Latest boss of food and liquor wholesaler founded almost 300 years ago when shoguns ruled Japan.

FORBES: Magazine Article

Japan's bubble was inflated by confidence in the country's industrial planners and in its hermetic club of aging corporate shoguns.

FORBES: Rational Exuberance

In the early 1990s, Takeshita shared his behind-the-scenes influence with two other shadow shoguns, former vice premier Kanemaru Shin and Ozawa Ichiro.

CNN: THE LAST SHADOW SHOGUN?

The shoguns weren't that smart after all, and they failed to stay ahead of the rapid evolution of trade and technology in the 1990s.

FORBES: Rational Exuberance

This suggests that the era of shadow shoguns might be ending.

CNN: THE LAST SHADOW SHOGUN?

Gibson has been linked with Borders in Scotland and Bristol Shoguns, but is looking less likely to leave New Zealand after returning to the All Blacks side.

BBC: Gibson plays down Bristol move

Sale surpassed two club records, the 76-0 home win against Bristol Shoguns in November 1997, while their 12 tries that day were beaten by Friday night's new record of 15.

BBC: Sale 97-11 Cetransa El Salvador