Tokichi Ishii

Tokichi Ishii (d. 1918) was a Japanese convicted serial killer and author. In 1915, he was sentenced to death for murdering four people: a couple, a police officer, and a woman. While on death row, Ishii converted to Christianity and wrote his confessions and memoir whose English title is A Gentleman in Prison.^[1][2][3]

Crime

Fujikichi Ishii committed 40 robberies and rapes and 4 murder in Tokyo, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Aichi, Osaka, Hyogo, etc.

• April 30, 1915：He strangled Haru Tanaka, 26, and gouged out her eyes and throat^[4]
• June 17, 1915：He strangled Yokohama couple Teiro Otsuki and Haru Kobayashi to death and stole their silver watch.^[5]
• July 13, 1915：Killed a police officer who was chasing him during a robbery in Aichi Prefecture