Episode 51: Stabbing of Mayu Tomita

Black Torii — Japanese True Crime · Aug 22, 2026 · 13m

She had done everything right. She returned the gifts. She blocked him on social media. She went to the police — weeks in advance — told them a man was threatening her, described the specific messages, and asked for help. On May 21st, 2016, she was stabbed sixty-one times outside a concert venue in Tokyo. She survived. Barely. And the injuries she carries — a decade later — are permanent. Near-blindness in one eye. Facial paralysis. PTSD that has never fully lifted. A lawsuit that took nine years to settle. This is the story of Mayu Tomita. And it is a story about what happens when a young…