Master Japanese tattoo artist Horiyoshi III (born Yoshihito Nakano) first became stunned by the artistry of tattoos after running into a fully inked Yakuza at a bathhouse as a boy. After seeing the gangster’s shocking full body suit, Horiyoshi III was inspired to learn the craft himself, and at the age of 25 earned a […]

If you are one of the top four crime bosses in Japan, boy do we have a liver for you! Well, UCLA Medical Center does anyway…as long as you’re a prominent Japanese yakuza. You know when you hear that annoying cliché “nice guys finish last”? In this case, they did. 186 nice guys, to be […]