Editing Yuka Takaoka

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|alias          = Yandere killer

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|crimes          = Attempted murder

}}{{Quote|Since I loved him so much, I just couldn’t help it.|Takaoka's confession.}}

'''Yuka Takaoka''' (高岡由佳; 1999 - ) was a Japanese hostess who gained massive popularity after attempting to murder her boyfriend Luna.

== Background ==

According to the Japanese news, Takaoka dropped out of univerity 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 (aprox USD9,000) per month on him. On May 20^th, 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 fleed 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]]

The police arrived at the scene and found Takaoka seated on 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 while her boyfriend had collapsed behind her with his abdomen sliced open. She was arrested on the spot.

== Trial ==

On December 3^rd, 2019, Takaoka was found guilty of attempted murder. Luna, who had recovered at that time, accepted Takaoka's appologies of ¥5,000,000 (aprox USD45,000). He claimed to hold no grudge against her. He also aappologised to Takaoka for cheating on her and asked the judge for a lighter punishment on Takaoka.

In the end, Takaoka was sentenced to prison for 3 years and 6 months.

== Rise in Popularity ==

After the attempted murder, Takaoka gained massive popularity for being a real life incarnation of a yandere character from the world of anime, such a character, typically female, turns to homicidal violence in pursuit of love.

Her Instagram account gained over 70,000 new followers after her crime, and continous to increase.

== Trivia ==

[[File:Phoenix_Luna.jpg|thumb|250px|Phoenix Luna's promotion image.|left]]

After Takaoka's boyfriend Luna recovered from his injuries, he changed his host name to Phoenix Luna, as a nod to his recovery from near death.