Kozo Okamoto

岡本公三　/　おかもとこうぞう

Japanese political activist and fedayeen operative

December 7, 1947 (age 78)　・　Ashikita, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan

From Kumamoto Prefecture
Political activist
Fedayeen

My Take

I'll be honest, this is one entry where I can't slip into my usual breezy, fun voice. Kōzō Okamoto was born in 1947 in Ashikita, Kumamoto, came up through a local high school and university, and was, by the dry facts of the file, an ordinary young man before he walked into political violence. But what he's known for isn't something I get to riff on lightly, it's bound up with an attack that cost a lot of people their lives, and those people deserve to be remembered first. So I won't play the gossip game here, and I'm not going to hand him sympathy or some misguided heroism either. Mostly I just sit with the hard, sobering question his life keeps asking: how does a person end up that far off the path? That's where I land, plainly.

Overview

Kozo Okamoto was born on December 7, 1947, in Ashikita, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. He attended Kumamoto Marist Gakuen High School before enrolling at Kagoshima University. He became known as a political activist and fedayeen, and his case has been the subject of extensive historical and journalistic documentation.

1. Profile

Name (English): Kozo Okamoto
Name (Japanese): 岡本公三
Reading: おかもとこうぞう
Born: December 7, 1947 (age 78)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Boar (亥)
Origin: Ashikita, Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Active years: Unknown
Occupation: Political activist / Fedayeen

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Kumamoto Marist Gakuen High School
University: Kagoshima University
Debut: Unknown

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B2%A1%E6%9C%AC%E5%85%AC%E4%B8%89