Hiroyuki Jo


Hiroyuki Jo is a Zainichi Korean member of Shinshushieikan, an uyoku organization, and the Mie Prefecture-based Hane-gumi branch of Yamaguchi-gumi, a yakuza organization. Jo assassinated Hideo Murai, a member of Aum Shinrikyo, on April 23, 1995.
Charges that Kenji Kamimine(上峯 憲司), a former leader of Hane-gumi, ordered Jo to kill Murai were dismissed by the Tokyo High Court.
Jo was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the murder.