34 Facts About Tsutomu Miyazaki

Tsutomu Miyazaki was a Japanese serial killer who murdered four young girls in Tokyo and Saitama Prefecture between August 1988 and June 1989.

Tsutomu Miyazaki abducted and killed the girls, aged from 4 to 7, in his car before dismembering them and molesting their corpses.

Tsutomu Miyazaki engaged in cannibalism, preserved body parts as trophies, and taunted the families of his victims.

Tsutomu Miyazaki was diagnosed as having one or more personality disorders, but was determined by authorities to be sane and aware of his crimes and their consequences.

Tsutomu Miyazaki was sentenced to death in 1997 and was executed by hanging in 2008.

Tsutomu Miyazaki was dubbed the "Otaku Murderer" due to his extensive collection of anime, manga, horror videotapes and hentai as well as various other forms of pornography.

Tsutomu Miyazaki was born on 21 August 1962 in Itsukaichi, Tokyo, the son of a wealthy family.

Tsutomu Miyazaki was born premature and had the rare birth defect radioulnar synostosis that caused his hand joints to be fused together, preventing him from being able to bend his wrists upwards.

Tsutomu Miyazaki's family operated a regional newspaper company and were well known in Itsukaichi, where his grandfather and great-grandfather had served on the town council.

Tsutomu Miyazaki was ostracized when he attended elementary school due to his deformity, and consequently kept to himself.

Tsutomu Miyazaki attended Meidai Nakano High School in Nakano, a prestigious high school associated with Meiji University, and was a star student until his grades began to drop dramatically.

Tsutomu Miyazaki was ranked 40 out of 56 in his class and did not receive the customary admission to Meiji University for students of the school.

Tsutomu Miyazaki felt he only received support from his grandfather, to whom he was close, and was rejected by his two younger sisters.

In May 1988, Tsutomu Miyazaki's grandfather died, which served to deepen his depression and isolate him even further.

Tsutomu Miyazaki drank the blood of one victim and ate a part of her hand.

Tsutomu Miyazaki had led Konno into his black Nissan Langley, then drove westward of Tokyo and parked the car under a bridge in a wooded area.

Tsutomu Miyazaki dumped her body in the hills near his home, departing with her clothes, then allowed the body to decompose before returning to remove her hands and feet, which he kept in his closet.

On 3 October 1988, Tsutomu Miyazaki abducted Masami Yoshizawa, aged 7, after spotting her while driving along a rural road.

Tsutomu Miyazaki had offered Yoshizawa a ride, which she accepted, then drove her to the same place he had killed Konno.

Tsutomu Miyazaki forced her into his car and drove to a parking lot in Naguri, where he forced her to remove her clothes in the back seat and began to take pictures of her.

Tsutomu Miyazaki killed Namba, tied her hands and feet behind her back, covered her with a bedsheet, and placed her body in his car's trunk.

Tsutomu Miyazaki disposed of her clothes in a wooded area and left her body in the adjoining parking lot, where it was discovered three days later.

On 6 June 1989, Tsutomu Miyazaki convinced Ayako Nomoto, aged 5, to allow him to take pictures of her.

Tsutomu Miyazaki then led Nomoto into his car and murdered her, covered her corpse with a bedsheet and placed her in his trunk.

When Nomoto's corpse began to decompose, Tsutomu Miyazaki dismembered it, abandoning her torso in a cemetery and her head in the nearby hills.

Tsutomu Miyazaki kept her hands, drinking blood from and cannibalizing them.

On 23 July 1989, Tsutomu Miyazaki saw two sisters playing in a park in Hachioji and managed to separate the younger of the sisters from the older one, who stayed behind.

Tsutomu Miyazaki was taking photographs of the younger daughter, whom he had convinced to strip nude, when he was caught by their father, who attacked Miyazaki but was unable to restrain him.

Tsutomu Miyazaki, who retained a perpetually calm and collected demeanor during his trial, appeared indifferent to his capture.

Tsutomu Miyazaki's killings caused a moral panic against otaku, with speculation that anime and horror films had made him a murderer.

Various newspapers claimed that Tsutomu Miyazaki had retreated into a fantasy world of manga as a result of his neglected upbringing.

Tsutomu Miyazaki was sentenced to death on April 14,1997.

Tsutomu Miyazaki described his serial murders as an "act of benevolence".

Writer Ryuzo Saki observed that Tsutomu Miyazaki's trial was long and noted that in the end Tsutomu Miyazaki was "not willing to criticize [Minister of Justice] Hatoyama".