Who knew?!

From http://kanjipictographix.com/2009/04/english-words-born-in-japan/:

Honcho: A person in charge of some group or of some function, usually a male person. A Japanese word, often mistakenly thought to be of Spanish origin. In Japanese it’s a term for a small-time yakuza gangster in charge of just a few underlings, but the underworld flavor has mostly been lost as the word has been adopted into English.

And I found it in Japanese...
班長 はんちょう (hanchou)
(n) squad leader; honcho; team leader; group leader

Now you know!!

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