Oh riiight. RL Kitasan's 'dad' was "said" to have Yakuza connections. Got into trouble because of it with the NHK and JRA too. Latter was IIRC because some alleged Yakuza figures attended one of Kitasan's commemorative parties. (IIRC the NHK one was the other way around; he attended a party alleged to be hosted by a Yakuza group.)
JRA actually bans Yakuza* members and people "personally acquainted with Yakuza* members" from being a JRA registered horse owner. Enforcing/interpreting the second part is tricky though. Also the specific word they use is "organized crime group member" (literally "violence group member"), which itself also has some arcane technicalities involved (some 'Yakuza' groups are technically legitimate, basically).
Both scandals were cleared up later, though there were a lot of hush hush stuff involved.
Oh riiight. RL Kitasan's 'Dad' was known to have Yakuza connections. Got into trouble because of it with the NHK and JRA too. Latter was IIRC because some Yakuza figures attended one of Kitasan's commemorative parties.
(JRA actually bans Yakuza members and people "personally acquainted with Yakuza members" from being a JRA registered horse owner. Enforcing/interpreting the second part is tricky though.)
TL:DR: It's a Yakuza conspiracy ☑
Henceforth why Kitasan is called "Yakuza Princess" to some people www
Kitajima Saburou, famous enka singer and the owner of the real-life Kitasan Black.
SLAMMM!
This is Tokuda Shinnosuke from Abarenbo Shogun (basically the 8th Tokugawa Shogun under disguise), who also happens to be the friend of the character played by Kitajima Saburou in the same series.
