Leopard print Lamborghinis and diabolical Diablos: Inside the fast and furious world of Japan's Yakuza mafia




He is a self-professed associate of Japan’s notorious Yakuza who admits that his business interests are somewhat dubious.

So Morohoshi-san might have been expected to select the most low-profile vehicle money could buy.

Instead, the 'businessman', from K abukicho, Tokyo's 'entertainment district' bought himself a flashing neon Lamborghini Diablo.

He is the star of a new mini documentary Underground Hero: Love to Hate Me about the lives of the infamous Yakuza - the so called Japanese mafia - and their associates.

This is the modified Lamborghini Diablo driven by Morohoshi-san, from Kabukicho, Tokyo's 'entertainment district' is one of the stars of a new mini documentary about the chosen ride for associates of the infamous Yakuza mafia

Given that his business, by his own admission, lies firmly in a 'grey area', this Japanese 'gangster' might have been best advised to pick a car with a low profile. Instead he has chosen a Lamborghini Diablo, modified in a particularly indiscreet neon fashion

In the film the businessman is seen driving in a variety of showy modified Lamborghini

Tokyo-based videographer, Luke Huxham, came up with the idea for the documentary, produced by Maiham Media , he said, after seeing 'questionable looking people driving around in supercars'.



He said: 'You can't really just walk up to these guys and ask them to be in your film.



'You don't walk into Kabukichou after midnight and start trying to film people with tattoos all over their bodies unless you want to have your nose broken.



'You need to know someone that has a good relationship with the people in these underground cultures and ask them to invite you in for as long as you're allowed to stay which is usually not very long.'

He struck up a rapport with Lamborghini fanatic Morohoshi-san, and tailed him with a camera as he mixed with Japanese bike gangs the Bosozoku, brightly coloured flashing Lamborghinis and the Yakuza.

Tokyo-based videographer, Luke Huxham, came up with the idea for the documentary , he said, after seeing 'questionable looking people driving around in supercars'

He said making the documentary was a difficult. 'You don't just Kabukichou after midnight and start trying to film people with tattoos all over their bodies unless you want to have your nose broken' he said

The Yakuza is a collective term given to Japan's organised crime syndicates.



It is estimated that the Yakuza has over 100,000 members spread across the country in different gangs, but together they make the largest organised crime group in the world.

The gangs, along with Osaka street racers and Kanto area Bosozoku (motorcycle and moped gangs in Japan) are well known for their love of modifying their cars to make them appear lower, wider and more impressive looking.



It is not known whether Morohoshi-san is truly affiliated with the Yakuza, but he admits his business is in a 'grey area'.



Film-maker Mr Huxham adds of his new acquaintance: 'Style is personal, fun is universal.



'That’s what you need to embrace before watching this film. Morohoshi-san is living between the lines, somewhere in that grey section.



'Mixing with the undesirables and modifying his Lamborghini in ways most of us would never dream of doing. His style is unique and questionable but one things for sure, he’s too busy having fun to care what you think.

Morohoshi- san's 'style is unique and questionable but he's too busy having fun to care what you think' according to Mr Huxham

'And that’s truly what makes him a cool character.'

Just last month police seized a 'glow-in-the-dark' supercar from a London street after its wealthy Qatari owner was stopped for not having a licence or the correct insurance.

The £350,000 Lamborghini Aventador - with a paint job that made it look like something out of the sci-fi film Tron - was impounded near Harrod's in Knightsbridge.

It is understood its owner is 24-year-old Nasser Al-Thani, a member of Qatar's ruling family. Police stopped the car on Brompton Street and had it towed away after Mr Al-Thani failed to produce a licence or the correct insurance.

