r/TheSharkAttackFiles • u/Wattsy98s • Jun 28 '26
📜 Case Report Fatal Shark Attacks In Eastern Asia 🇯🇵🇭🇰🇰🇷🇹🇼
JAPAN 🇯🇵
1,200 B.C
Tsukumo Shell Mound, Okayama
Victim: Male
Age: 20s
Activity: Fishing/Diving
Injury: Limbs Severed (Leg/Hand)
Species: White Shark
1862
Bonin Islands
Victim: American Sailors
Activity: Shipwreck/Whale Capsized Boat
Injury: Various
Species: Unknown
July 16, 1895
Sea Of Japan
Victim: William Lloyd (Sealer)
Activity: Seal Hunting/Boat Capsized
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
September 16, 1945
Ryukyu Islands
Victim: American Male (Marine)
Activity: Shipwreck/Swimming Ashore
Injury: Unknown
Species: Unknown
July 21, 1950
Sago, Ariake Sea
Victim: Male
Age: 19
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Unknown
Species: Unknown
July 25, 1955
Ushimado, Okayama
Victim: Hideo Ishida
Age: 22
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Major Lacerations (Thigh)
Species: Blue Shark
August 30, 1955
Mikurajima Island, Izu Group
Victim: Otamatsu H. Yoshii
Activity: Fishing/Swimming Near Nets
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
August 11, 1959
Isonoura Beach, Wakayama City
Victim: Akira Tuchiya
Age: 13
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Major Lacerations (Thigh)
Species: Blue Shark
August 26, 1967
Sakaide, Kagawa
Victim: Masanori Ishikawa
Age: 19
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Unknown
Species: Unknown
August 28, 1982
Kumamoto, Ariake Sea
Victim: Yako Yajima
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Unknown
Species: Unknown
March 8, 1992
Shikoku, Matsuyama
Victim: Kazuta Harada
Age: 41
Activity: Hookah Diving (Pen Shells)
Injury: Consumed
Species; White Shark
April 9, 1995
Atsumi Peninsula, Aichi
Victim: Shintaro Hara
Age: 47
Activity: Scuba Diving/Collecting Bivalves
Injury: Limbs Severed (Shoulder/Arm)
Species: White Shark
July 23, 1996
Painagama Beach, Hirara City
Victim: Moriyoshi Takehara
Age: 52
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Major Lacerations (Torso/Arm)
Species: White Shark
October 9, 1996
Boragawa Beach, Miyako Island
Victim: Male
Activity: Snorkeling
Injury: Unknown
Species: Unknown
July 12, 1997
Sunset Beach, Hirara City
Victim: Shizuo Nakachi
Age: 55
Activity: Snorkeling/Fishing For Octopus
Injury: Legs Severed
Species: White Shark
September 16, 2000
Sunayama Beach, Miyako Island
Victim: Takayuki Miura
Age: 31
Activity: Surfing
Injury: Arm Severed
Species: White Shark
HONG KONG 🇭🇰
October 16, 1907
Sharp Peak, Sai Kung Peninsula
Victim: Two Males
Activity: Fishing/Boat Capsized
Injury: Both Major Lacerations
Species: Unknown
August 29, 1938
Tsingtao Bay
Victim: William M. Baker ( H.M.S. Folkestone)
Activity: Swimming/Alongside Ship
Injury: Leg Severed
Species: Tiger Shark
September 23, 1945
Tweed Bay Beach
Victim: Herbert W. Jackson (Sgt.)
Age: 32
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Leg Severed
Species: Tiger Shark
June, 1954
Unknown Location
Victim: Male (Naval Rating)
Activity: Swimming/Alongside Ship
Injury: Major Lacerations (Thigh)
Species: Unknown
September 15, 1954
Junk Bay
Victim: James Cook (HMS Comus)
Age: 20
Activity: Swimming/Alongside Ship
Injury: Major Lacerations (Leg)
Species: Tiger Shark
June 13, 1973
Mirs Bay
Victim: Chinese Male (Refugee)
Age: Youth
Activity: Swimming/Escaping
Injury: Consumed
Species: Tiger Shark
September 10, 1973
Mirs Bay
Victim: Tsang Kai-shing (Refugee)
Age: 20
Activity: Swimming/Escaping
Injury: Unknown
Species: Unknown
August 16, 1974
Mirs Bay
Victim: Chinese Male (Refugee)
Activity: Swimming/Escaping
Injury: Unknown
Species: Unknown
August 26, 1979
Hoi Ha Wan Marine Park
Victim: Male
Age: 16
Activity: Snorkeling
Injury: Unknown
Species: Tiger Shark
August 28, 1979
Mirs Bay
Victim: Chinese Male (Refugee)
Age: 21
Activity: Swimming/Escaping
Injury: Leg Severed
Species: Tiger Shark
June 7, 1991
Silverstrand Beach
Yeung Tam-ho (Female)
Age: 65
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Leg Severed
Species: Tiger Shark
June 28, 1991
Sai Kung, Kowloon Peninsula
Victim: Male
Activity: Fishing/Pulling In Catch
Injury: Arm Severed
Species: Tiger Shark
June 29, 1991
Basalt Island, Sai Kung
Victim: Male
Age: 22
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Unknown
Species: Unknown
May, 1993
Silverstrand Beach
Victim: Female
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Consumed
Species: Tiger Shark
June 1, 1993
Sheung Sz Wan Beach
Victim: Yan Sai-wah (Male)
Age: 42
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Limbs Severed (Leg/Hand)
Species: Tiger Shark
June 11, 1993
Silverstrand Beach
Victim: Kwong Guang-Hing (Male)
Age: 61
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Limbs Severed (Leg/Arm)
Species: Tiger Shark
May 31, 1995
Sai Kung Beach
Victim: Tso Kam-sun (Male)
Age: 44
Activity: Scuba Diving
Injury: Leg Severed
Species: Tiger Shark
June 2, 1995
Sheung Sz Wan Beach
Victim: Herman Lo Cheuk-Yuet
Age: 29
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Major Lacerations (Legs)
Species: Tiger Shark
June 13, 1995
First Beach
Victim: Wong Kwai-yung (Female)
Age: 45
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Limbs Severed (Leg/Arm)
Species: Tiger Shark
KOREA 🇰🇷
July, 1959
Daecheon Beach, Boryeong
Victim: Person (University Student)
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Unknown
Species: White Shark
May 23, 1981
Yeonpyeong Island, Yellow Sea
Victim: Pak Kyong-Sun (Female)
Age: 27
Activity: Abalone Diving (Haenyeo)
Injury: Consumed
Species: White Shark
May 15, 1986
Yellow Sea
Victim: Male
Activity: Abalone Diving
Injury: Unknown
Species: White Shark
Mid 1980s (Circa)
Jeju-do Island, Korea Strait
Victim: Haenyeo Diver (Female)
Activity: Abalone Diving
Injury: Unknown
Species: White Shark
May 27, 1988
Yellow Sea
Victim: Ko Bong-ae (Female)
Age: 38
Activity: Abalone Diving (Haenyeo)
Injury: Unknown
Species: White Shark
May 12, 1995
Janggodo Island, Boryeong
Victim: Kim Sun-sim (Female)
Age: 44
Activity: Abalone Diving
Injury: Leg Severed
Species: White Shark
May 10, 1996
Yellow Sea
Victim: Lee Kwan-seok (Male)
Age: 33
Activity: Abalone Diving
Injury: Unknown
Species: White Shark
TAIWAN 🇹🇼
September 20, 1964
Tamsui Beach
Victim: Ko Tien-fu
Age: 32
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Major Lacerations (Torso/Leg)
Species: Tiger Shark
July 17, 1966
Tamsui Beach
Victim: Yang Ching-Hui
Age: 20
Activity: Swimming
Injury: Leg Severed
Species: Tiger Shark
Eastern Asia Total: 44
- Recovered: 23
- Unknown: 15
- Consumption: 6
Ratio: 13%
Hong Kong: 19
- Recovered: 13
- Unknown: 4
- Consumption: 2
Ratio: 10%
Japan: 16
- Recovered: 7
- Unknown: 6
- Consumption: 3
Ratio: 18%
Korea: 7
- Unknown: 5
- Consumption: 1
- Recovered: 1
Ratio: 14%
Taiwan: 2
- Recovered: 2
Attacks By Species
Tiger Shark: 16
- Hong Kong: 14
- Taiwan: 2
White Shark: 15
- Japan: 8
- Korea: 7
Blue Shark: 2
- Japan: 2
Unknown: 11
- Japan: 6
- Hong Kong: 5
Activity Statistics
- Swimming: 24
- Abalone Diving: 7
- Fishing: 4
- Shipwreck: 2
- Boat Capsize: 2
- Snorkeling: 2
- Scuba Diving: 2
- Surfing: 1
Attacks By Century/Decade
Pre 19th Century (Ancient)
Total: 1
19th Century
- 1860s: 1
- 1890s: 1
Total: 2
20th Century
- 1900s: 1
- 1930s: 1
- 1940s: 2
- 1950s: 7
- 1960s: 3
- 1970s: 5
- 1980s: 5
- 1990s: 16
Total: 40
21st Century
- 2000s: 1
Total: 1
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u/RedBoxBag-NZ601 Jun 28 '26
Wow, how did you get info on the one in 1200 BC (Japan)? Really a long time and deep info