caramesin.com – Who is Hideo Kojima? The video game designer is mistaken for Tetsuya Yamagami, Shinzo Abe’s assassin,Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated on Friday 8 July 2022 by a 41-year-old unemployed man known as Tetsuya Yamagami. As news of Shinzo Abe’s shooting and murder hit the internet this weekend, Japanese video game designer Hideo Kojima got caught up in the big news after thinking he was the killer.
The confusion over Hideo Kojima as the killer began after French politician Damien Rio tweeted photos of the 58-year-old who claimed to have killed Shinzo Abe. Social media users were quick to point out that Damen was wrong. For the uninitiated, the former Japanese prime minister was killed during an election speech in the western Japanese city of Nara. The 67-year-old was taken to hospital after severe bleeding. According to media reports, Prime Minister Abe fell shortly after his murder.
After some photos were posted on Twitter of the 58-year-old politician who allegedly killed Prime Minister Abe, riots began that Kojima was the killer.
What is Hideo Kojima?
Hideo Kojima is a famous Japanese video game designer who directs, writes and also produces films. He is known for developing his passion for action, adventure and literature films in childhood and adolescence. Hideo Kojima was hired by Konami Entertainment in the year 1986 where he developed several video games like Metal Gear (1987) and Snatcher (1988). Metal Gear Solid has sold over 5.5 million copies and he is widely recognized as a videogaming God.
Hideo Kojima gets mistaken as Tetsuya Yamagami
With an intention to discuss Shinzo Abe’s assassin Tetsuya Yamagami, French far-right politician Damien Rieu ended up sharing the pictures of Hideo Kojima. The Greek news channel ANT1 TV also ran a segment discussing Abe’s death. They too used the same pictures of Kojima, identifying him as the murderer.video here @TheKavernacle on Teitter.
According to Kotaku, the department said, “Tetsuya confessed his actions to police and admitted that he wanted Abe dead because he was frustrated and upset with him. Police learned that he had committed [criminal] Navy Special Served in the Armed Forces and “ In med school he taught a physical therapy unit for dementia sufferers. He was very interested in Che Guevara.” Kojima has yet to comment on the mistaken identity. MEAWW will keep you informed.
