Takahiro Shiraishi
Takahiro Shiraishi | |
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| 白石隆浩 | |
| Born | 9 October 1990 Machida, Tokyo, Japan |
| Died | 27 June 2025 (aged 34) Tokyo Detention House, Tokyo, Japan |
| Cause of death | Execution by hanging |
| Other names | Twitter Killer Zama Suicide Pact Killer |
| Criminal status | Executed |
| Motive |
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| Conviction | Aggravated murder (9 counts) |
| Criminal penalty | Death |
| Details | |
| Victims | 9 |
Span of crimes | 22 August – 17 October 2017 |
| Country | Japan |
| Location | Zama, Kanagawa |
Date apprehended | 31 October 2017 |
Takahiro Shiraishi (白石隆浩, Shiraishi Takahiro; 9 October 1990 – 27 June 2025) was a Japanese serial killer and rapist. He was also known as the Twitter Killer or the Zama Suicide Pact Killer, which he was labeled as in most media reports at the time of his sentencing. In Zama, Kanagawa, between August and October 2017, he murdered nine people, eight of them being young women, including three high school girls, in an incident known as the Zama Nine Murders.