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Kenji Goto

1967 - 2015

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Kenji Goto (後藤 健二, Gotō Kenji; 23 October 1967 – c. 31 January 2015) was a Japanese freelance video journalist covering wars and conflicts, refugees, poverty, AIDS, and child education around the world. In October 2014, he was captured and held hostage by Islamic State (IS) militants after entering Syria in the hopes of rescuing Japanese hostage Haruna Yukawa. On 31 January 2015, he was beheaded by his captors led by Kuwaiti-British militant Jihadi John following the breakdown of negotiations for his release. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Kenji Goto is the 91st most popular journalist (up from 92nd in 2019), the 1,455th most popular biography from Japan (down from 1,367th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Japanese Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Kenji Goto ranks 91 out of 196. Before him are Pierre Brossolette, Vladimir Solovyov, Malcolm Campbell, Piers Morgan, Aleksey Suvorin, and Marina Ovsyannikova. After him are George Rodger, Homai Vyarawalla, Murray Walker, Tsuneko Sasamoto, Chris Cuomo, and George Padmore.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Kenji Goto ranks 235. Before him are Joshua Bell, Valérie Pécresse, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Luc Nilis, David Conrad, and Mohamed Nasheed. After him are Ty Burrell, Andreas Scholl, Paulo Cezar Costa, Kazunori Yamauchi, Edu Manga, and Paul Ince. Among people deceased in 2015, Kenji Goto ranks 357. Before him are Natalia Molchanova, Dick Van Patten, Leo Kadanoff, Eduardo Guerrero, Ivan Davidov, and Vittore Gottardi. After him are Kayahan, Richard Meade, Dominique Dropsy, Gamal El-Ghitani, Gottfried Diener, and Jayakanthan.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Kenji Goto ranks 1,455 out of 6,245. Before him are Wataru Endo (1993), Yuji Hyakutake (1950), Chikage Awashima (1924), Maki Haneta (1972), Toshiaki Imai (1954), and Hiroshi Soejima (1959). After him are Hirofumi Nakasone (1945), Tomoya Suzuki (2000), Osamu Chiba (1968), Jiichiro Date (1952), Tomoyuki Kajino (1960), and Yohei Takayama (1979).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Japan

Among journalists born in Japan, Kenji Goto ranks 2. Before him are Kanno Sugako (1881). After him are Tsuneko Sasamoto (1914), Kenji Nagai (1957), and Mika Yamamoto (1967).

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