Murder of Daisaku Chiba
LocationSakyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan
Date15 January 2007 (2007-01-15)
7:45 p.m. (Japan Standard Time)
VictimDaisaku Chiba, aged 20

On 15 January 2007, 20-year-old Daisaku Chiba (千葉大作さん, Chiba Daisaku), an aspiring manga artist and first year student at Kyoto Seika University, was stabbed after bicycling home from school. He later died in the hospital. The murder has remained unsolved.[1]

Background

Chiba was a 20-year-old from Sendai.[2] A lifelong artist,[3] he attended the Kyoto Seika University's Manga Department as a first year student.[4]

Murder

On 15 January 2007, at around 7:45 p.m., Chiba was bicycling home on a sidewalk in Sakyō-ku, a ward of Kyoto, where a man, described as between 20 and 30 years of age,[5] was reported by witnesses to have approached Chiba, swaying from side to side while yelling obscenities at him.[6] The man proceeded to stab him over a dozen times, including in the chest and stomach.[7] Chiba later died at the hospital.[8]

Investigation

Chiba's professors and classmates created and distributed an informational manga, detailing about his life and raising awareness to the public.[9] Authorities have received 1,350 pieces of information relating to the murder.[10]

In 2022, the National Police Agency offered up to 3 million yen for information related to the murder.[11] Tissues were handed out by police officers containing the perpetrator's sketches at the Kokusaikaikan Station.[12] This practice has been done multiple times in the past as an attempt to receive investigation relating to the murder,[13] although it has remained unsolved.[14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "京都精華大生殺害事件１６年 遺族たちが情報提供呼びかける｜NHK 関西のニュース". NHK NEWS WEB (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "京都精華大生刺殺から１６年 漫画配り情報提供呼びかけ｜秋田魁新報電子版". 秋田魁新報電子版 (in Japanese). 15 January 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  3. ↑ "変わらぬ部屋で息子思う母「自首してほしい」 京都の大学生殺害事件16年｜社会｜地域のニュース｜京都新聞". 京都新聞 (in Japanese). 14 January 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  4. ↑ INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (15 January 2023). "京都精華大生刺殺、未解決のまま１６年 現場で最後の法要". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  5. ↑ "精華大生刺殺「必ず逮捕」". 読売新聞オンライン (in Japanese). 15 December 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  6. ↑ "捜査の明暗分けた「空白の数分間」 京都精華大生殺害、8年経過もいまだ犯人の「影」見えないナゾ". ひとりごと 検証ブログ (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  7. ↑ INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (15 January 2022). "「息子、大きな存在だった」 精華大生刺殺事件１５年で母が手記". 産経ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  8. ↑ "Student stabbed to death in Kyoto". The Japan Times. 17 January 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Manga about Japanese Student's Killing Posted Online". Anime News Network. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  10. ↑ "京都精華大学生殺人事件、未解決のまま16年 情報呼びかけ、十七回忌の今回で区切りに｜社会｜地域のニュース｜京都新聞". 京都新聞 (in Japanese). 15 January 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  11. ↑ "未解決の京都精華大学・千葉大作さん殺害事件 情報提供者に最高300万円 適用期間延長 ｜ 京都新聞". 京都新聞 (in Japanese). 6 December 2022. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  12. ↑ Corporation, Asahi Television Broadcasting. "京都精華大学生刺殺事件から１６年を前に 警察官らが情報提供呼びかけ". www.asahi.co.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  13. ↑ INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (3 July 2014). "【衝撃事件の核心】「犯人は周りにいる」京都精華大生殺害事件、漫画の力で社会に呼びかけ（1/4ページ）". イザ！ (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  14. ↑ "京都精華大生刺殺から16年 漫画配り情報提供呼びかけ（共同通信）". Yahoo!ニュース (in Japanese). Retrieved 28 September 2023.
  15. ↑ "京都精華大生刺殺から１６年". Reuters. 15 January 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
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