Osaka Detention House, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Cause of death
Execution by hanging
Other names
"The Osaka Ripper" "The Monster with 22 Faces"
Criminal status
Executed
Conviction(s)
Murder (2 counts) Theft
Criminal penalty
Death
Details
Victims
5
Span of crimes
1985–1994
Country
Japan
State(s)
Osaka
Date apprehended
February 23, 1995
Yasutoshi Kamata (鎌田安利, Kamata Yasutoshi, July 10, 1940 – March 25, 2016), known as The Osaka Ripper, was a Japanese serial killer responsible for the murder and dismemberment of four women and one girl in Osaka between 1985 and 1994.[1] The case was designated by the National Police Agency as "Metropolitan Designated Case No. 122".[2]
At the time of the incident, the Osaka Prefectural Police considered it one its most important cases, investigated alongside the Glico Morinaga case.[3]
^(March 14, 1996) Asahi Shimbun: "Defendant K denies murdering women in Osaka" (in Japanese)
^(June 13, 1995) Asahi Shimbun: "Re-arrest of suspect K in Metropolitan Designated Case No. 122" (in Japanese)
^(March 24, 1999) Sankei Shimbun: "Defendant K sentenced for killing C-chan" (in Japanese)
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