Tokichi Ishii

Tokichi Ishii (d. 1918) was a Japanese convicted serial killer and author. In 1915, he was sentenced to death for murdering four people: a couple, a police officer, and a woman. While on death row, Ishii converted to Christianity and wrote his confessions and memoir whose English title is A Gentleman in Prison.[1][2][3]

Crime

Ishii committed forty robberies, rapes, and four murders in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Aichi, Osaka, Hyogo, etc.

  • April 30, 1915: He strangled Haru Tanaka, 26, and gouged out her eyes and throat[4]
  • June 17, 1915: He strangled Yokohama couple Teiro Otsuki and Haru Kobayashi to death and stole their silver watch[5]
  • July 13, 1915: He killed a police officer who was chasing him during a robbery in Aichi Prefecture

Notes

  1. ^ Ishii, Tokichi. A Gentleman in Prison.
  2. ^ Piper 2016, pp. 173–174.
  3. ^ Pratt 1928, p. 535.
  4. ^ "東京の海辺で目とノドをえぐられた若い女性の惨殺死体…浮上した"前科4犯の男"と"疑惑の自供"――大正事件史" (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  5. ^ ""砂風呂の淫奔美人"殺害事件で自首した殺人、強盗、女性暴行計40件余りの男…浮かび上がる「拷問の責任」" (in Japanese). Retrieved 17 June 2025.

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