This page summarizes the primary individuals who were involved in the various stages of the medical accident, suspicious death, and falsified postmortem procedures at Toride Kyodo Hospital (now JA Toride General Medical Center).
It also includes individuals connected to the evidence preservation process, forensic medicine, legal consultations, media contacts, interference with marriage activities, and obstruction of business succession.
Real names are withheld and replaced with “Mr. ○○ / Dr. ○○”, while their affiliation, role, and main statements or actions are described to clarify their involvement.
List of Individuals Involved (Roles & Main Statements)
Toride Kyodo Hospital (now JA Toride General Medical Center) — Department of Cardiology
- Dr. ○○ (Performing physician, PCI operator / primary doctor): “The procedure was successful”, “The prognosis is poor.”
- Dr. ○○ (Senior physician; present during PCI): Explained falsely that “the myocardial infarction was too severe and cardiac pump function had collapsed,” while concealing cardiac tamponade.
- Dr. ○○ (Senior physician, female): Performed pericardiocentesis as recorded in the chart.
- Dr. ○○ (Senior physician; present during PCI)
- Dr. ○○ (Department chief; provided the final explanation on Sept 12; handwriting on the death certificate matches his writing)
- Dr. ○○ (1st-year resident): Present during PCI and documented initial notes.
- Head Nurse ○○ (CCU ward nurse manager)
Police, Forensic Medicine, Lawyers, Media, and Related Parties
- Chief Inspector ○○, Toride Police Station (Ibaraki Prefectural Police): Issued an A4 “copy” of the death certificate; stated “I attended the judicial autopsy” and “The suspected cause was DIC.”
- Professor ○○, Forensic Medicine Department, University of Tsukuba: “I performed the judicial autopsy myself.” “No signs of medical malpractice were found.”
- Lawyers ○○ & ○○ (Yukari General Law Office): Refused evidence preservation; scolded the family, saying “You are imagining things.”
- Lawyers ○○ & ○○ (Tamuramachi Law Office): Served as evidence preservation attorneys; later determined to be impersonators.
- Lawyer ○○ (Yomachō Law Office) & Lawyer ○○ (Central General Law Office): Refused criminal complaint; attempted to steer the family into a civil lawsuit.
- Lawyer ○○ (○○ Law Office): Refused criminal complaint, again redirecting to civil litigation.
- Reporter ○○ (Yomiuri Shimbun, Mito Bureau): Received a detailed in-person explanation; broke off all contact afterwards.
- Appraiser ○○ (○○ Appraisal Office): Refused handwriting analysis, saying “It cannot be definitively said to be the same person.”
- Japan Bureau Chief ○○ & Reporter ○○ (Wall Street Journal Japan Bureau): “Domestic Japanese incidents have no news value overseas.”
- Reporter ○○ (Sunday Mainichi magazine): Ignored the family’s desire for criminal complaint and reporting; attempted to redirect to civil litigation.
Marriage Agencies & Business Succession Services
Prime Marriage
- Felice Coordinators ○○, ○○, ○○: The second coordinator who attended via Zoom did not match the actual individual — suspected impersonation.
- Avenue Tokyo Coordinators ○○ & Supervisor ○○: Writing style and characteristic typographical errors in emails matched — suspected impersonation.
Musbell (Marriage Agency)
- Telemarketing staff ○○; Coordinators ○○, ○○, ○○: Altered profile photos (aging manipulation), and changed occupation from “physician” to “company employee”, obstructing marriage prospects.
BATONZ (Business Succession Service)
- Coordinators ○○, ○○: For the user’s mother’s business succession, buyer candidates were rejected without permission using fabricated reasons. Upon inquiry, explanations remained vague and inconsistent.