Tsutomu Miyazaki (宮崎勤, Miyazaki Tsutomu) is a Japanese serial killer. Born on August 21, 1962 his pre-mature birth left him with deformed hands and he was often ridiculed by his classmates. Due to this, he kept to himself and began to read manga almost obsessively. Although originally a star student, in high school his grades dropped dramatically. Instead of studying English and becoming a teacher as he originally intended, with his lower grades he found himself forced to attend a local junior college, studying to become a photo-technician. Between 1988 and 1989, at age 26 the print shop worker killed 4 preschool-age girls and sexually abused them post-mortem. Miyazaki also claimed to have eaten the flesh of his final victim. He was arrested in 1989. Upon arrest, he was found to have a collection of over six thousand pornographic anime and slasher videotapes in his apartment, along with videos and pictures of his victims. His actions fueled a moral panic against otaku and anime in Japan. Miyazaki's father committed suicide not long after.

See also

• Hiroyuki Tsuchida

External links

• The silencing of the lambs- an account of Miyazaki's killings.