Mitsuo Matayoshi

Matayoshi in July 2010

Mitsuo Matayoshi (又吉光雄code: ja is deprecated , Matayoshi Mitsuo, also, Iesu Matayoshi) (February 5, 1944 – July 20, 2018) was a Japanese political activist. He was known for his perennial candidacy for Mayor of Tokyo. He called himself The only God Matayoshi Mitsuo Jesus Christ (唯一神又吉光雄・イエス・キリスト) or Jesus Matayoshi (又吉イエス).^[1] He was a conservative politician. In 1997, he created the World Economic Community Party (世界経済共同体党), a political party based on his belief that he was God.

Matayoshi died from kidney cancer on 20 July 2018 in Tokyo, aged 74.^[2]

Mitsuo Matayoshi Media

Matayoshi campaigning in Tokyo, 2009

References

↑ From One God to the UFO Party, eccentric election campaigners are out of this world - Mainichi Daily News. Mainichi Daily News (27 October 2005). Retrieved 19 March 2012.
↑ 党元代表逝去のお知らせ. World Economic Community Party(in Japanese). Retrieved 25 July 2018.

[1] From One God to the UFO Party, eccentric election campaigners are out of this world - Mainichi Daily News. Mainichi Daily News (27 October 2005). Retrieved 19 March 2012.

[2] 党元代表逝去のお知らせ. World Economic Community Party(in Japanese). Retrieved 25 July 2018.

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