Japanese serial killers

Tsutomu Miyazaki (宮﨑 勤 Miyazaki Tsutomu, August 21, 1962 – June 17, 2008), also known as The Otaku Murderer or The Little Girl Murderer, was a Japanese serial killer, cannibal, and necrophile who abducted and murdered four young girls in Saitama and Tokyo Prefectures from August 1988 to June 1989.

Yoshio Kodaira (小平 義雄 Kodaira Yoshio, January 28, 1905 – October 5, 1949) was a Japanese rapist and serial killer.

Kiyoshi Ōkubo (大久保 清 Ōkubo Kiyoshi, January 17, 1935 – January 22, 1976) was a Japanese serial killer.

Seisaku Nakamura (中村 誠策 Nakamura Seisaku, ca.1924 - ca.1943) was a Japanese man convicted for serial killings in his teenage years.

Hiroshi Maeue (前上 博 Maeue Hiroshi, August 8, 1968 – July 28, 2009), aka "The Suicide Website Murderer", was a Japanese serial killer, who lured his victims via the internet and killed three people in 2005.

Hiroaki Hidaka (日高 広明 Hidaka Hiroaki, April 1962 – 25 December 2006) was a Japanese serial killer.

Satarō Fukiage (吹上 佐太郎 Fukiage Satarō, February 1889 – September 28, 1926) was a Japanese rapist and serial killer.

Yukio Yamaji (山地 悠紀夫 Yamaji Yukio, August 21, 1983 – July 28, 2009) was a Japanese serial killer.

Kiyotaka Katsuta (勝田 清孝 Katsuta Kiyotaka, August 29, 1948 – November 30, 2000) was a Japanese serial killer and thief.

Genzo Kurita (栗田 源蔵 Kurita Genzō, November 3, 1926 – October 14, 1959) was a Japanese serial killer who murdered eight people.

Akira Nishiguchi (西口 彰 Nishiguchi Akira, December 14, 1925 – December 11, 1970) was a Japanese serial killer and fraudster.

Futoshi Matsunaga (松永 太 Matsunaga Futoshi, born April 28, 1961) is a Japanese serial killer who both defrauded and tortured his victims in what is publicly known as the Kitakyūshū Serial Murder Incident (北九州連続殺人事件).