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Biography[]
Gonpachi Hirai was born to Masaemon Hirai, whose father was a samurai of the Tottori clan. When he was in his 18, he killed his father's colleague Honjo Sukedayu with a Japanese sword and fled to Edo (present-day Tokyo). Afterwards, he fell in love with Komurasaki, a prostitute, and they became lovers, but he was forced to live on the run and murdered between 130 and 185 people for the purpose of robbery. After a while, he returned to his hometown of Tottori in the guise of a monk, but since his parents were dead, he turned himself in and was arrested, then sentenced to death by beheading and executed.
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| Name | Age | Body Found | Cause of Death |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honjo Sukedayu (Sudo Sukedayu) | unknown | unknown | Slashing |
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| Name | Age | Disappeared | Body Found | Cause of Death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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There are multiple works that use the crimes committed by Gonpachi Hirai as entertainment.
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Music[]
Yukio Hashi's song "Gonpachi Shirai" is based on Gonpachi Hirai.
Legacy[]
- Komurasaki, who appears in the anime One Piece, is based on Komurasaki, Gonpachi Hirai's girlfriend.
- The character Kamazo the Hitokiri from the anime One Piece is modeled by Gonpachi Hirai.
- Gonpachi Hirai is known as "Gonpachi Shirai" in Kabuki and Joruri.
- As far as is known, HIRAI Gonpachi is the first serial killer in Japanese history.
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source
- ja:平井権八 at Wikipedia (Japanese)
- List of serial killers before 1900 at Wikipedia