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Otoya Yamaguchi

1943 - 1960

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Otoya Yamaguchi is the 175th most popular social activist (down from 167th in 2019), the 396th most popular biography from Japan (down from 317th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Social Activist.

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS

Among social activists, Otoya Yamaguchi ranks 175 out of 840. Before him are Leila Khaled, Meng Huo, Gaius Julius Civilis, Gerda Christian, Joe Hill, and Max Mosley. After him are Maria Spiridonova, Paul Watson, Chico Mendes, Paul Schäfer, Gretl Braun, and Vinoba Bhave.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1943, Otoya Yamaguchi ranks 116. Before him are Robert Lefkowitz, Vint Cerf, Richard J. Roberts, Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, Conchata Ferrell, and Akinori Nakayama. After him are Grover Washington Jr., Eric Idle, Paul Van Himst, Michael Spence, Stanley Fischer, and Wilson Fittipaldi Júnior. Among people deceased in 1960, Otoya Yamaguchi ranks 42. Before him are I. I. Chundrigar, Frank Lloyd, Ida Rubinstein, Dimitri Mitropoulos, Hugo Alfvén, and Victor Klemperer. After him are Ethel Voynich, Beno Gutenberg, Mack Sennett, Jacques Becker, Archduchess Elisabeth Amalie of Austria, and Norodom Suramarit.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Otoya Yamaguchi ranks 396 out of 6,245. Before him are Sakae Takahashi (null), Emperor Sushun (520), Yamamoto Tsunetomo (1659), Akinori Nakayama (1943), Kikunae Ikeda (1864), and Akira Matsunaga (1914). After him are Franklin J. Schaffner (1920), Shimazu Yoshihiro (1535), Koji Sasaki (1936), Shizuo Miyama (null), Yamato Takeru (72), and Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653).

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Among SOCIAL ACTIVISTS In Japan

Among social activists born in Japan, Otoya Yamaguchi ranks 4. Before him are Sadako Sasaki (1943), Sakamoto Ryōma (1836), and Ishikawa Goemon (1558). After him are Itagaki Taisuke (1837), Toyohiko Kagawa (1888), Ninomiya Sontoku (1787), Kōtoku Shūsui (1871), Gotō Shōjirō (1838), Ōsugi Sakae (1885), Megumi Yokota (1964), and Akira Amano (1973).

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