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Mika Yamamoto

1967 - 2012

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Mika Yamamoto (山本 美香, Yamamoto Mika) (26 May 1967 – 20 August 2012) was a Japanese video and photojournalist for the news agency Japan Press. Yamamoto was killed on 20 August 2012 while covering the ongoing Syrian Civil War in Aleppo, Syria. She was the first Japanese and fourth foreign journalist killed in the Syrian Civil War that began in March 2011. She was the fifteenth journalist killed in Syria in 2012. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Mika Yamamoto is the 169th most popular journalist (down from 157th in 2024), the 3,092nd most popular biography from Japan (down from 2,335th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Japanese Journalist.

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Among JOURNALISTS

Among journalists, Mika Yamamoto ranks 169 out of 196. Before her are Yvonne Ridley, Anastasia Baburova, Alan Johnston, Jill Dando, Lauri Hussar, and Adrian Lamo. After her are Olga Skabeyeva, Claas Relotius, Timur Miroshnychenko, Lise Rønne, Betty Abah, and Janet Maslin.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Mika Yamamoto ranks 869. Before her are Carolyn Lawrence, Laima Zilporytė, Hanna Tetteh, Heavy D, Andreas Heraf, and Liu Ailing. After her are Michiel Bartman, Margarita Zavala, Paul D'Amour, Elisabeth Svantesson, Stephanie Niznik, and Hamzah Saleh. Among people deceased in 2012, Mika Yamamoto ranks 511. Before her are John Ingle, James Abdnor, Alan G. Poindexter, Jonathan Frid, Peter Åslin, and Alex Alves. After her are Leslie Carter, Miki Roqué, Samia Yusuf Omar, Hollie Stevens, Vigor Bovolenta, and Andrew Breitbart.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Mika Yamamoto ranks 3,092 out of 6,245. Before her are Kisenosato Yutaka (1986), Tomoyoshi Ikeya (1962), Sojiro Ishii (1970), So Kataoka (1992), Ko Itakura (1997), and Hiroaki Kumon (1966). After her are Jun Takata (1977), Takanori Nagase (1993), Kentaro Sakai (1975), Kenji Nomura (1970), Toshihiro Aoyama (1986), and Takahiro Moriuchi (1988).

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Among JOURNALISTS In Japan

Among journalists born in Japan, Mika Yamamoto ranks 5. Before her are Kanno Sugako (1881), Kenji Goto (1967), Tsuneko Sasamoto (1914), and Kenji Nagai (1957).

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