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|Box title = Shinichiro Azuma<br>東慎一郎 | |Box title = Shinichiro Azuma<br>東慎一郎 | ||
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|fullname = Shinichiro Azuma<br>東慎一郎 | |fullname = Shinichiro Azuma<br>東慎一郎 | ||
|origin = Kobe, Japan | |origin = Kobe, Japan | ||
|type of villain = Sadistic Serial Killer | |||
|type of villain = | |||
|alias = The Kobe School Killer<br>Seito Sakakibara<br>(酒鬼薔薇聖斗)<br>Boy A (少年A) | |alias = The Kobe School Killer<br>Seito Sakakibara<br>(酒鬼薔薇聖斗)<br>Boy A (少年A) | ||
|occupation = Student (formerly)<br>Unemployed | |occupation = Student (formerly)<br>Unemployed | ||
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|goals = | |goals = | ||
|crimes = Assault<br>[[Murder]] | |crimes = Assault<br>[[Murder]] | ||
}}{{Quote|さあゲームの始まりです, 愚鈍な警察諸君, ボクを止めてみたまえ, ボクは殺しが愉快でたまらない, 人の死が見たくて見たくてしょうがない, 汚い野菜共には死の制裁を, 積年の大怨に流血の裁きを<br>This is the beginning of the game... Try to stop me if you can you stupid police... I desperately want to see people die, it is a thrill for me to commit murder. A bloody judgment is needed for my years of great bitterness.|Azuma's note to the Japanese police.}} | }} | ||
{{Quote|さあゲームの始まりです, 愚鈍な警察諸君, ボクを止めてみたまえ, ボクは殺しが愉快でたまらない, 人の死が見たくて見たくてしょうがない, 汚い野菜共には死の制裁を, 積年の大怨に流血の裁きを<br>This is the beginning of the game... Try to stop me if you can you stupid police... I desperately want to see people die, it is a thrill for me to commit murder. A bloody judgment is needed for my years of great bitterness.|Azuma's note to the Japanese police.}} | |||
'''Shinichiro Azuma''' (東慎一郎; July 7<sup>th</sup>, 1982 -), also known as '''Seito Sakakibara''' (酒鬼薔薇聖斗), was responsible for the death of two children in 1997. | '''Shinichiro Azuma''' (東慎一郎; July 7<sup>th</sup>, 1982 -), also known as '''Seito Sakakibara''' (酒鬼薔薇聖斗), was responsible for the death of two children in 1997. | ||
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=== Third Case === | === Third Case === | ||
On | On May 24<sup>th</sup>, 1997, Azuma lured 11 year-old schoolboy '''Jun Hase''' (土師淳) to the nearby hills and strangled him to death. He returned the next day and decapitated and mutilated Hase with a hand saw. He then discarded the head in a plastic bag and took the head back home and cleaned it thoroughly. Two days later he placed the bag outside Hase's school, alongside a note he left in the victim's mouth. According to mental evaluation reports after Azuma was arrested, Azuma had ejaculated the body and drank blood from the victim's body. | ||
The head was found by a school janitor on | The head was found by a school janitor on May 27<sup>th</sup>, 1997 morning. The police arrived and identified the head to be the missing child Jun Hase. They also found the body with the help of the notes left inside the victim's head. | ||
On June 4<sup>th</sup>, 1997, the local newspaper company Kobe Shimbun received a letter from somebody called '''Seito Sakakibara''', who claimed to be responsible for the death of Jun Hase. He also threatened to kill at least three more children within the next few months. This resulted in a local panic and also the misprint of Seito Sakakibara's name on the newspapers. This angered Azuma which caused him to send two more letters and threatened to kill even more children if there was another mistake. | On June 4<sup>th</sup>, 1997, the local newspaper company Kobe Shimbun received a letter from somebody called '''Seito Sakakibara''', who claimed to be responsible for the death of Jun Hase. He also threatened to kill at least three more children within the next few months. This resulted in a local panic and also the misprint of Seito Sakakibara's name on the newspapers. This angered Azuma which caused him to send two more letters and threatened to kill even more children if there was another mistake. | ||
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== Trial == | == Trial == | ||
Azuma was sentenced to juvenile detention on October 13<sup>th</sup>, 1997, due to the fact that he was only 14 years old. | Azuma was sentenced to juvenile detention on October 13<sup>th</sup>, 1997, due to the fact that he was only 14 years old, and was released in January 2005. | ||
In 2000, Japan lowered the age for criminal responsibility from 16 to 14. However, due to another murder case where a 11-year-old murdered her 12-year-old classmate in 2004, there has been some discussion for the need for further revision | |||
== Autobiography == | == Autobiography == | ||
In 2015, 32-year old Shinichiro released an autobiography in which he claimed to express regret for his crimes and recounted the murders in graphic detail. Despite the victims' families attempt to block the release of the block, it reached the top of Japanese bestseller lists in a short period of time. | |||
== Trivia == | |||
* On the Japanese forum 2channel, one of his classmates posted a topic in which he shared some stories about Sakakibara. | |||
[[Category:Male]] | [[Category:Male]] | ||
[[Category:Serial Killer]] | [[Category:Serial Killer]] | ||
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[[Category:Young villains]] | [[Category:Young villains]] | ||
[[Category:Emotionless Villains]] | [[Category:Emotionless Villains]] | ||
[[Category:Destroyer of Innocence]] | |||
[[Category:Japan]] | [[Category:Japan]] | ||
[[Category: | [[Category:Living Villains]] | ||