Otoya Yamaguchi

Also known as Yamaguchi Nitaya

Japanese ultranationalist who assassinated Inejiro Asanuma (1943–1960)

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Born: ( 1943-02-22 ) 22 February 1943, Taitō , Tokyo , Japan
Died: 2 November 1960 (1960-11-02) (aged 17), Nerima , Tokyo, Japan
Cause of death: Suicide by hanging
Resting place: Aoyama Cemetery , Minami-Aoyama, Tokyo
Known for: Assassination of Inejirō Asanuma

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Instance of: human
Gender: male
Citizenship: Empire of Japan
Place of birth: Tokyo
Place of death: Tokyo
Occupation: activist
Political party: Great Japan Patriotic Party
Languages spoken: Japanese
Participant in: assassination of Inejiro Asanuma
Image: Assassination of Inejiro Asanuma 01.jpg
Significant event: assassination of Inejiro Asanuma

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date of birth: 1943-02-22
date of death: 1960-11-02
manner of death: Suicide
cause of death: hanging to death
name in kana: やまぐちおとや
name in native language: 山口二矢
place of burial: Aoyama Cemetery
relative: Murakami Namiroku
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Otoya Yamaguchi (山口二矢, Yamaguchi Otoya; 22 February 1943 – 2 November 1960) was a Japanese right-wing ultranationalist youth who assassinated Inejirō Asanuma, chairman of the Japan Socialist Party, on 12 October 1960.

Yamaguchi rushed the stage and stabbed Asanuma with a wakizashi-like short sword while Asanuma was participating in a televised election debate at Hibiya Public Hall in Tokyo. Yamaguchi, who was 17 years of age at the time, had been a member of Bin Akao's far-right Greater Japan Patriotic Party, but had resigned earlier that year, just prior to the assassination. After being arrested and interrogated, Yamaguchi committed suicide while in a detention facility.

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