| Kakeru Takamine (高峯 駆) | |
|---|---|
| Born | Azumi Mutō (武藤亜澄) June 13, 1986 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | December 30, 2006 (aged 20) |
| Ethnicity | Japanese |
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Measurements | B90-W58-H87(cm)[1] |
Azumi Muto (武藤 亜澄 Mutō Azumi, June 13, 1986 – December 30, 2006) was a pin-up model and aspiring actress for an agency in Tokyo, Japan. She was murdered by her 21-year-old brother Yuki Muto (武藤 勇貴 Mutō Yūki) (born 1985) on December 30, 2006. Her death aroused the tabloids' notice for the circumstances surrounding the crime.
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Life and career [link]
Muto's father and mother were both dentists and she was brought up in a relatively affluent environment, but she was rebellious against her parents and ran away from her home between December 2004 and May 2005. Her stage name, which she had chosen herself, was Kakeru Takamine (高峯 駆 Takamine Kakeru). She filled the role of a supporting actor on an incest-themed V-Cinema adaptation of Cream Lemon. Her role was a woman who wore a blue commando uniform. After her death, the Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office denied Yuki's incestuous interest to Azumi,[2] because a part of tabloids suspected that.[3]
She also made her stage debut in 2006. Her final performance, as that of a nurse, took place on December 10, 2006. She apparently had told her friends that there were problems in the family regarding her brother's mental state a few days before the murder took place.
Death [link]
On December 30, 2006 in Tokyo, Yuki beat her with a wooden sword, and strangled her with a towel. She was finally drowned in a bath.[4] He dismembered her body with the sword. He was arrested on January 4, 2007. He hid the body parts in various places in his room in Hatagaya of Shibuya. Yuki sliced off his sister's breasts and genitals after he killed her. He put them through the garbage disposal in the sink. He said that it was in order to hide her gender after the police found the body. The Tokyo District Public Prosecutor's Office said that Yuki was not a necrophile nor a cannibal.[2]
Yuki was bothered by his younger sister Azumi teasing him about being a failure and telling him that he had "no ambition" in life. It was apparently the talk of him having no ambition that prompted him to murder his sister. Yuki had failed repeatedly to pass college entrance exams. Prosecutors claim this pressure contributed to his psychotic stress. Later, the police were criticized for abandonment of his weapons.[5]
On May 12, 2008, prosecutors requested 17 years imprisonment for Yuki, whereas his psychiatrist claimed that he had diminished responsibility or was criminally insane.[6] On May 27, 2008, the Tokyo District Court sentenced him to 7 years imprisonment, saying that he was criminally insane when he dismembered her body.[7] On April 28, 2009, however, the Tokyo High Court revoked his original sentence, sentencing him to 12 years.[8]
Film [link]
- くりいむレモン プールサイドの亜美, AMG entertainment, October 27, 2006
References [link]
- ^ Here There And Everywhere
- ^ a b "短大生バラバラ殺人 地検が「一部週刊誌はウソ」" (in Japanese). J-Cast. Livedoor. February 6, 2007. https://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/3016337/. Retrieved February 27, 2008.
- ^ "Well-to-do family shattered by brutal murder of would-be starlet by psychotic sibling". Mainichi Shimbun. January 12, 2007. Archived from the original on December 31, 2001. https://web.archive.org/web/20071231202733/https://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/archive/news/2007/01/20070112p2g00m0dm025000c.html. Retrieved May 13, 2008.
- ^ "Man admits drowning, dismembering sister". The Japan Times. August 1, 2007. https://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070801a8.html. Retrieved March 11, 2008.
- ^ "Tokyo police admit losing evidence in murder case". The Japan Times. February 10, 2007. https://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20070210a3.html. Retrieved February 27, 2008.
- ^ "17 years jail sought for rich dentist's son accused of murdering, mutilating sister". Mainichi Shimbun. May 12, 2008. https://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080512p2a00m0na028000c.html. Retrieved May 13, 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Ex-student convicted of killing sister gets 7 years behind bars". Mainichi Shimbun. May 27, 2008. Archived from the original on May 28, 2008. https://web.archive.org/web/20080528162813/https://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080527p2a00m0na016000c.html. Retrieved May 27, 2008.
- ^ "Man gets 12 years for killing sister". Asahi Shimbun. April 29, 2009. https://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200904290057.html. Retrieved October 26, 2009.[dead link]
External links [link]
- Azumi Muto at the Internet Movie Database
- Student's sister died violent death The Japan Times, January 6, 2007
- Slaying suspect cites exam pressure The Japan Times, January 8, 2007
- Man admits drowning, dismembering sister The Japan Times, August 1, 2007
- Well-to-do family shattered by brutal murder of would-be starlet by psychotic sibling Mainichi Shimbun, January 12, 2007 (archived)
https://wn.com/Azumi_Muto
Azumi
Azumi (Japanese: あずみ) is a manga series created by Yū Koyama in 1994. Its story concerns the title character, a young woman brought up as part of a team of assassins, charged with killing the warlords that threaten the uneasy peace in Feudal Japan in the aftermath of its long Sengoku civil war period.
Azumi was originally published by Shogakukan and serialized in Big Comic Superior, and received an Excellence Prize at the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival and the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1998. The manga was later adapted to two feature films starring Aya Ueto (2003's Azumi and 2005's Azumi 2: Death or Love), and a video game and a stage play in 2005.
Plot
Azumi focuses upon the life of the titular young female assassin. The manga begins an indeterminate number of years after the Battle of Sekigahara. As Azumi begins her duty, the manga introduces its characters into mainstream history. Many of the early missions that Azumi undertakes are the assassinations of the prominent supporters and generals of the Toyotomi Clan, against whom Tokugawa Ieyasu expected to again go to war. The manga 'reveals' that many of the Toyotomi leaders who conveniently died of diseases or accidents prior to the final confrontation between the Toyotomi and Tokugawa were actually victims of assassinations by Azumi and her comrades, thus indicating to the reader when the events were taking place.
Azumi (name)
Azumi can be either a Japanese given name or surname.
Azumi people
The Azumi (安曇族) were a people of ancient Japan, believed to have lived in the north of Kyūshū.
References
The Azumi Basin in Japan and Its Ancient People at the Wayback Machine (archived December 31, 2013)
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