Megumi Yokota

Quick Facts

Full Name	Megumi Yokota
Occupation	Student
Date Of Birth	Oct 5, 1964(1964-10-05)
Age	60
Birthplace	Niigata
Country	Japan
Birth City	Niigata Prefecture
Horoscope	Libra

Megumi Yokota Biography

Megumi Yokota is one of the most popular and richest Student who was born on October 5, 1964 in Niigata, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

Yokota was abducted on 15 November 1977 at the age of thirteen while walking home from school in her seaside village in Niigata Prefecture. North Korean agents reportedly dragged her into a boat and took her straight to North Korea to a facility in which North Korean spies were taught about South Korean customs and practices. There she was taught the Korean language. Also at the facility were two South Korean high school students, aged 18 and 16, who had been abducted from South Korea in August 1977. In August 1978, three more 16 -year-old South Korean students were abducted from South Korea and taken to the facility. The three included Kim Young-nam [ja] , who would reportedly later marry Yokota.

After learning Korean, Yokota was apparently forced to help train North Korean spies to pass as Japanese citizens. In January 1997, information about Megumi’s abduction was disclosed to Yokota’s parents by Tatsukichi Hyomoto, a secretary to Diet member Atsushi Hashimoto, by a phone call. In 2002, North Korea admitted that she and others had been abducted, but claimed that she had committed suicide and returned what it said were her cremated remains. Japan stated that a DNA test proved they could not have been her remains, and her family does not believe that she would have committed suicide. She is believed to have been abducted by Sin Gwang-su.

Megumi Yokota Net Worth

Megumi Yokota is one of the richest Student from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Megumi Yokota 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Megumi Yokota (横田 めぐみ , Yokota Megumi) (born 5 October 1964) is a possibly deceased Japanese woman who was abducted by a North Korean agent in 1977, when she was a thirteen-year-old junior high school student. She was one of at least 17 Japanese citizens kidnapped by North Korea in the late 1970s and early 1980s. The North Korean government has admitted to kidnapping Yokota, but has said that she died in captivity. Yokota’s parents and others in Japan have publicly expressed the belief that Yokota is still alive in North Korea and have waged a public campaign seeking her return to Japan.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Megumi Yokota Dating?

According to our records, Megumi Yokota married to Kim Young-nam. As of December 1, 2023, Megumi Yokota’s is not dating anyone.

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In early 2007, Paul Stookey (of U.S. folk group Peter, Paul and Mary) introduced a song dedicated to Megumi, titled “Song for Megumi”. Stookey toured Japan to sing the song in February and attended media interviews with Yokota’s parents.

Facts & Trivia

Michele Ranked on the list of most popular Student. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Megumi Yokota celebrates birthday on October 5 of every year.

In 2010, the Shinjuku Theater has performed a stage adaptation of Megumi’s life called “The Pledge to Megumi” (めぐみへの誓い) The main storyline centers on Megumi Yokota before and during her abduction by North Korea, and with a fictional ending where Megumi is reunited with her parents.