Junko Furuta (Japanese: 古田 順子, Hepburn: Furuta Junko; 18 January 1971 – 4 January 1989) was a 17-year-old Japanese high school student who was abducted, raped, tortured, and murdered.

Apr 10, 2025 · Junko Furuta, a Japanese high school student, was abducted and subjected to extreme torture and rape by four teenagers over a period of 40 days in 1988. Despite the severity of their …

Jan 10, 2025 · In 1989, a vacant lot in Tokyo’s Koto ward bore witness to the horrific culmination of what is still regarded as one of Japan’s most heinous crimes: the murder of Junko Furuta, known as the …

Apr 5, 2025 · TOKYO (TR) – Perhaps the most notorious juvenile crime in history, the murder and torture of high school school girl Junko Furuta by a group of youths took place primarily at a …

May 3, 2025 · Junko’s murder fundamentally altered how Japan views violent crime. It led to significant reforms in how juvenile offenders are prosecuted, with more serious cases now tried in adult courts.

Feb 17, 2022 · Over the course of 44 agonizing days, 17-year-old Junko Furuta was raped and tortured by four teenage boys who finally killed her on January 4, 1989.

Junko Enoshima (Japanese: 江ノ島 盾子, Hepburn: Enoshima Junko) is a fictional character and the overarching antagonist of Spike Chunsoft 's Danganronpa series.

Junko Furuta (18 January 1971 – 4 January 1989) was a high school student. On November 25, 1988, Junko was kidnapped. She was beaten, raped, held captive for 44 days, and murdered. It is …

Junko is a feminine Japanese given name. It is typically written in kanji, but can be written in hiragana (じゅんこ) or katakana (ジュンコ). Junko can be written using kanji including: 純子, "pure, child" 順 …

Junko Enoshima (江ノ島 盾子), is a student in Hope's Peak Academy's Class 78th, and a participant of the Killing School Life featured in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc.