Masahiko Katsuya
Masahiko Katsuya | |
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勝谷 誠彦 | |
| Died | November 28, 2018 (aged 57) |
| Alma mater | Waseda University |
Masahiko Katsuya (勝谷 誠彦, Katsuya Masahiko; December 6, 1960 – November 28, 2018 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo) was a Japanese columnist, photographer, and pundit. After failing the entrance exams for the University of Tokyo and the University of Tsukuba, Katsuya entered Waseda University in 1980. He started working for an editor of Bungeishunjū after graduating from the university in 1985.
On July 2, 2017, he was a candidate in the 2017 Hyōgo gubernatorial election, but was defeated by incumbent Toshizō Ido who won his fifth term.[1]
Death
He died of alcoholic hepatitis on November 28, 2018.[2]
References
External links
- Official website (in Japanese)
Categories:
- 1960 births
- 2018 deaths
- Japanese anti-communists
- Japanese columnists
- Japanese editors
- Japanese male journalists
- Japanese political candidates
- Japanese political commentators
- People from Amagasaki
- Waseda University alumni
- Deaths from hepatitis in Japan
- Alcohol-related deaths in Japan
- Writers from Hyōgo Prefecture