# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gen-sekine
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:09:53.744Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gen-sekine"
name: "Gen Sekine"
slug: "gen-sekine"
description: "Gen Sekine  was a Japanese dog breeder and serial killer who, together with his common-law wife Hiroko Kazama (風間博子), murdered at least four clients in Kumagaya, Saitama Prefecture, between April and August 1993. Both were sentenced to death for their crimes, but Sekine died on death row prior to execution."
tagline: "1993 serial murder in Japan"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1942-01-02"
deathDate: "2017-03-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           46.49
  momentum:             0
  historical:           4.051161333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     25
  profileCompleteness:  25
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11426516"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gen_Sekine"
    title: "Gen Sekine"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%BC%E7%8E%89%E6%84%9B%E7%8A%AC%E5%AE%B6%E9%80%A3%E7%B6%9A%E6%AE%BA%E4%BA%BA%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6"
    title: "埼玉愛犬家連続殺人事件"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%82%AC%EC%9D%B4%ED%83%80%EB%A7%88_%EC%95%A0%EA%B2%AC%EA%B0%80_%EC%97%B0%EC%87%84_%EC%82%B4%EC%9D%B8_%EC%82%AC%EA%B1%B4"
    title: "사이타마 애견가 연쇄 살인 사건"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%BC%E7%8E%89%E6%84%9B%E7%8B%97%E8%80%85%E9%80%A3%E7%BA%8C%E6%AE%BA%E4%BA%BA%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6"
    title: "埼玉愛狗者連續殺人事件"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Discovered via Wikipedia top-views