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Takahiro Shiraishi

1990 - 2025

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Takahiro Shiraishi (白石隆浩, Shiraishi Takahiro; 9 October 1990 – 27 June 2025) was a Japanese serial killer and rapist. He was also known as the "Twitter killer", which he was labeled as in most media reports at the time of his sentencing. In Zama, Kanagawa, between August and October 2017, he murdered nine people, eight of them being young women, including three high school girls. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Takahiro Shiraishi is the 311th most popular extremist, the 3,853rd most popular biography from Japan and the 7th most popular Japanese Extremist.

Takahiro Shiraishi, a Japanese serial killer, is most famous for his crimes involving the murder of nine people in 2017, which he lured through social media by targeting individuals expressing suicidal thoughts. His case garnered significant media attention due to the disturbing nature of his actions and the methods he used to gain the victims' trust.

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Takahiro Shiraishi ranks 311 out of 283. Before him are Sarabjit Singh, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, Majed Moqed, Ahmed al-Haznawi, Omar Mateen, and Salem al-Hazmi. After him are Ahmed Abdi Godane, Yakub Memon, Zeynab Jalalian, Afzal Guru, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, and Reynhard Sinaga.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Takahiro Shiraishi ranks 780. Before him are Stefan Jović, Tristin Mays, Ann Sophie, Guido Pella, Andreas Nilsson, and Bo Burnham. After him are Laura Dijkema, Henri Kontinen, Charlotte Hope, Ilija Nestorovski, Tomáš Tatar, and Shila Amzah. Among people deceased in 2025, Takahiro Shiraishi ranks 489. Before him are Sulakshana Pandit, Radiša Ilić, Hitomi Obara, Joey Jones, Hitoshi Morishita, and Peter Christensen. After him are Zubeen Garg, Brett James, Dejan Milovanović, Tendai Ndoro, Eleanor Maguire, and Suleiman Obeid.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Takahiro Shiraishi ranks 3,860 out of 6,245. Before him are Erina Mano (1991), Shiho Kohata (1989), Ryuji Tabuchi (1973), Koji Nakajima (1977), Chiharu Icho (1981), and Yuka Kashino (1988). After him are Rika Ishikawa (1985), Reiichi Mikata (1969), Kazuki Teshima (1979), Kunimitsu Sekiguchi (1985), Masato Saito (1975), and Kyoko Iwasaki (1978).

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Among EXTREMISTS In Japan

Among extremists born in Japan, Takahiro Shiraishi ranks 7. Before him are Issei Sagawa (1949), Sada Abe (1905), Kōzō Okamoto (1947), Tsutomu Miyazaki (1962), Hiroshi Maeue (1968), and Tetsuya Yamagami (1980).

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