Editing Yuka Takaoka (section)

==Background ==
According to the Japanese news, Takaoka dropped out of university and became the manager of a hostess bar in Tokyo. In October 2018, she met Luna there, who worked as a bar host in the nearby red-light district. Takaoka fell in love with Luna and was willing to spend over ¥1,000,000 (approx USD9,000) per month on him. On May 20<sup>th</sup>, 2019, the two started living together.

Three days later, Luna came home late, and Takaoka claimed that Luna had become cold towards her. She also found photos of Luna with different women on his phone. When Luna went to bed, she stabbed him with a kitchen knife. Luna woke up, shocked, and fled to the first-floor lobby. Takaoka followed him and stabbed him again.

[[File:Yuka_Takaoka_crime_scene.jpg|thumb|250px|Takaoka sitting down next to Luna, while smoking and talking on the phone.|right|link=Special:FilePath/Yuka_Takaoka_crime_scene.jpg]]

The police arrived at the scene and found Takaoka seated in the lobby of the building, with her hands and legs covered in blood. She was smoking a cigarette, talking on the telephone, and ignored the police officers that tried talking to her. This was while her boyfriend had collapsed behind her with his abdomen sliced open. She was arrested on the spot.