View source for Kengan Association members

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}}[[File:Kengan Association power struggle.png|thumb|350px|The power struggle that existed within the Kengan Association prior to the most recent Annihilation Tournament]]
The [[Kengan Association]] consists of illustrious business owners, large corporations and influential people with the current number of Association members resting at 418.<ref name="Ch17">[[Chapter 17]]</ref><ref name="Ch35">[[Chapter 35]]</ref><ref>[[Chapter 100]] - The number rose to 418 with the addition of Honma Kiyoshi</ref> The are a number of factions within the Kengan Association with the three largest being the '''Four Dragons''', the '''Society of a Hundred''' and the '''Three Nobles'''.<ref name="Ch41">[[Chapter 41]]</ref>

==Chairman==
The Kengan Association has been led by a '''Chairman''' since is inception. The Chairman has massive power within the Kengan Association, being the only one who may set the rules of the matches and other bylaws of the Association, and usually has more power and wealth than any other Association member. The Chairman is also the one who decides on the format and rules for his own replacement (usually by a tournament). As noted by [[Atami Hisashi]], the change of Chairman can cause a major shift in the balance and system of the Kengan Association.<ref name="Ch207">[[Chapter 207]]</ref>

{{KenganMember
|corp = Dainippon Bank
|corp-kanji = 大日本銀行 (''Dainippon Ginkō''; lit. "''Big Japan Bank''")
|corp-info = 
|corp-rank = 1st<ref name="Ch39"/>
|ceo = Katahara Metsudo
|ceo-info = '''Katahara Metsudo''' is the director of Dainippon Bank and the current and 58th chairman of the Kengan Association. Katahara is a distinguished old man with an extremely confident and wily personality, due to the influential position he has maintained for scores of years.
|debut = [[Chapter 17]]
|link = Y
|fighter = Kanoh Agito
|fighter-info = '''Kanoh Agito''' is the affiliated fighter of Dainippon Bank and the fifth person to hold the title of "Fang of Metsudo". He is renowned as being the strongest fighter the Kengan matches have ever seen.
|debut3 = [[Chapter 39]]
|link3 = Y
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{{Four Dragons}}
{{Society of a Hundred}}
{{Three Nobles}}
{{Togo's Faction}}
{{Other Members}}

==Former Members==
{{KenganMember
|corp         = Ushitami Food Services
|corp-kanji   = 牛民フードサービス (''Ushitami Fūdosābisu'')
|corp-info    = '''Ushitami Food Services''' are a former member of the Kengan Association who lost their membership during a "Kengan Challenge Match" to Yamashita Trading Co.

Ushitami is based on real-life restaurant chain Uotami.
|corp-rank    = Unknown
|ceo          = Nabe Misao
|ceo-info     = '''{{Popup|text = <span class="explain">Nabe Misao</span>|inline = 1|popup = <b>Kanji:</b> 鍋 美樹男 (なべ みきお)<br /><b>Romaji:</b> <i>Nabe Misao</i>}}''' is the president of Ushitami Food Services. He is a self-proclaimed lover of making small change, having set up many Kengan Challenge matches in the past. He had planned to use the Challenge matches as a quick money-making scheme but this was cut short by the intervention of Yamashita Trading Co.'s affiliated fighter, [[Tokita Ohma]].<ref name="Ch20">[[Chapter 20]]</ref>
|debut        = [[Chapter 20]]
|fighter      = Yokota Masayasu
|fighter-info = '''Yokota Masayasu''' is the affiliated fighter for Ushitami Food Services who has spent more time fighting in unofficial Kengan matches than official ones. Though strong, he was quickly defeated by [[Ohma Tokita]], costing his employer his membership.
|debut3       = [[Chapter 20]]
|link3        = Y}}

==Trivia==
*[[Katahara Metsudo]] is the only known person in the history of the Kengan Association to have had a tenure of over 50 years.<ref name="Ch207"/>
*Nomura Kohei's only spoken line is in [[Chapter 42]]. It's no surprise that he is the closest to being a background character of all the named Kengan Association members.<ref name="Nomura"/>

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