Tadamasa Goto

Who is Tadamasa Goto?

Tadamasa Goto is a retired yakuza. He was the founding head of the Goto-gumi, a Fujinomiya-based affiliate of Japan's largest yakuza syndicate, the Yamaguchi-gumi.

Goto, who has been convicted nine times at least, was a prominent yakuza, who had even been dubbed the "John Gotti of Japan". At one point he was the most powerful crime boss in Tokyo and also the largest shareholder in Japan Airlines.

He had been barred from entering the United States until 2001 when he got a special visa deal from the FBI.