Shosei Koda, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shosei Koda

Japanese murder victim

Date of Birth: 29-Nov-1979

Place of Birth: Nōgata, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Date of Death: 29-Oct-2004

Profession: explorer

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Shosei Koda (?? ??, Koda Shosei, 29 November 1979 – 29 October 2004) was a Japanese citizen who was kidnapped and later beheaded in Iraq on 29 October 2004, by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group, while touring the country.
He was the first Japanese person beheaded in Iraq.