Manabu Miyazaki

Manabu Miyazaki (宮崎 学, Miyazaki Manabu, 25 October 1945 – 30 March 2022[1]) was a Japanese writer, social critic and public figure. He is the author of several best-selling books in Japan. His autobiography Toppamono sold 600,000 copies and has since been translated into English.

Not to be confused with the Japanese wildlife photographer Manabu Miyazaki (photographer).
Manabu Miyazaki
Born(1945-10-25)25 October 1945
Fushimi-ku, Kyoto, Allied-occupied Japan
Died30 March 2022(2022-03-30) (aged 76)
OccupationWriter
Known forGlico Morinaga case suspect

In 1985, Miyazaki was named by the Tokyo police as the prime suspect in the Glico Morinaga case, a 17-month saga of kidnapping and corporate extortion. He was later cleared.[2]

Translated works
  • Miyazaki, Manabu (2005). Toppamono: Outlaw. Radical. Suspect. My Life in Japan's Underworld. Tokyo: Kotan Publishing. ISBN 0970171625. OCLC 823709000.

See also

References
  1. 作家の宮崎学さん死去、76歳　「キツネ目の男」と疑われたことも (in Japanese)
  2. Sayaka Yakushiji (22 October 2005). "Weekend Beat: 'Thoroughbred yakuza' survives suspicion, shootout". Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on December 20, 2005. Retrieved 15 September 2011.


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