[Music] recently I came across this video by chilling scares in which he covered the FBI's 10 most wanted list and it got me thinking who holds that same notorious status here in Japan whenever you go out walking in coob or any other city you'll inevitably come across these posters plastered on the side of coband or on bulletin boards detailing the Most Wanted suspects designated by the National Police agency at present there are 12 of them and yet since their story haven't been covered by Western meteor outlets and are essentially region locked these men remain virtually unknown beyond the country's borders today I want to go over the four most Wanted suspects featured on these posters those with the highest bounties and the darkest stories because as safe as Japan is even a country with a low crime rate has its share of monsters regardless of any potential Tik Tok bands the fact is that anyone can visit any data broker's website right now and purchase their users personal information 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right away and in case the worst happens Aura has me covered with up to $5 million in identity theft Insurance on top of that the app includes a VPN with over 100 virtual locations a feature my old VPN definitely didn't have you can go to my link aura. com laaz to try 14 days for free that'll be enough time for Aura to find out if any of your personal data is exposed fugitive number one Kore Yoshi Bounty 3 million yen in 1998 a brutal incident occurred in a residential area of gumma where three members of the same family were slaughtered in their own home the perpetrator remains at lodge to this day GMA prefectural police continue their Relentless pursuit of the suspect Kore Hoshi and are calling for new information from the public public at the time 28-year-old Kore worked as a delivery driver for a Transport company his duties included making bi-weekly deliveries to a drugstore one staffed by an 18-year-old woman with the surname isi Kore wasn't very good at social interactions but after encountering isi multiple times he developed a one-sided crush on her one day K was invited by a coworker to go bowling and tii happened to be there Kore was strangely talkative that night unlike his usual self when she mentioned that she liked driving K eagerly responded wow what a coincidence I love cars too despite his alleged love for cars K only drove a regular unmodified vehicle but soon after that interaction he proudly announced that he had purchased a brand new sports car a Nissan Sylvia yesi found his behavior unsettling it's called insisted that he had bought the car just for her eventually he mastered up the courage to ask her on a date and although she was hesitant due to their Work Connection ishi agreed to meet with them just once however for isi the experience was a chilling one when we went home from dinner she later explained he deliberately took me on a long detour and drove in the opposite direction of my home it was extremely scary after that evening is she turned down K's repeated invitations for a second date but the delivery driver had become obsessed with her refusing to take no for an answer he memorized her address and began stalking her home he would randomly call her at work and at home and just breathed down the line and even left notes on her car's windshield while waiting outside her workplace but in time it seemed the silent treatment actually worked quog eventually quit his job and stopped showing up at the drugstore Al together Mishi of course felt relieved believing she was finally rid of her stalker on January 14th 1998 isi returned to her family home in takasaki City formerly gumma Town upon stepping foot inside she began to make her way upstairs as she did k leapt out from behind the door grabbed ishy from behind forced her into a room near the entrance and held her down the floor I really like you he confessed his breath warm and stale his clothes stained dread and yet in spite of the stains ishi quickly noticed that kog had no noticeable injuries on his body that realization made her heart sink and her thoughts turned to her parents and grandmother whom she lived with she called out to them but received no response qu restrained isy for nearly 3 hours while they exchanged words afterwards K walked out the front door and fled the scene ishi then ran up to the second floor of the now Silent House where she noticed the hallway was covered in blood so much so that there wasn't a clear patch to stand on she later discovered the bodies of her parents and grandmother hidden in separate closets K had killed them using a knife more similar bladed weapon K used his newly purchased whiteness and syvia with the license plate gumma 33867 to escape he was the lasten on the Tsui bridge heading towards saitama gumma prefectural police immediately set up an investigation headquarters issuing a nationwide wanted nesre and tracking his whereabouts however his Trail has since gone cold and his vehicle remains missing over the years numerous investigators have been assigned to the case and dedicated officers continue to work on solving it today the walls of the investigation HQ are aligned with Case Files a testament to the firm resolve to bring this case to a resolution it's now been 27 years since the incident typically as a case gets colder tracking fugitives becomes more challenging due to reduced investigative efforts and declining public interest but though the prospect of finding a suspect after such a long time seem Slim recently many Japanese criminals have been brought to Justice after spending decades On The Run most famously kirishima sadosi whom in 2024 was finally identified after 50 years of evading capture in that case however kirishima voluntarily gave himself up on his deathbed as he wanted to die under his real name rather than an assumed identity still this resulted in the so-called Kashima effect which saw a number of fugitives arrested in quick succession thereafter unfortunately K was not amongst those apprehended Japan formerly had a statute of limitations for murder one which was abolished in 2010 as such K's face will remain on the nation's most wanted posters until he's finally brought to Justice or proven to have passed away a reward of up to 3 million yen around 20,000 USD is being offered to anyone with information that leads to his arrest hirosi is described as being 170 cm tall with a long face and at the time a slender build his habits include smelling his hands and biting his nails if still alive he'd be 55 years old today if captured he'll be ordered to pay ishi over 150 million yen in compensation for the mental anguish he endured though I think that would be the least of K's worries because given the heinous nature of his crime crime if found guilty he'd almost certainly be given the death penalty fugitive number two hat Yi Bounty 8 million yen if you ever needed proof that appearances can be deceiving meet hatui one of Japan's four Most Wanted men and The Fugitive with the largest bounty to his name despite looking far more boyish than the hardened criminals that sit alongside him on these posters hat actually has an extensive criminal background and just like kumuk whom I covered in a recent upload fits the profile of a dark Triad personality type possessing traits associated with pathological narcissism psychopathy and machiavellianism not only had the 28-year-old hatut spent his adulthood exploiting the welfare system and scamming strangers on the street but he had developed a habit of causing disturbances in restaurants and at train stations to relieve his stress worse yet in early 2022 he was handed a suspended present sentence for the illegal confinement of a woman he met on a dating app but the judge would have been wise not to let him off so easy for just a few short months later hter chose to do something heinous enough to land himself a place on this poster on the evening of June 29th 202 22 two 19-year-old University students known only as a and b were shopping for secondhand clothes in beo City OA prefecture riding from shop to shop on their motorbikes after finishing up their last bit of shopping at a department store the pair hopped onto their bikes which were parked in the lot outside as they prepared to set off they noticed a young man walking along the nearby path playing music extremely loudly on his phone a massive cultural faar in Japan that man was Hai a stared at ha confused and honestly a little angry that this stranger was being so disrespectful to the local residents this made H visibly angry he pointed directly at student a and shouted what the hell are you looking at hutter then proceeded to repand for walking his motorbike out of the lot through the wrong exit not wanting any trouble a apologized for staring bow his head respectfully and rode off alongside B the two students made their way along a prefectural road when they came to a red light approximately 370 M from the parking lot they waited for the light to turn green and as they did briefly discussed the angry exchange that had occurred just 3 minutes prior but as they sat at that red light they heard the Roar of an engine approaching from behind them little did they realize that ha had been following them in his white mini car the last thing the two students noticed were his bright headlights bearing down on them ha smashed his car into am at 100 km an hour sending their bikes flying a died on impact while be who was grievously injured thankfully survived after striking his two victims hter lost control of his car and crashed into a utility pole he didn't report the accident nor did he provide any medical assistance to a or b instead he left his wallet smartphone and shoes inside the car and ran away from the scene Barefoot eventually disappearing at a Yacht Harbor about 2 km away his shirt was found on the concrete floor beside the seafront though ha himself has never been seen or heard from since in September 2023 the National Police agency designated ha as one of Japan's most Wanted men stating that he was being sought for a road traffic violation a public reward of 3 million yen was offered to anyone who could help bring him to Justice A's family also offered an additional 5 million yen to incentivize those with information to come forward as a result hundreds of self-professed hatui hunters have started looking for him hoping to claim that Bounty for themselves and at least 9,000 tips from all over the country have been reported to the authorities there was Buzz on social media when security footage came to light supposedly showing hater burglarizing a agoya City Bar in late October 20124 analysts noted that the man's facial structure eye shape jawline and finger proportions all match with those of The Fugitive however this individual was later arrested and this was confirmed to be a case of mistaken identity as it stands the real hui's whereabouts remains unknown since was last seen heading towards the harbor and his shirt was found at the water's edge some suspect that he entered the sea and drowned but experts disagree in their minds hat left his shirt behind for a very different reason you see although the center of beu city has its fair share of CCTV cameras the area surrounding the harbor is notorious for being a dark spot one Theory presented by fellow YouTuber asan alysis is that Hatter moved his shirt to make himself for Less identifiable and then played the part of a shirtless jogger making his way along the camless harbor he then ran North along the seafront towards his home which was conveniently situated on the coastline though undoubtedly a long distance to jog Hut was in good shape and physically very fit he obsessively worked on his physique and once cycled 10 hours straight from Chiba to atami with that in mind he may have also been able to swim some of the distance to further avoid detection at his home he'd have been able to change his clothes gather some money and make his way out of the city by train there was little chance of him being caught during his escape plan as believe it or not it took the authorities two whole days to even visit hutter's home after the incident that's despite the fact that they could have easily figured out who the car belonged to just by looking at the idea in the wallet he had left behind if you think that's grossly incompetent then get a load of this document journalists pressured them to reveal their initial investigation records and this is what they showed them given that literally everything is redacted the O prefectural police clearly are aware that they handled the case extremely poorly which gives Credence to the theory that Hut was able to escape as to where he would have fled to well given that he had a two-day Head Start he could literally be anywhere in the country Japan prioritizes privacy over surveillance especially outside of the major cities so following his Trail wouldn't have been an easy task even for a competent Police Service as to why he still hasn't been found well these days blending in is especially easy in Japan for example it's completely normal to see people walking down the street wearing face masks add to that the possibility that hat has altered his appearance in other ways such as having more plastic surgery done then the odds of someone recognizing him on the street grow Slimmer given his propensity to EXP experiment with makeup there's also a chance he's disguising himself as a female as for money ha certainly has no quals about stealing something that's extremely easy to do in a HRA Society like Japan in a video he uploaded to a social media page shortly before going on the Run H even explained his life plan which didn't involve work but rather theft for in terms of accommodation it's entirely possible that someone's housing hter or that he's hiding in one of the country's innumerable abandoned buildings going further than that it's also possible that he's in the mountain somewhere Hut was an avid Outdoorsman who spent plenty of time camping he not only had the will to survive but also the stamina and knowledge to do so in the surrounding mountains if need be in fact the only thing Hut Lov more than the woods was himself even when Behind Bars other prisoners noted that he spent hours staring at himself in the mirror fixing his hair and examining his skin and his ex-girlfriend even confirmed that he had rigorous Beauty routines my personally can't see such a self-obsessed person intentionally ending it all and strongly suspect that he is still out there somewhere the mother of the deceased student a later told the media with the help of many people our family is trying to get back on our feet and move forward one step at a time we're worried about the fact that the charges have not been changed and that the statute of limitations is fast approaching indeed ha is still not listed as being wanted for anything more serious than a road traffic violation leaving many people wondering why the statute of limitations for a road traffic violation is 7 years if his charges aren't changed then will be able to eventually come out of hiding and face no repercussions for his actions Hut's own grandfather has since told reporters when the statute of limitations expires I'll welcome him back warmly I'd like to say that hutter's current traffic violation charge is some sort of police tactic a way for them to stop him from doing something drastic before they catch him but in reality it's simply because in their own words they can't be sure that hutter intended to kill anyone when he plowed into his victims A's father takes umbrage with that arguing that this is a clear case of murder in which hutter used his vehicle as a deadly weapon almost everyone but the OA prefectural police agree as if to confirm that the young killer knew exactly what he was doing while in prison awaiting trial for his illegal confinement charge hat was overheard speaking with a member of the Japanese criminal underworld hter reportedly asked the gangster how best to deal with an argument and the gangster replied if you want to kill them it's best to just drive into them with your car that way it'll be seen as an accident and you'll only be charged with a traffic violation it seems hat was acting on his advice Victor's family have rigorously campaigned to have hutter's charges upgraded to murder but as of right now the O prefectural police have refused to make that amendment in the minds of some that's because they want to wait out the current statute of limitations that way they can remove Hatter space and simultaneously their name from the national wanted posters after all this notice being plased across every city is a constant reminder of O PD's embarrassing failures could they be reluctant to upgrade hutter's charge in the hopes that this case quietly Fades from people's memories taking with it the reputational damage they've suffer suffered if their lack of remorse for their repeated mistakes and their guarded responses during interviews or anything to go by I personally wouldn't put such a tactic P them to combat that a group called The beu Wish Foundation has been established with the goal of raising awareness about hat yuichi's actions and the O police's failings I urge you to follow them on social media and help make sure that this case doesn't Fade Away Victor M's dream was to one day visit all 47 prefectures in Japan with his best friend at the time of his death the pair had managed to see 20 of them to honor A's memory his friend has since visited the remaining 27 prefectures he bought souvenirs in each of them and gifted them to A's family along the way he continuously sent lme messages to A's number updating him about their Journey those messages will forever remain unread fugitive number three Metate shichi Bounty 6 million yen despite having been raised in a close-knit family environment and having an ordinary childhood our next subject matate shinichi just seemed destined for debauchery a bookworm with a genius level IQ of 145 mate was also a born psychopath whose Hobbies not only included leading his school's broadcasting Club but also indulging in animal torture indeed he spent much of his free time throwing cats into oncoming traffic or chopping them into pieces with a sharp knife while they were still alive it was during high school that matate decided he knew what he wanted to do with his life perhaps figuring that honest work was for CHS he stopped attending his classes and ran away from home in order to pursue a life of crime after falling in with a group of other delinquents and runaways Metate formed his own crew in which he dubbed the auku black Emperors and later used its members to revive the ailing Ultra nationalist Kantor Rango Boku a once fearsome motorcycle gang under his leadership the Rango became crer and more feared than ever extorting countless people across Tokyo and pulling out the teeth and fingernails of their imprisoned Rivals Just for kicks previous generations of the korango didn't Target women and children but when it came to Blackmail kidnap and all forms of assault matate didn't discriminate given that he regularly beat his opponents to the brink of death mate shinichi earned himself a nickname The Prince of Cruelty living up to his title matate enjoyed a royal lifestyle spending his free time at a luxury apartment which he shared with his German trophy wife and daughter in March 2008 a member of the Koro Kimura takahiro was savagely beaten to death in Nishi Shinjuku prior to the incident kanamura had been having trouble with two canai based gangsters called the Kamura Brothers angered that one of his own had been slain mate vowed revenge against both kojiro and tairo Kimura and his opportunity seemingly came on Sunday September 2nd 2012 in the early hours word reached Metate that one of the Kamura Brothers was in studio flower a club in the infamous nightlife District of rangi at precisely 3:43 a. m.
mate and 11 of his henchmen made their way to the venue after donning their ballak lavas the group entered the club metal baseball bats in hand they found their target sitting in the VIP area and savagely beat him to death in front of his friends however this turned out to be a case of mistaken identity the victim was 31-year-old Rios Fujimoto a man with no links to organized crime and no connection to the gura brothers following the incident 18 members of the Kantor Reno were rounded up and arrested in connection with the slain mateti however was able to evade the law thanks to the help of one of his Mistresses a caper Hostess known only as mchan mchan was able to organize hideouts for matate in noaki City Shinjuku and you see m is said to possess a serpent-like Charisma which he uses to get others particularly women to do his bidding as stated by one of his former Associates there's something I've always noticed when I look at the women matate has dated up until now after about a year of dating they develop the same reptilian emotionless dry look in their eyes as mate thanks both to the help of mchan an a sizable cash injection from his fellow gang members the cruel Prince was able to ditch his family and Escape Justice to this day almost 13 years on he's yet to be apprehended there's strong evidence that he was able to make his way to the Philippines one week after going on the run and it's believed he went into hiding on a remote island there sheltered by some of his criminal Associates according to shibat a former top executive of the Kantor rengo quot mate is a man with a quick and sharp mind he is well prepared and ready for everything he does not only is he intelligent but even when he does violent acts he's merciless and thorough he also has a lot of money if he's in the Philippines now he'll have enough to L A Lifetime that being said proof exists that matate has made at least one secret trip back to Japan having entered the country via a Thai sea route in 2013 he made this trip ostensibly to collect some hidden savings according to people who met mati shinichi during that trip he had long hair and a beard and looked like a completely different person it's strongly suspected that he's had plastic surgery to alter his face too in 2024 detectives investigated a condo in Manila Bay where they belied matate had been living under a false name but found it to be abandoned it's likely he chose that area due to the high density of Japanese restaurants Japanese expats and casinos but ditched it when he realized his cover had been blown though many think it would be foolish for matate to return to his home country those who've been in contact with him have said that he finds life in Southeast Asia at dra and according to officials it's entirely possible that matate is already back in Japan and in hiding he's likely to be in Tokyo shizuoka saitama or Miagi as well as preferring life in Japan others have speculated that he may have returned to seek revenge on the Kamura brothers who are currently incarcerated on unrelated charges but who will soon be released the the Japanese National Police agency is offering 3 million yen for information that leads to mat's capture an amount that'll be matched by a private ended personally interested in seeing him behind [Music] bars fugitive number four Oba katsuyuki Bounty 3 million yen this one's a real rabbit hole I've saved it for last because although it's the most interesting entry it's also the hardest to follow so you may want to lock in so to speak I'll try and streamline things as much as possible with that said it was June 28th 2008 and 17-year-old sat K was spending time at home with her living partner in kihara City when she received a call from her best friend's boyfriend a 28-year-old man named obada katsuyuki hey came his voice through the other end of the line I need to talk to you about getting back together with my ex sat then left the house at 10:20 p. m. before stepping out she jokingly told her partner my friend's boyfriend needs relationship advice they must have had a fight I might be killed if I am I'll call you okay sat was last seen at a 7-Eleven convenience store in Pome City Miyagi prefecture captured on security camera footage at 10:43 p.
m. for 17 minutes she stood alone in the store's magazine section reading a book that was the last time sat KO was seen alive in the early hours of June 29th obak katsuyuki was seen at a self-service gas station in moroka City IAT prefecture he was was alone and had a white cloth wrapped around his right hand at 9:30 a. m.
AUA visited his younger brother's house in a prefecture his brother and sister-in-law noticed that his right hand was badly injured and he struggled to use chopsticks during breakfast 2 days later at approximately 4:30 p. m. on July 1st sat kou's body was discovered in a stream along a mountainous Road in Kawai Village a postmortem autopsy determined that she had first been strangled and had then suffered a severe Blow To The Head after being dropped from the bridge over the water some 5 hours after K's body was discovered at 9:40 p.
m. a fisherman was traveling alone along a prefectural road in the mountains of tanata Village when he noticed a car crashed into a utility pole with smoke billowing from the engine assuming the own a maned assistance he got out of his car and approached the vehicle inside was OB the man asked how he had managed to crash on a straight road with good visibility but AUA just babbled I fought with a woman and hit her I'm finished I have no choice but to Die the fisherman then drove Opera back to his parents house the next morning July 2nd AUA called a friend and said that he was going to jump off on nosu cliffs in tanata Village he also sent an email to his girlfriend with a photo of the cliff along with the message this is the end as well as an email to his younger brother with the message goodbye sorry for causing you so much trouble his friend drove out to ansu on his motorcycle and found AUA sitting at the end of The Cliffs talking on his cell phone believing that he was talking with law enforcement and figuring that Au wasn't the jumping type his friend then bizar left that was the last known sighting of AUA katsuyuki at around 11:30 a. m.
on July 3rd a town hall employee found auo's wallet sandals car keys and SIM card on the Cliffs of unu when the authorities came across oba's car which was still where he had left it after the crash they found strands of sat Coo's hair on the back seat though no motive could be established the police theorized that after luring sat out to the comini AUA strangled her inside his vehicle and then dumped her body into the nearby River but had he now really jumped into the ocean to avoid Justice the authori searched the sea area up to 100 m offshore but found no trace of AUA nor any physical proof that he had jumped as a result the police concluded that AUA had faked his demise and gone on the run and on July 29th Opera was put on the Nationwide Wanted list though traditionally a bounty can only be placed on a suspect who's been on that list for 6 months obus Bounty was announced after just three but here's where things take a turn after uncovering some new facts and inconsistencies in the case former police officer and freelance journalist Akio koroki began conducting his own investigation after taking his findings to the media koraki stated his belief that AUA was being framed for a crime he hadn't committed and that sat kosu was selenous part of a Revenge killing and was the victim of mistaken identity to explain he revealed the robera katsuki's girlfriend who was also sat kou's best friend just so happened to be called sat kzu in other words the two women had the exact same name to avoid confusion from here on I'll be referring to aua's surviving girlfriend a SAT a and the murder victim a SAT B in February 2007 roughly a year and a half before the incident AUA and his Junior colleague had first noticed satle a and b in a puur and decided to introduce themselves even though sat was only 16 at the time and AUA was 27 they began dating that's a crime in and of itself in many countries to say obera wasn't an angel is putting things lightly he could more accurately be described as a piece of trash to prove my point he had previously been married and had a child but had separated from his wife after he physically struck her and violence would carry over to his relationship with satle a and as you're about to hear he wasn't Beyond putting her life IM mortal Peril 3 months later on May 1st 2007 Oba had been introduced to a new job by his senior colleague a man known only as Mry however orbera found the job too difficult and quickly threw in the towel to apologize obera and his younger brother went to Mry's house bringing with them a bottle of sake as a gift after inviting them inside Mry suddenly turned cold and told obra you've smeared mud on my face pay me 1. 2 million yen as compensation for this inconvenience if you can't pay leave your finger behind Mry then threatened Opera by placing a katana in his mouth and forcing him to sign an IOU why then said write down a guarantor namely someone who will pay either with their money or blood should AUA fail to honor his debt AUA asked his younger brother to be the garor but he flatly refused saying he didn't want anything to do with this as such he instead wrote down sat A's name and cell phone number according to the later testimony of sat a AUA came back trembling and bleeding from his pinky finger and there was blood on his white jersey he explained how Mry had threatened him with a Katana but failed to mention how he had used her as his guarantor together sat a and obra went to their local Coban and filed a complaint against Mry unable to pay off his debt and fearing that the police wouldn't protect him Auber went on the run for about a year while in hiding he happened to search his name on the Internet and discovered that Mry was searching for him under the username the Yakuza why was posting photos of auber's face to online message boards and forums offering a cash reward to anyone who knew where he was around that same time obera was told by a former coworker if why finds you he'll kill you as such on June 28th 2008 the same day sat B went missing AUA called sat a and told her that he wanted to withdraw their complaint against Mry she asked why but he wouldn't explain by this point sat had long been fed up with aua's anex and angry outbursts and so she decided to break up with him Auber had almost no money and less than half a tank of gas in his car and so was unable to drive to her home instead he persistently contacted her by phone and email saying I really want to withdraw that complaint but we filed it together so I can't do that unless you're with me when sat a refused to respond to aua's calls he contacted sat B with all this new information having been revealed to the public by the freelance journalist koroki the police then stated their belief that Opera must have killed sat B to clear his debt with Mry it seems that according to their deal by slaying his guarantor auber's debt would have been erased and since both his girlfriend and her best friend shared the exact same name Mry would have had no idea he had substituted sat B for sat a but here's where things take another turn orbera clearly wasn't the nicest guy in the world but was he a killer well a sizable number of people following this Mystery online don't think so and instead believe that he was the victim of a cover up firstly at the time of the incident Oba was dealing with a serious hand injury one he had reportedly sustained on the morning of July 28th his doctor claimed that this injury was so bad it would have rendered him incapable of strangling anyone secondly AUA became noticeably distraught on June 1st when sat B was discovered telling everyone that someone was now after him but at that point the police hadn't publicly announced that they had found the young woman's body suggesting that someone else possibly Mry had personally told him that she was dead thirdly auber's father told reporters that his s was being blackmailed for 1.
