One of Japan’s First Serial Rapists and Serial Killers
He raped over 100 girls and killed seven.
Many great and not so great men have been written into history. Sometimes they are great heroes in battle or politicians fighting for freedom, other times evil dictators and mass murderers who wreak havoc on society. Similarly in Japan, some figures have brought great respect to this small island country, while others have brought shame and disgust.
This is the story of a man named Sataro Fukiage, who is one of the earliest recorded serial killers in Japan. With a tough childhood, odd sexual encounters and experiences, and an escalating record of crimes, Sataro targeted over 100 girls as young as 4 years old. Why did he rape so many girls and women? How did he target his victims? What was his childhood like and what led him to commit murder?
Sataro’s Childhood
“The poor forget hunger with sexual pleasure.”
-Sataro
Sataro was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1888. He was the oldest of many brothers and sisters and was part of a family of craftsmen and weavers. His father was a mechanical craftsman who married the daughter of an executioner and had Sataro when he was 21 years old. Though his mother was strong and motherly, she couldn’t control…
