Hiroaki Hidaka

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Hiroaki Hidaka
Birth name:	Hiroaki Hidaka
Born:	1962 Miyazaki, Japan
Died:	December 25, 2006 (aged 44)
Cause of death:	hanging
Penalty:	Death
Killings
Number of victims:	4
Span of killings:	April 18, 1996 through September 14, 1996
Country:	Japan
State(s):	Hiroshima
Date apprehended:	September 21, 1996

Hiroshi Hidaka (日高 広明, Hidaka Hiroaki^?, April 1962 - December 25, 2006) was a Japanese serial killer.

[edit] Biography

Hidaka was originally an excellent student, but failed to enter the University of Tsukuba, his target college. He entered the Fukuoka University instead, but eventually dropped out. He often borrowed money, drank and went to prostitutes. In April 1989, he moved to Hiroshima and began to work as a taxi driver.

Hidaka married in 1991, and had a daughter in 1993, but his marriage fell apart when his wife entered a mental hospital.

Hidaka killed and robbed four women between April and September 1996. One of his victims was a 16-year-old girl who engaged in Enjo kōsai. He was arrested on September 21, 1996.

The district court in Hiroshima sentenced Hidaka to death on February 9, 2000, a sentence he didn't appeal. He was executed by hanging on December 25, 2006.^[1][2][3] After his execution, his lawyer, Shuichi Adachi, protested that he had been illegally refused access to his client by prison authorities.^[4]

[edit] References

1. ^ "Four prisoners executed in Japan", BBC, 2006-12-25. Retrieved on 2008-04-14. 
2. ^ "Four hanged on Christmas Day", The Times, 2006-12-26. Retrieved on 2008-04-14. 
3. ^ DEATH PENALTY NEWS (English). Amnesty International (December 2006). Retrieved on 2007-11-13.
4. ^ Lawyer to sue after prison bars meeting before inmate is executed. The Japan Times (2007-02-09). Retrieved on 2008-02-23.

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) Article on the serial murders
• (Japanese) Japanese Wikipedia entry on the murder case