Shark attack, 1959-08-11 (Unprovoked)
Location: Isonoura Beach, Wakayama City , Wakayama Prefecture, JAPAN
Time: 14h30
Activity: Swimming
Victim: Akira Tuchiya (M, age 13 or 18)
Injury: FATAL, left thigh bitten
Fatal: Y
Species: Blue shark, 3 m [10']
Source: H. Kariya &T. Abe; P. Gilbert, L. Schultz & S. Springer (1960); K. Nakaya