# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/akiyoshi-umekawa
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:03:01.395Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/akiyoshi-umekawa"
name: "Akiyoshi Umekawa"
slug: "akiyoshi-umekawa"
description: "Akiyoshi Umekawa  was a Japanese mass murderer who killed a woman on December 16, 1963, and shot dead four people on January 26, 1979. Mass media also used a number of different possible readings of his given name, including Teruyoshi, Terumi, Akimi and Akemi. He was one of the rare criminals who was shot dead by Japanese police."
tagline: "Japanese mass murderer (1948-1979)"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1948-03-01"
deathDate: "1979-01-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.76
  momentum:             3.716801140259296
  historical:           6.923645333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A2%85%E5%B7%9D%E6%98%AD%E7%BE%8E"
    title: "梅川昭美"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akiyoshi_Umekawa"
    title: "Akiyoshi Umekawa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A2%85%E5%B7%9D%E6%98%AD%E7%BE%8E"
    title: "梅川昭美"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%9A%B0%EB%A9%94%EC%B9%B4%EC%99%80_%EC%95%84%ED%82%A4%EC%9A%94%EC%8B%9C"
    title: "우메카와 아키요시"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BC%D1%8D%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0%2C_%D0%90%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%91%D1%81%D0%B8"
    title: "Умэкава, Акиёси"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%82%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B4_%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%B0"
    title: "อากิโยชิ อูเมกาวะ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A3%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0_%D0%90%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%B9%D0%BE%D1%88%D1%96"
    title: "Умекава Акійоші"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q858310"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump