Most wanted suspects designated by the National Police Agency

Have you seen any of the fugitives listed below?

Please contact the police if you have any information about them. 

Kogure Hiroshi

The suspect is wanted for the murder of three members of a family in Takasaki city (former Gunma-machi), Gunma, during the night of January 14, 1998.

Height    About 170 cm

Born in 1969

Murder

Gunma Prefectural Police Headquarters 1-1, Otemachi 1-chome, Maebashi, Gunma, 371-8580

Tel. 027-243-0110 (Main phone number)

Obara Katsuyuki

The suspect is wanted for the murder of a 17-year-old woman who was found dead in the mountainous area in Miyako city (then Kawai-mura, Shimohei-gun), Iwate, on July 1, 2008.

He was put on the wanted list for murder on July 29, 2008. He is still at large.

Height    170 cm

Born in 1979

Murder

Investigation Headquarters, Miyako Police Station, Iwate Prefectural Police

0120-243-852 (Toll-free number)

0193-64-0110 (Main phone number)

Uechi Keiei

The suspect is wanted for the knife murder of the vice manager of a franchised bar located at Kamirenjaku 2-chome, Mitaka, Tokyo, on November 24, 2005.

Height    About 168 cm

Born in 1956

Build      Well-built

Hair       Grizzled, combed-back hair

Others    Has acne scars; no front teeth; likes to play Mahjong; originally from Okinawa

Murder

Mitaka Police Station, Metropolitan Police Department Special Investigative Team for the Robbery and Murder of the Vice Manager of a Franchised Bar in Kamirenjaku 2-chome

Tel. 0422-49-0110 (Main phone number)

Mitate Shinichi

The suspect is wanted for assaulting and murdering a male customer with a metal bat, with the help of other accomplices, in a nightclub located at Roppongi 5-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo, before dawn on September 2, 2012.

He is the ringleader of the group that committed the murder, and is the only one still at large.

Height    About 167 cm

Born in 1979

Build      Well-built

Others    Scars (on the left forearm, above the right eye, frontal region of the head, and forehead)

Murder, and Unlawful Assembly with Dangerous Weapons

Azabu Police Station, Metropolitan Police Department Special Investigative Team for the Murder in the Roppongi 5-chome Nightclub

Tel. 03-3479-0110 (Main phone number)

Lin Shawei

In the late afternoon of October 1, 1999, an employee of a pachinko parlor in Minami-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, found the suspect fraudulently extracting medals using an instrument, after which he ran off, and then murdered the employee who was pursuing him by stabbing him in the chest with a knife-like object in a street in Minami-ku.

Height    About 178 cm

Born in 1973

Robbery and Murder

20, Terabetori 2-chome, Minami-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, 457-0072

Minami Police Station, Aichi Prefectural Police

Special Investigative Team for the Robbery and Murder of a Pachinko Parlor Employee in Naruhama-cho, Minamiku

Tel. 052-822-0110 (ext. 332)

Yoshiya Tsuyoshi

On June 4, 1999, during a conflict between biker gangs on the premises of an apartment building located at Ayase 5-chome, Adachi-ku, Tokyo, and in nearby streets, the suspect and a dozen accomplices assaulted two men and murdered one of them (19 years old at the time) by stabbing him with a knife. He is the ringleader in this case. 15 suspects have been arrested, however, this man remains at large.

Height    About 172 cm

Born in 1977

Others    Curly hair; a round scar on the forehead (as of 1998)

Murder

Ayase Police Station, Metropolitan Police Department

Tel. 03-3620-0110 (Main phone number)

Miyauchi Yudai

The suspect broke into a house and committed robbery, causing injury, in Ichigawa, Yamanashi city, Yamanashi prefecture, in 2013.

Height    About 177 cm

Born in 1975

Robbery causing injury

Criminal Affairs Planning Division, Yamanashi Prefectural Police Headquarters 1-6-1, Marunouchi, Kofu, Yamanashi, 400-8586

Tel. 055-221-0110 (Main phone number)

Li Hui

On December 15, 2000, the suspect and his accomplices entered a dentist's residence at Shibamata 4-chome, Katsushika-ku, Tokyo, tied up two women whom they had found sleeping, hit them in the face, and stole cash, a rifle, a shotgun, jewelry, etc. worth around 43 million yen at the then-market value. Five suspects have been arrested, and all the stolen guns were found and seized; however, this man remains at large.

Height    About 165 cm

Born in 1963

Others    A burn scar (smaller than 5 cm, on the back of the right hand), right thigh (some kind of scar)

Kameari Police Station, Metropolitan Police Department

Tel. 03-3581-0110 (Main phone number)

Ochi Kiyoshi

The suspect is wanted for the murder of his spouse.

Height    About 175 cm

Born in 1952

Murder

Violent Crime Section, Criminal Investigation Division, Neyagawa Police Station, Osaka Prefectural Police

Tel. 072-823-1234 (ext. 341)

Matayoshi Takeo

The suspect is wanted for the murder of two police officers in Okinawa in 1990.

Height    About 172 cm

Born in 1949

Murder

Okinawa Police Station, Okinawa Prefectural Police

Tel. 098-932-0110 (Main phone number)

Kirishima Satoshi

The suspect is wanted for the serial bombings of companies in Chuo-ku, Tokyo, on April 19, 1975.

Height    About 160 cm

Born in 1954

Others    Thick and rather large lips; high myopia

Violation of the Criminal Regulations to Control Explosives

Metropolitan Police Department 1-1, Kasumigaseki 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 100-8929

Tel. 03-3581-4321 (Main phone number)

Hishikawa Tatsumi

The suspect is wanted for a shooting murder in Gobancho, Nagata-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, on September 12, 2017.

Height    About 158 cm

Born in 1976

Murder and violation of the Act for Controlling the Possession of Firearms or Swords and Other Such Weapons

Nagata Police Station, Hyogo Prefectural Police

Tel. 078-578-0110 (Main phone number)

Kin Shigeyuki

The suspect is wanted on a charge of attempted murder after shooting a handgun-like object and wounding

a man in a store parking lot located in Miyada-mura, Kamiina-gun, Nagano, on September 28, 2020.

Height   About 170 cm

Born in 1968

Attempted murder

Komagane Police Station, Nagano Prefectural Police   

8-1, Uwabuminami, Komagane-shi, Nagano 399-4114

Tel. 0265-83-0110 (Main phone number)

Tel. 0120-110-384 (Toll-free number)