Kiyohide Hayakawa

Kiyohide Hayakawa
早川 紀代秀
Born(1949-07-14)July 14, 1949
Kawanishi, Hyōgo, Occupied Japan
DiedJuly 6, 2018(2018-07-06) (aged 68)
Fukuoka Detention House, Fukuoka, Japan
EducationKobe University (School of Agriculture)
Graduate School of Osaka Prefecture University
Criminal statusExecuted by hanging
ConvictionMurder
Criminal penaltyDeath

Kiyohide Hayakawa (早川 紀代秀, Hayakawa Kiyohide; July 14, 1949 – July 6, 2018) was a Japanese criminal, member and deputy leader of the doomsday-cult group Aum Shinrikyo. Hayakawa was born in Hyōgo Prefecture in 1949. After Aum Shinrikyo adopted a "ministry system", he was the Minister of Construction. Hayakawa was the person behind the organization's uranium mining at Banjawarn in Australia.

Convicted for his participation in the Sakamoto family murder and several other crimes, Hayakawa was executed on July 6, 2018, at Fukuoka Detention House.