Editing Keroyon Club (section)

=== Torture, murder and child abuse ===
The club engaged in various forms of torture and murder under the guise of "training".

On April 16, 2000, the incident occurred in which one of the members died in the middle of "warm training", a type of Aum Shinrikyo training. The water used for the training is said to be nearly 100℃, and Yuko Kitazawa is said to have directed this.

This incident was not filed as an accident.

On September 10, 2004, a member in training (older sister of the warm training's victim) was drugged with illegal drugs, bound with duct tape, and assaulted with a bamboo sword 2,800 times, resulting in her death. The members involved have been convicted.

Yuko Kitazawa, head of group was also charged with crime of inficting bodily injury resulting in death, and was sentenced to 8 years in prison on June 13, 2011.

On September 24, 2004, a case was uncovered in which believers were abusing five children by light cigrettes under the guise of "training". On September 24, the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo_Metropolitan_Police_Department_Public_Security_Bureau Public Security Bureau] sent three persons, two of whom were charged with crime of inficting bodily injury resulting in death and another female believer, to jail on bodily harm.

The Children were taken into custody by the Tokyo Metropolitan Child Guidance Center in October of the same year.

In addition, the group had their believers perform other trainings such as "Konkororin" (rolling down a hill), swallowing 1kg of ice without crushing it, and "worm offering" (eating 1,000 live worms).