List of executions in Japan

Capital punishment is a legal penalty for murder in Japan, and is applied in cases of multiple murder or aggravated single murder. Executions in Japan are carried out by hanging, and the country has seven execution chambers, all located in major cities.

After a four-year moratorium, executions resumed in 1993 and up to 15 have taken place almost each year since then. Thirteen of those executed in 2018, under former Minister of Justice and former think tank researcher Yōko Kamikawa, had taken part in the Tokyo subway sarin attack of 1995.

List of people executed

Names are transliterated in Western name order while the Japanese names are in its original form.

No. Name Age Sex Date Place Crime Victim(s) Minister
1 Seikichi Kondo
近藤 清吉		 55 M 26 March 1993 Sendai Multiple murders 2 Masaharu Gotoda
2 Shujiro Tachikawa
立川 修二郎		 62 M Osaka Multiple murders 2
3 Tetsuo Kawanaka
川中 鉄夫		 48 M Osaka Multiple murders 3
4 Tadao Kojima
小島 忠夫		 61 M 26 November 1993 Sapporo Multiple murders 3 Akira Mikazuki
5 Yukio Seki
関 幸生		 47 M Tokyo Single murder 1
6 Hideo Deguchi
出口 秀夫		 70 M Osaka Multiple murders 2
7 Toru Sakaguchi
坂口 徹		 56 M Osaka
8 Yukio Ajima
安島 幸雄		 44 M 1 December 1994 Tokyo Multiple murders 3 Isao Maeda
9 Kazumi Sasaki
佐々木 和三		 66 M Sendai Multiple murders* 2
10 Eiji Fujioka
藤岡 英次		 40 M 26 May 1995 Osaka Multiple murders 2
11 Fusao Suda
須田 房雄		 54 M Tokyo Single murder 1
12 Shigeho Tanaka
田中 重穂		 69 M Tokyo Single murder 1
13 Shuji Kimura
木村 修治		 45 M 21 December 1995 Nagoya Single murder 1 Hiroshi Miyazawa
14 Naoto Hirata
平田 直人		 63 M Fukuoka Multiple murders 2
15 Tokujirou Shinohara
篠原 徳次郎		 68 M Tokyo Multiple murders* 2
16 Yoshiaki Sugimto
杉本 嘉昭		 49 M 11 July 1996 Fukuoka Single murder 1 Ritsuko Nagata
17 Kazumi Yokoyama
横山 一美		 43 M Fukuoka
18 Mikio Ishida
石田 三樹男		 48 M Tokyo Multiple murders 2
19 Yoshihito Imai
今井 義人		 55 M 20 December 1996 Tokyo Multiple murders 3 Isao Matsuura
20 Mitsunari Hirata
平田 光成		 60 M Tokyo Multiple murders 2
21 Satoru Noguchi
野口 悟		 50 M Tokyo
22 Yasumasa Hidaka
日高 安政		 54 M 1 August 1997 Sapporo Multiple murders 7
23 Nobuko Hidaka
日高 信子		 51 F Sapporo
24 Hideki Kanda
神田 英樹		 43 M Tokyo Multiple murders 3
25 Norio Nagayama 48 M Tokyo Multiple murders 4
26 Masahiro Muratake
村竹 正博		 54 M 25 June 1998 Fukuoka Multiple murders 3 Kokichi Shimoinaba
27 Yukihisa Takeyasu
武安 幸久		 66 M Fukuoka Multiple murders* 1
28 Shinji Shimazu
島津 新治		 66 M Tokyo Multiple murders* 1
29 Masamichi Ida 56 M 19 November 1998 Nagoya Multiple murders 3 Shozaburo Nakamura
30 Tatsuaki Nishio
西尾 立昭		 61 M Nagoya Single murder 1
31 Akira Tsuda
津田 暎		 59 M Hiroshima Single murder 1
32 Masashi Satou
佐藤 眞志		 62 M 10 September 1999 Tokyo Multiple murders* 1 Takao Jinnouchi
33 Katsutoshi Takada
高田 勝利		 61 M Sendai Multiple murders* 1
34 Tetsuyuki Morikawa
森川 哲行		 69 M Fukuoka Multiple murders* 2
35 Teruo Ono
小野 照男		 62 M 17 December 1999 Fukuoka Multiple murders* 1 Hideo Usui
36 Kazuo Sagawa
佐川 和男		 48 M Tokyo Multiple murders 2
37 Kiyotaka Katsuta
勝田 清孝		 52 M 30 November 2000 Nagoya Multiple murders 8 Okiharu Yasuoka
38 Takashi Miyawaki
宮脇 喬		 57 M Nagoya Multiple murders 3
39 Kunikatsu Oishi
大石 國勝		 55 M Fukuoka Multiple murders 3
40 Toshihiko Hasegawa
長谷川 敏彦		 51 M 27 December 2001 Nagoya Multiple murders 3 Mayumi Moriyama
41 Kojiro Asakura
朝倉 幸治郎		 66 M Tokyo Multiple murders 5
42 Ryuya Haruta
春田 竜也		 36 M 18 September 2002 Fukuoka Single murder 1
43 Yoshiteru Hamada
浜田 美輝		 51 M Nagoya Multiple murders* 3
44 Sinji Mukai
向井 伸二		 42 M 12 September 2003 Osaka Multiple murders 3
45 Sueo Shimazaki
嶋崎 末男		 59 M 14 September 2004 Fukuoka Multiple murders 3 Daizo Nozawa
46 Mamoru Takuma
宅間 守		 40 M Osaka Multiple murders 8
47 Susumu Kitagawa
北川 晋		 58 M 16 September 2005 Osaka Multiple murders 2 Chieko Nono
48 Hiroaki Hidaka
日高 廣明		 44 M 25 December 2006 Hiroshima Multiple murders 4 Jinen Nagase
49 Yoshimitsu Akiyama
秋山 芳光		 77 M Tokyo Single murder 1
50 Yoshio Fujinami
藤波 芳夫		 75 M Tokyo Multiple murders 2
51 Michio Fukuoka
福岡 道雄		 64 M Osaka Multiple murders 3
52 Yoshikatsu Oda
小田 義勝		 59 M 27 April 2007 Fukuoka Multiple murders 2
53 Masahiro Tanaka
田中 政弘		 42 M Tokyo Multiple murders 4
54 Kosaku Nada
名田 幸作		 56 M Osaka Multiple murders 2
55 Hifumi Takezawa
竹澤 一二三		 69 M 23 August 2007 Tokyo Multiple murders 3
56 Kozo Segawa
瀬川 光三		 60 M Nagoya Multiple murders 2
57 Yoshio Iwamoto
岩本 義雄		 62 M Tokyo Multiple murders 2
58 Seiha Fujima
藤間 静波		 47 M 7 December 2007 Tokyo Multiple murders 5 Kunio Hatoyama
59 Hiroki Fukawa
府川 博樹		 42 M Tokyo Multiple murders 2
60 Noboru Ikemoto
池本 登		 75 M Osaka Multiple murders 3
61 Masahiko Matsubara
松原 正彦		 63 M 1 February 2008 Osaka Multiple murders 2
62 Takashi Mochida
持田 孝		 65 M Tokyo Multiple murders* 1
63 Keishi Nago 37 M Fukuoka Multiple murders 2
64 Kaoru Okashita 61 M 10 April 2008 Tokyo Multiple murders 2
65 Masahito Sakamoto
坂本 正人		 41 M Tokyo Single murder 1
66 Katsuyoshi Nakamoto
中元 勝義		 64 M Osaka Multiple murders 2
67 Masaharu Nakamura
中村 正春		 61 M Osaka Multiple murders 2
68 Tsutomu Miyazaki
宮崎 勤		 45 M 17 June 2008 Tokyo Multiple murders 4
69 Yoshio Yamasaki
山崎 義雄		 73 M Osaka Multiple murders 2
70 Shinji Mutsuda
陸田 真志		 37 M Tokyo Multiple murders 2
71 Yoshiyuki Mantani
萬谷 義幸		 68 M 11 September 2008 Osaka Multiple murders* 1 Okiharu Yasuoka
72 Mineteru Yamamoto
山本 峰照		 68 M Osaka Multiple murders 2
73 Isamu Hirano
平野 勇		 61 M Tokyo Multiple murders* 2
74 Michitoshi Kuma
久間 三千年		 70 M 28 October 2008 Fukuoka Multiple murders 2 Eisuke Mori
75 Masahiro Takashio
高塩 正裕		 55 M Sendai Multiple murders 2
76 Yukinari Kawamura
川村 幸也		 44 M 28 January 2009 Nagoya Multiple murders 2
77 Tetsuya Sato
佐藤 哲也		 39 M Nagoya
78 Shojiro Nishimoto
西本 正二郎		 32 M Tokyo Multiple murders 4
79 Tadashi Makino
牧野 正		 58 M Fukuoka Multiple murders* 1
80 Hiroshi Maeue
前上 博		 40 M 28 July 2009 Osaka Multiple murders 3
81 Yukio Yamaji
山地 悠紀夫		 25 M Osaka Multiple murders* 2
82 Chen Detong
陳 徳通		 41 M Tokyo Multiple murders 3
83 Kazuo Shinozawa
篠澤 一男		 59 M 28 July 2010[1] Tokyo Multiple murders 6 Keiko Chiba
84 Hidenori Ogata
尾形 英紀		 33 M Tokyo Multiple murders 2
85 Yasuaki Uwabe
上部 康明		 48 M 29 March 2012[2] Hiroshima Multiple murders 5 Toshio Ogawa
86 Tomoyuki Furusawa
古澤 友幸		 46 M Tokyo Multiple murders 3
87 Yasutoshi Matsuda
松田 康敏		 44 M Fukuoka Multiple murders 2
88 Junya Hattori
服部 純也		 40 M 3 August 2012[3] Tokyo Single murder 1 Makoto Taki
89 Kyozo Matsumura
松村 恭造		 31 M Osaka Multiple murders 2
90 Sachiko Eto
江藤 幸子		 65 F 27 September 2012[4] Sendai Multiple murders 6
91 Yukinori Matsuda
松田 幸則		 39 M Fukuoka Multiple murders 2
92 Masahiro Kanagawa
金川 真大		 29 M 21 February 2013[5] Tokyo Multiple murders 2 Sadakazu Tanigaki
93 Keiki Kano
加納 恵喜		 62 M Nagoya Multiple murders* 1
94 Kaoru Kobayashi
小林 薫		 44 M Osaka Single murder 1
95 Katsuji Hamasaki
濱崎 勝次		 64 M 26 April 2013[6] Tokyo Multiple murders 2
96 Yoshihide Miyagi
宮城 吉英		 56 M Tokyo
97 Tokuhisa Kumagai
熊谷 徳久		 73 M 12 September 2013[7] Tokyo Single murder 1
98 Mitsuo Fujishima
藤島 光雄		 55 M 12 December 2013[8] Tokyo Multiple murders 2
99 Ryoji Kagayama
加賀山 領治		 63 M Osaka Multiple murders 2
100 Masanori Kawasaki
川﨑 政則		 68 M 26 June 2014[9] Osaka Multiple murders 3
101 Mitsuhiro Kobayashi
小林 光弘		 56 M 29 August 2014[10] Sendai Multiple murders 5
102 Tsutomu Takamizawa
髙見澤 勤		 59 M Tokyo Multiple murders 3
103 Tsukasa Kanda 44 M 25 June 2015[11] Nagoya Single murder 1 Yōko Kamikawa
104 Sumitoshi Tsuda
津田 寿美年		 63 M 18 December 2015[12] Sendai Multiple murders 3 Mitsuhide Iwaki
105 Kazuyuki Wakabayashi 39 M Tokyo Multiple murders 2
106 Yasutoshi Kamata
鎌田 安利		 75 M 25 March 2016[13] Osaka Multiple murders 5
107 Junko Yoshida
吉田 純子		 56 F Fukuoka Multiple murders 2
108 Kenichi Tajiri
田尻 賢一		 45 M 10 November 2016[14] Fukuoka Multiple murders 2 Katsutoshi Kaneda
109 Masakatsu Nishikawa 61 M 13 July 2017[15] Osaka Multiple murders 4
110 Koichi Sumida
住田 紘一		 34 M Hiroshima Single murder 1
111 Teruhiko Seki
関 光彦		 44 M 19 December 2017[16] Tokyo Multiple murders 4 Yōko Kamikawa[17]
112 Kiyoshi Matsui
松井 喜代司		 69 M Tokyo Multiple murders 3
113 Shoko Asahara 63 M 6 July 2018[18] Tokyo Multiple murders 29
114 Seiichi Endo 58 M Tokyo
115 Masami Tsuchiya 53 M Tokyo
116 Tomomitsu Niimi 54 M Osaka
117 Yoshihiro Inoue 48 M Osaka
118 Tomomasa Nakagawa 55 M Hiroshima
119 Kiyohide Hayakawa 68 M Fukuoka
120 Satoru Hashimoto 51 M 26 July 2018[19] Tokyo
121 Yasuo Hayashi 60 M Sendai
122 Kenichi Hirose 54 M Tokyo
123 Toru Toyoda 50 M Tokyo
124 Masato Yokoyama 54 M Nagoya
125 Kazuaki Okazaki 57 M Nagoya
126 Keizo Okamoto 60 M 27 December 2018[20] Osaka Multiple murders 2 Takashi Yamashita
127 Hiroya Suemori 67 M Osaka
128 Koichi Shoji 64 M 2 August 2019[21] Tokyo Multiple murders 2
129 Yasunori Suzuki 50 M Fukuoka Multiple murders 3
130 Wei Wei
魏 巍		 40 M 26 December 2019[22] Fukuoka Multiple murders 4 Masako Mori
131 Yasutaka Fujishiro
藤城 康孝		 65 M 21 December 2021[23] Osaka Multiple murders 7 Yoshihisa Furukawa
132 Tomoaki Takanezawa
高根沢 智明		 54 M Tokyo Multiple murders 2
133 Mitsunori Onogawa
小野川 光紀		 44 M Tokyo
134 Tomohiro Katō
加藤 智大		 39 M 26 July 2022[24] Tokyo Multiple murders 7
The number of people executed in Japan since 1993
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
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Note: Inmates noted with a * were sentenced to death for murder(s) committed while on parole for another murder

See also

References
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