2008 Japan, Shoko Tendo 'Yakuza Moon' (51 images)

Shoko Tendo is Yakuza Moon, the daughter of a Japanese Yakuza gangster boss, and now best-selling author, famous for her depiction of life growing up in a Yakuza household, and also for her intricate and graphic Yakuza tattoos.

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