police found a handgun which had been dropped by one of Kuwata's subordinates after a drive-by shooting.
- He was charged with weapons possession in 1998, and was sentenced to 7 years in prison by the Tokyo District Court.
- His appeal was rejected by the Tokyo High Court and then the Japanese Supreme Court in May 2003. During his time in jail, Kunio Inoue adopted his child in 2004.
- In 2005, the kumicho status of Yamaken-gumi was transferred to Kunio Inoue when Kuwata sufficiently retired.
- During his time in Hachiiozi medical prison, Kuwata's liver disease deteriorated vastly and the Tokyo Public Prosecutor's Office ended his prison term on March 15, 2007.
- Three weeks later, on April 5, 2007 in his home in Osaka, he died at the age of 67.
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