Daisuke Namba

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Namba Daisuke (難波 大助, Namba Daisuke^? November 7, 1899 - November 15, 1924) was a Japanese student who tried to assassinate the Prince Regent Hirohito in Toranomon Incident on December 27, 1923.

His father, a Member of the Imperial Diet until the act of his son forced him to resign, and his married sister exiled themselves to Java, Dutch East Indies in order to escape the disgrace which Namba, by his act, had brought upon the family.

In November 1924, Daisuke was found guilty at an extraordinary session of the Supreme Court of Japan. When Chief Justice Yokota of the Supreme Court condemned Namba to be hanged, Namba defiantly yelled back: "Long live the Communist Party of Japan!" He was executed on the gallows only days later.

The family reportedly changed its name to "Kurokawa".^{[citation needed]}