Koichi Shoji

was a Japanese murderer who committed a series of murders in Yamato, Kanagawa, in August and September 2001. He was executed for his crimes on August 2, 2019, at the Tokyo Detention House.

Case Summary On August 28, 2001, Koichi Shoji conspired with a woman he was dating to break into the home of the first victim, a 54-year-old woman. They attempted to rape her by covering her mouth with a towel, but when she resisted, they strangled her with a belt and stabbed her in the abdomen with a knife. He took 230,000 yen in cash, a backpack containing a cash card, and 409,000 yen from an automatic teller machine at a bank.