Mexican Mafia Yakuza – Michael “Jap Mike” Kudo

Episode 33 . Michael Kudo was the only validated Mexican Mafia prison gang member of Japanese descent. From the island of Hawaii to the mean streets of Southern California, Mike Kudo would assimilate into the Mexican American gang culture and became known on the street and prison underworld as “Jap Mike” from Hawaiian Gardens. Jap Mike is one of countless street characters of non-Mexican ethnicity that became introduced to and seduced by the Chicano gang culture. His criminal journey is narrated by former Mexican Mafia member Ramon “Mundo” Mendoza. “ You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder, and whoever murders will be in danger of the judgment. But I say to you that whoever is angry with his brother without cause shall be in danger of the judgment.’” (Matthew 5:22)