The Meaning Behind the Yakuza's Tattoos

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  • @FeatureHistory
    @FeatureHistory3 жыл бұрын

    So here's the July video - oops. But thanks for the patience as I was dealing with a hand injury - 3 stitches and an overdue video later hope you guys enjoy.

  • @Kriegter

    @Kriegter

    3 жыл бұрын

    Is painful yes?

  • @willemwavefoe553

    @willemwavefoe553

    3 жыл бұрын

    Understandable, have a nice day.

  • @earthgovernmentcolonialall3973

    @earthgovernmentcolonialall3973

    3 жыл бұрын

    Freidheim of Prussia what happen to your hand?

  • @drrage1154

    @drrage1154

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do one on the Cyprus war in 1955 and in 1974

  • @earthgovernmentcolonialall3973

    @earthgovernmentcolonialall3973

    3 жыл бұрын

    Can you try and do the Costa Rican 1948 Revolution , a “kinda” forgotten revolution

  • @nondjmaster
    @nondjmaster3 жыл бұрын

    We have an update: the Japanese Supreme Court has decided for tattoo artists not to have a medical license as a requirement. In other words, tattooing is legal!

  • @devinreis5811

    @devinreis5811

    2 жыл бұрын

    With a needle, you have to have a med license. With the tebori style, you don't have to have a med license.

  • @nickg8915

    @nickg8915

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, although culturally you may still be refused entry to certain places on the soul fact of having tattoos, Japanese or foreigner. It's just the way of things

  • @lo-rez

    @lo-rez

    7 ай бұрын

    ​@@nickg8915sole*

  • @GringoOne1

    @GringoOne1

    6 ай бұрын

    интересный комментарий . Я врач , соответственно имею возможность заниматься медициной и лечением , значит это очень в плюс если бы я делал тату ?)

  • @FoxyTheHiddenOne
    @FoxyTheHiddenOne3 жыл бұрын

    Just as I thought I made it one day without Majima following me.

  • @Jrhoney

    @Jrhoney

    3 жыл бұрын

    KIRRRRRYUUUUU-CHAAAAAANNNNNNN!

  • @FoxyTheHiddenOne

    @FoxyTheHiddenOne

    3 жыл бұрын

    NANI

  • @Danny149

    @Danny149

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yo kiryu-chan

  • @Kriegter
    @Kriegter3 жыл бұрын

    I only ask one question about the yakuza, why is a guy singing attracting so many people?

  • @ThomasT1432

    @ThomasT1432

    3 жыл бұрын

    Real Human Bean DAME YO

  • @mobileslug9603

    @mobileslug9603

    3 жыл бұрын

    Its from a game called yakuza 0

  • @drollergzb770

    @drollergzb770

    3 жыл бұрын

    Pocari Sweats dore dake, sui osake demo! Yugamanai, omoide ga!

  • @mr.outlaw231

    @mr.outlaw231

    3 жыл бұрын

    @Real Human Bean Sunao ni I LOVE YOU! Todokeyou kitto YOU LOVE ME! Tsutawaru sa kimi ni Niau garasu no Kutsu wo sagasou

  • @lo-rez

    @lo-rez

    7 ай бұрын

    Dame dame

  • @GeraltofRivia22
    @GeraltofRivia223 жыл бұрын

    I love how people think of the games before the actual organization

  • @New3DSLuigi364

    @New3DSLuigi364

    2 жыл бұрын

    I Mean; THE GAMES ARE CALLED YAKUZA; BECAUSE IT FOCUSES ON THE YAKUZA!!

  • @GeraltofRivia22

    @GeraltofRivia22

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@New3DSLuigi364 I know that. But my point is the games have become so popular that a lot of people's default assumption when someone says "yakuza" is the games, rather than the actual organisation, which I find kinda funny.

  • @punishedfiddle9309

    @punishedfiddle9309

    Жыл бұрын

    @@GeraltofRivia22 yeah its funny i think sega and rgg when localising the name should either just translate it or keep it (the original name was ryu ga gotoku translates into like a dragon)

  • @cameron_j40

    @cameron_j40

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@punishedfiddle9309 Yeah but now there's a Yakuza game called Like A Dragon so it'd be strange if they changed it to Like a Dragon: Like a Dragon

  • @captainbarbossa5201
    @captainbarbossa52013 жыл бұрын

    When a loan shark asks you to beat someone up in a random empty lot, killing him. Only it wasn't you who actually killed him.

  • @mayabrainrott

    @mayabrainrott

    3 жыл бұрын

    another man of culture i see

  • @charliemcmillan4230

    @charliemcmillan4230

    3 жыл бұрын

    This reminds me of that one time I had to fight the most dangerous hitman in Southeast Asia in order to take revenge on the shooting of the blind girl I fell in love with

  • @space_lemonz4561

    @space_lemonz4561

    3 жыл бұрын

    What?

  • @Skeloperch

    @Skeloperch

    3 жыл бұрын

    When you almost die, and a cute office lady takes you in and lets you be a stay-at-home husband, but you can't let go of your Yakuza ways so you end up menacing the neighborhood oba-chans at book clubs. Many such cases.

  • @captainbarbossa5201

    @captainbarbossa5201

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@charliemcmillan4230 The most expensive hit man in all of Asia, too bad all it took was a slugger and a bat to knock him out of the park.

  • @truffledude
    @truffledude3 жыл бұрын

    3:05 "and even erotica" does knowing that painting even when blurred make me cultured or a degenerate?

  • @coppertone3293

    @coppertone3293

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @BigBoss-sm9xj

    @BigBoss-sm9xj

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @gdttdeggegdh5471

    @gdttdeggegdh5471

    3 жыл бұрын

    Au contraire. You are a cultured person who does not let the masses limit your palette, a true patron of the arts.

  • @das3610

    @das3610

    3 жыл бұрын

    Someone is gonna ask for the sause

  • @rvanhees89

    @rvanhees89

    3 жыл бұрын

    It makes you culturally perverted, a pervert of the arts! I salute you, good man!

  • @somerandomtankist6069
    @somerandomtankist60693 жыл бұрын

    Seeing the Hannya in the video placed my mind onto Majima and clouded everything else

  • @PeterPerez.
    @PeterPerez.3 жыл бұрын

    feels weird that i started playin yakuza this month and this video comes out lol

  • @knyx9913

    @knyx9913

    3 жыл бұрын

    I was watching a video about the game today

  • @dlang6487

    @dlang6487

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same! I'm on the last chapter of Yakuza 0 and I'm loving it!

  • @FeatureHistory

    @FeatureHistory

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same lol

  • @Banzaiiii2223456

    @Banzaiiii2223456

    3 жыл бұрын

    Me too. Must be the bakamitai videos.

  • @llawliet3733

    @llawliet3733

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@dlang6487 I already reached Part 5

  • @Inspierio
    @Inspierio3 жыл бұрын

    Dame da ne Dame yo dame na no yo Anta ga suki de suki sugite Dore dake tsuyoi osake de mo Yugamanai omoide ga Baka mitai

  • @markhenley3097

    @markhenley3097

    3 жыл бұрын

    Umi yukaba Mizuku kabane Yama yukaba Kusa musu kabane Okimi no he ni koso shiname Kaerimi wa seji

  • @ozkul_arda200

    @ozkul_arda200

    3 жыл бұрын

    Japanese looks cool when it isn't written in spaghetti

  • @dylanchouinard6141
    @dylanchouinard61413 жыл бұрын

    It should also be pointed out that the Ainu, an ethnic group that existed before the more-Asian Yamato people that now mainly live in north Hokkaido, have a strong tattoo tradition. Especially among women, who traditionally tattoo their lips and forearms.

  • @narvuntien
    @narvuntien3 жыл бұрын

    I mean in Western Australia apparently, most of the tattoo parlours are owned by legally grey Bikie Gangs. A strange coincidence of paralleled history.

  • @bottomtext

    @bottomtext

    3 жыл бұрын

    Not really, tattoos being associated with criminals and other social outcasts is historically common across the world.

  • @thewingedporpoise

    @thewingedporpoise

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bottomtext probably only in places where tattoos aren't otherwise significant culturally or religiously

  • @CHEESYHEAD684

    @CHEESYHEAD684

    10 ай бұрын

    I'm from Australia and yeah it's not the same lol. Japanese tattoos have been criminalized and socially stigmatized for centuries, our bikie gangs have only owned these parlours within only the last 50 years at most, probably during the 70's onwards. Tattoos are found everywhere from Africa, the Americas, the Middle East and Europe. The closest thing I can think of that parallels Yakuza tattoo history is the British history of tattoos, British sailors had unique tattoos and because many of them were press-ganged into the Navy and had a reputation as drunks and rum fiends that would start brawls at taverns and ports, many people started to ostracize those with tattoos.

  • @lukeh2556
    @lukeh25563 жыл бұрын

    Ask a simple question,get a brief summary of late Japenese history. A welcome result.

  • @burningfromtheinside9974
    @burningfromtheinside99743 жыл бұрын

    That’s not what I envisioned when you said “penal tattoos”

  • @vaclav_fejt

    @vaclav_fejt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did you envision the tatto equivalent of falling asleep at a party and getting sharpie art all over your face?

  • @vaclav_fejt

    @vaclav_fejt

    3 жыл бұрын

    Oh, you probably meant *that.* Fair enough.

  • @Dayvit78

    @Dayvit78

    3 жыл бұрын

    It took me to 3:27 when I realized his accent was saying "penal" rather than "pen!le"

  • @nickgucci5029
    @nickgucci50293 жыл бұрын

    Just finished Yakuza 0 before watching this video! Phenomenal game! Great work!

  • @91cog
    @91cog3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mr history for keeping us entertained during lock down. Much love from Melbourne

  • @ROBOHOLIC1
    @ROBOHOLIC13 жыл бұрын

    Dragon of Dojima

  • @PIERCESTORM
    @PIERCESTORM3 жыл бұрын

    It's always a good day when Feature History uploads

  • @masterimbecile
    @masterimbecile3 жыл бұрын

    Fabulous art styles as always

  • @user-mp9nn6fy1r
    @user-mp9nn6fy1rАй бұрын

    They're also used to show them on the final fight against your opponent on the top of a very, very high building.

  • @AliMuhammad-cu2ok
    @AliMuhammad-cu2ok3 жыл бұрын

    Nice video and beautiful accent, loved it!

  • @xjooker9691
    @xjooker96913 жыл бұрын

    0:36 KIRYUUU CHAAAAN

  • @craftycraff7938
    @craftycraff79383 жыл бұрын

    He’s back!!

  • @Lucas-id2vf
    @Lucas-id2vf3 жыл бұрын

    Woah, That was exactly what i was thinking last time i was in the shower.

  • @GeneralUlyssesSGrant-ku5gz
    @GeneralUlyssesSGrant-ku5gz3 жыл бұрын

    May i ask this but where are people getting the your pic from like napoleon and marechal ney and that where are they getting it from

  • @marc9324
    @marc93243 жыл бұрын

    2:59 Yooooooooo

  • @iainkillion262

    @iainkillion262

    3 жыл бұрын

    I knew someone was going to say that lol

  • @josephstalin7353

    @josephstalin7353

    3 жыл бұрын

    Shamefur dispray

  • @spatzentoeter7777
    @spatzentoeter77773 жыл бұрын

    Was just talking about how you cant visit an Onsen with tattoos with my dad then i look at my phone and this vid is out bruh

  • @markhenley3097
    @markhenley30973 жыл бұрын

    And they're one of the main reasons why tattoos are hated in Japan (although it was the same story in the West until recently).

  • @dcanedemboyz7431
    @dcanedemboyz74313 жыл бұрын

    Simo and Feature, great collab

  • @MyMelody5
    @MyMelody53 жыл бұрын

    The kimono on the left of your thumbnail is worn wrong. It is always worn with the left side over the right. The only exception is for the dead where it’s right over left.

  • @kalabuk1678
    @kalabuk16783 жыл бұрын

    I actually did think about this in the shower last Thursday.

  • @Terry-tr7gi
    @Terry-tr7gi3 жыл бұрын

    I would be keen to see more crime related history. Love ya vids

  • @mattg423
    @mattg4233 жыл бұрын

    I heard that some Yakuza members will have the middle filled with the name of the Yakuza branch that they belong too i think? Can't remember where I heard it from but can't seem to find anything to back that up

  • @lockejohn18
    @lockejohn183 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting

  • @TheDefectiveThobe
    @TheDefectiveThobe3 жыл бұрын

    I never saw this video coming, interesting....

  • @luigibellini811
    @luigibellini8113 жыл бұрын

    3/10 no bakamitai in the intro

  • @DasKaiserManfred

    @DasKaiserManfred

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Dame dane*

  • @heresy8384

    @heresy8384

    3 жыл бұрын

    *SUNAO NI I LOVE YOU*

  • @RandomPerson-jo7cw

    @RandomPerson-jo7cw

    3 жыл бұрын

    *Dame yo dame na no yo*

  • @GuapoG0tGuap
    @GuapoG0tGuap3 жыл бұрын

    Can we get an episode on Jamaica's political gang battles in the 70s and 80s? The cowboys, er I mean "political activists", and gun battles of wild wild west Kingston were something else.

  • @ragingsage3973
    @ragingsage39733 жыл бұрын

    The Dragon of Dojima

  • @nathanielcrosby2426
    @nathanielcrosby24263 жыл бұрын

    Yakuza memes, Yakuza memes everywhere...

  • @sulmvc
    @sulmvc3 жыл бұрын

    Can you do you some brands history

  • @natemarx4999
    @natemarx49993 жыл бұрын

    Kazumi is the only Yakuza that matters.

  • @jurtra9090

    @jurtra9090

    3 жыл бұрын

    You mean Kazuma?

  • @dukethetimberwolf8877
    @dukethetimberwolf88773 жыл бұрын

    Hmmm strange I was looking about this on wikipedia just yesterday 👁👄👁

  • @thepeoplesrepublicofdisney5058
    @thepeoplesrepublicofdisney50583 жыл бұрын

    I’ve found an interesting war and that’s the Angolan civil war. Could be a interesting idea.

  • @quiahjohnson5871
    @quiahjohnson58713 жыл бұрын

    Will you do a video about the Russian tattoos in the future?

  • @mrshwitzz9290
    @mrshwitzz92903 жыл бұрын

    Quite neat

  • @kenjisakamoto1993
    @kenjisakamoto19933 жыл бұрын

    Not only Japanese Yakuza have tattoos but a lot of East Asian mafias or criminal organizations have back tattoos. In Korea having tattoos are considered taboo, they would censor them if lets say an artist has shoulder tattoo and have a live televised show would have to be covered up. Not to mention when Korean Kingdom fell Japanese gangs that had smuggled things in and out left a mark which brought tattoos in to Korean criminal society. I believe scars tell more of story than tattoos. If I didn't have my scars I would consider of getting tattoos but I'm not ashamed of my teenage years or the exploits that happened which lead me to get shot five times and stabbed. What embarrassed me the most or feel guilt is when I got arrested once and my mother had to pick me up from the police station. I never felt guilty before especially if had to do with something that someone deserved but seeing her face, that disappointed face was the first time made me reevaluate my life. Oh a lot of the tattoos are symbolic, it tells the story of the Yakuza member and usually explains what kind of person they are.

  • @johnnybadboy3475
    @johnnybadboy34753 жыл бұрын

    The pronunciation makes me wince a bit, but I really like the video.

  • @Jobe-13
    @Jobe-13 Жыл бұрын

    Awesome.

  • @Pavlos_Charalambous
    @Pavlos_Charalambous3 жыл бұрын

    It's interesting and alsoI feels so strange that the Japanese style tattoos are such a taboo at Japan and at the same time such a trend at West 😏

  • @heavent883
    @heavent8833 жыл бұрын

    can you do Eritrean Ethiopian, the 30 years war, and 1998 to 2000 war, please?

  • @charliemcmillan4230
    @charliemcmillan42303 жыл бұрын

    That’s rad.

  • @user-uq5il4pi7e

    @user-uq5il4pi7e

    3 жыл бұрын

    H I R A M E T A

  • @arnaldogonzalez1678
    @arnaldogonzalez16783 жыл бұрын

    Do the Chaco war a really interesting war in my opinion

  • @Armorius2199
    @Armorius21993 жыл бұрын

    When are we going to see the Second Boer War????

  • @rc59191
    @rc591913 жыл бұрын

    The Outsider is an underrated movie.

  • @EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts
    @EcclesiastesLiker-py5ts3 жыл бұрын

    Could you please do the biafran war?

  • @Primeminister6990
    @Primeminister69903 жыл бұрын

    Plz , do Balkan Wars !!!!!

  • @radeodreams
    @radeodreams Жыл бұрын

    i wish know the meaning for each tattos lines for criminals and what they meaning

  • @scudb5509
    @scudb55093 жыл бұрын

    Do the Russian prison tattoos, please.

  • @jacopoabbruscato9271
    @jacopoabbruscato92713 жыл бұрын

    In other words, japanese style tatoos are more popular in the west than in japan itself

  • @Alex-mv6yp
    @Alex-mv6yp3 жыл бұрын

    Great video, it would be awesome if you covered multiple criminal organizations and the meanings of tattoos on their organizations and the taboos about them

  • @kukumuku2896
    @kukumuku28962 жыл бұрын

    make a video on Al Capone.

  • @bryanguzik
    @bryanguzik3 жыл бұрын

    Joe Rogan told interesting story where he was working out Inside a hotel, Inside their private gym. They came to tell him he must cover up in order to remain.

  • @patrickpower2215

    @patrickpower2215

    3 жыл бұрын

    What podcast ?

  • @bryanguzik

    @bryanguzik

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@patrickpower2215 it's somewhere in this clip from one of his old shows. Was a while ago so don't know if beginning, middle, or end. Also think there's other little things related to customs & yakuza. kzread.info/dash/bejne/i2qaz5SDc9XSfdI.html

  • @patrickpower2215

    @patrickpower2215

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bryanguzik thanks mate

  • @ottobenthaus3349
    @ottobenthaus33493 жыл бұрын

    A fucking shame that the algorithm fucked this vid, this is for me personally one of your best vids, i love such obscure topics, same with the uniform one

  • @calvi-se6ry
    @calvi-se6ry3 жыл бұрын

    please do the Austro-Prussian War of 1866 please

  • @mehdin7282
    @mehdin72823 жыл бұрын

    Japan is an island in East Asia

  • @shalehwhittaker9737
    @shalehwhittaker97373 жыл бұрын

    is it okay to have a back tattoos like the Yakuza? thanks for answering 😁

  • @Gerzsilah
    @Gerzsilah3 жыл бұрын

    dame da ne dame no dame no na yo

  • @kukumuku2896
    @kukumuku28962 жыл бұрын

    make a video on the history of Japanese anime and how it has influenced the world.

  • @bootdude7527
    @bootdude75273 жыл бұрын

    You can never trust those who cant pinky promise

  • @kevingonzales8304
    @kevingonzales83043 жыл бұрын

    Shows his rings tat I’m from the ryukoos pal

  • @literallyjudas2157
    @literallyjudas21573 жыл бұрын

    ayyyy its this guy

  • @skeletorrobo
    @skeletorrobo3 жыл бұрын

    Ainu also used Tattoos.

  • @Kriegter
    @Kriegter3 жыл бұрын

    DAME DA NE

  • @levborisovets7019
    @levborisovets70193 жыл бұрын

    Dame da ne, dame yo, dame na no yo

  • @normalbuerger
    @normalbuerger3 жыл бұрын

    Taddoos!

  • @alexanderbrussev4602
    @alexanderbrussev46023 жыл бұрын

    There is a mistake at 4:30 It's written "PROHIBITNG TATTOOS", while it should be "PROHIBITING TATTOOS".

  • @deidryt9944
    @deidryt99443 жыл бұрын

    I keep hearing "Tatooine" instead of "tattooing"...

  • @RR_DM
    @RR_DM5 ай бұрын

    According to one source, a samurai could kill a peasant if the samurai felt disrespected by the peasant with absolutely no repercussions; supposedly a large percentage of Japanese, over 90% descend from the samurai in one form or the oth

  • @tunderbaka4943
    @tunderbaka49433 жыл бұрын

    DOJIMA NO RYU

  • @Kalulu_Ayiti
    @Kalulu_Ayiti3 жыл бұрын

    Yes, it is unusual to see Japanese people with tattoos, unless near a military base

  • @nequinhobranco29
    @nequinhobranco293 жыл бұрын

    Is it just me or is the audio quality kinda funny

  • @juliusjohansson636
    @juliusjohansson6363 жыл бұрын

    your videos is not on nebula :(((

  • @devincumberstach3515
    @devincumberstach35153 жыл бұрын

    3:00 yoooooooooooooo

  • @iliahgranovsky3400
    @iliahgranovsky34003 жыл бұрын

    Jiro time

  • @feedmementoes2743
    @feedmementoes27433 жыл бұрын

    dame da ne dame yo

  • @feedmementoes2743

    @feedmementoes2743

    2 жыл бұрын

    @ʀ ᴏ ꜱ ᴇ-Vlog Go to My Channel idk, i cant really remember why it *was* popular. mind you, this comment was from a year ago. but my general guess is that the game had funny dialogue, and people used that one song as an example of it

  • @Gwizou
    @Gwizou3 жыл бұрын

    *bang*

  • @tomsmith5584
    @tomsmith55843 жыл бұрын

    Also, many U.S. military personnel, especially Marines, have tattoos. Since many see the American military presence in Japan as an occupying force, that might be another reason why people with tatoos are banned from many bath houses and gyms in Japan.

  • @gtfanatic
    @gtfanatic3 жыл бұрын

    Hey human, yeah you Have a great day, life might be hard right now, we will make it through it, have a great life, from A Friendly Stranger

  • @markhenley3097

    @markhenley3097

    3 жыл бұрын

    ok

  • @BigBoss-sm9xj

    @BigBoss-sm9xj

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks man right I’m suffering through covid and it’s a bitch to deal with

  • @elmalanmalan2175
    @elmalanmalan21755 ай бұрын

    I will like japanese tatto to continue the way it is. If they become legal it would loose their beuty and the outlaw feeling.

  • @archstanton6102
    @archstanton61023 жыл бұрын

    To be fair I misheard you say "Penal Tattoos" and was expecting something else

  • @markhenley3097

    @markhenley3097

    3 жыл бұрын

    The worst was branding on the chest with letters.

  • @sazidafnan5015
    @sazidafnan50153 жыл бұрын

    Binod

  • @adictedfifa9259
    @adictedfifa92593 жыл бұрын

    can you do Russian mafia tattoo

  • @willardijatmiko1054
    @willardijatmiko10543 жыл бұрын

    dame da ne dame yo dame na no yo anta ga suki de suki sugite dore dake tsuyoi osake de mo yugamanai omoide ga baka mitai.....

  • @agentoskar6698
    @agentoskar66983 жыл бұрын

    YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

  • @silverstar8868
    @silverstar88683 жыл бұрын

    To be honest, never seen or knew about them having tattoos.

  • @dnaseb9214
    @dnaseb9214 Жыл бұрын

    Funny how the ban on Yakuza made crime in Japan 100 times worse.

  • @daniswaraaryasutahariadi5737
    @daniswaraaryasutahariadi57373 жыл бұрын

    40th like

  • @maiwand696
    @maiwand6963 жыл бұрын

    third

  • @saidtoshimaru1832
    @saidtoshimaru18323 жыл бұрын

    History of tatooing, not history of Tatooine, my young nerd-padawans.

  • @augustuswaddle469
    @augustuswaddle4693 жыл бұрын

    obama