was a Japanese reporter, anarchist and critic born in Tokyo. He was the son of the artist and activist Eitarō Takenaka. Expelled from the Russian language department of the

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, he went on to write about various subjects in the worlds of politics and culture under the pseudonyms "Yumeno Kyōtarō," "Kenka Takenaka" and "Hankotsu-no-Reporter" (''literally'': "Rebellious Reporter") among others. He also wrote several books on Japanese film history. In his final years he continued his journalistic activities, despite suffering from and ultimately dying of

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1930 births 1991 deaths People from Shinjuku People from Tokyo Japanese anarchists Japanese film critics Mystery Writers of Japan Award winners 20th-century Japanese journalists {{Anarchist-stub