Daisuke Nanba

Daisuke Nanba
Namba displaying facial injuries sustained in police custody after attempting to kill Hirohito
BornNovember 7, 1899
DiedNovember 15, 1924 (aged 25)
Cause of deathExecution by hanging
Known forToranomon incident
Political partyJapanese Communist Party
Criminal statusExecuted
MotiveAnti-monarchism
Revenge for the Kantō Massacre
ConvictionHigh treason
Criminal penaltyDeath

Daisuke Nanba (難波 大助, Nanba Daisuke, November 7, 1899 – November 15, 1924) was a Japanese student and member of the Japanese Communist Party who tried to assassinate the Crown Prince Regent Hirohito in the Toranomon incident on December 27, 1923.