Kyoto Prefectural Police Investigation Division 1 and Minami Prefectural Police announced on February 24 that they would re-arrest the woman who had been arrested on suspicion of threatening to kill a Nintendo executive on February 25. Some of the details of the suspect’s crime have also been revealed by investigators.Kyoto newspaperis telling.
Kyoto Prefectural Police Investigation Division 1 and Minami Prefectural Police announced on February 9 that they had arrested a woman suspected of threatening an executive at Nintendo’s headquarters. The suspect is said to be a 36-year-old contract employee of an electric power company who lives in Kamirenjaku, Mitaka City, Tokyo (Sankei Shimbun). Around June 25 last year, the suspect sent a threatening letter stating, “I’ll kill you,” and “Nintendo is dead!” It is believed to have been sent from Kyoto City to an executive at Nintendo’s headquarters. Due to her unique style of writing, she was nicknamed “Intimidating Lady” on SNS.
The other day, the move to re-arrest the suspect was revealed in an interview with investigative officials by the Kyoto Shimbun. According to the newspaper’s coverage, the suspect sent the threatening letter not only to some executives, but to “all Nintendo executives.”company officerOne of the most well-known characters among gamers is Mr. Shigeru Miyamoto (Representative Director and Fellow), who is also one of the creators representing the company.
It is believed that the suspect also sent death notices and death certificates to these executives, stating the cause and date of death as “blood loss due to being stabbed with a knife,” along with the above-mentioned threatening letter. As a result of this threat, Nintendo was forced to take measures such as tightening security and refraining from coming to work, and the suspect is suspected of forcible obstruction of business. There was no contact between the suspect and Nintendo or executives. A re-arrest is expected to take place on the 25th.
As for the threatening incident against game companies, it is still fresh in our memory that a college student living in Tokyo was arrested for threatening Yostar, which operates the online mahjong game “Jakudamashii” (see the related article). Prior to that, as a domestic case, a person who threatened Arika, who works on the “FIGHTING EX LAYER” and “Street Fighter EX” series, and the company’s executives was arrested and convicted. In addition, Square Enix has also received repeated threats, and there are cases where several people, including office workers, have been arrested (related article 1, related article 2).