| Date of attack: | August 11th 1959 |
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| Location: | Isonoura Beach, Wakayama City , Wakayama Prefecture |
| Shark species: | 3 m [10'] blue shark |
| Name of victim: | Akira Tuchiya |
| Age of victim: | 13 or 18 years old |
| Sex of victim: | M |
| Activity: | Swimming |
| Injury: | FATAL, left thigh bitten |