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3 unusual facts about Hiroyasu Koga


Kaishakunin

The most recent kaishakunin of the 20th century was Hiroyasu Koga, who beheaded the novelist Yukio Mishima during Mishima's seppuku.

Masakatsu Morita

On 2 September in Tokyo, Morita and "Chibi Koga" recruited Hiroyasu Koga ("Furu" Koga), who was a Tatenokai member also, and he met Mishima to hear details of the plan on 9 September.

Seppuku

His second, a 25-year-old named Masakatsu Morita, tried three times to ritually behead Mishima but failed; his head was finally severed by Hiroyasu Koga.



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