Tsutomu Miyazaki

I'm not going to do my usual thing here, because this isn't a person I can be playful about. Tsutomu Miyazaki was convicted of murdering young children in Japan in the late 1980s, and he was executed in 2008 for those crimes. Those are the facts, and there's nothing about them to riff on or enjoy. He's "known" only because of the horror he caused, and I think the worst thing we could do is let his name be the part that sticks. So my honest take is simple: don't remember him for being notorious. Remember the children whose lives were taken, and the families who are still carrying that loss. That's the part that actually matters, and that's the part I refuse to let get lost.

Tsutomu Miyazaki (August 21, 1962 – June 17, 2008) was a Japanese serial killer born in Itsukaichicho, Tokyo. He attended Tokyo Polytechnic University Junior College. He was convicted for the murders of several young children committed in the late 1980s, crimes that shocked Japanese society. He was executed by hanging on June 17, 2008.

Name (English)

Tsutomu Miyazaki

Name (Japanese)

宮崎勤

Reading

みやざき つとむ

Born

August 21, 1962 – June 17, 2008

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Tiger (Tora)

Origin

Itsukaichicho, Tokyo, Japan

Occupation

Serial killer

University

Tokyo Polytechnic University Junior College

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AE%AE%EF%A8%91%E5%8B%A4

Tags

• From Tokyo
• Serial killer

Last updated

2026-06-02

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