Yoshie Shiratori

Yoshie Shiratori (白鳥 由栄, Shiratori Yoshie, July 31, 1907 – February 24, 1979) was a Japanese national born in Aomori Prefecture. His family name Shiratori means "swan" in Japanese.[1] Shiratori, who became an anti-hero in Japanese culture, is famous for having escaped from prison four times.[2] He was first imprisoned after being forced to admit to a murder he did not commit. He could pick locks, scale walls, break handcuffs and dislocate his joints at will. His most infamous escape, consisted of him using miso soup to rust the bolts on his window bars and handcuffs to escape.

Yoshie Shiratori
Replica of Shiratori's escape from Abashiri Prison at the Abashiri Prison Museum.

Akira Yoshimura published a novel Hagoku based on him. A memorial to Shiratori is in the Abashiri Prison Museum.

There are numerous takes involving his escapes. The information has been documented sometimes and sometimes it has been folkloric at most.

He is most famous for his Miso soup prison break from Abashiri Prison, where he dabbed Miso soup upon his iron handcuffs, legcuffs, and the small iron window in his cell. After a while, the iron rusted and came off. After that, he slid through the window and escaped from the prison cell.

In media

Golden Kamuy is a Japanese manga written and illustrated by Satoru Noda. It was adapted into an anime series in 2018 and notably features a character named Yoshitake Shiraishi, who Noda said in an interview was based on Yoshie, along with being the subject of a video by YouTube channel Kento Bento, who has over 1 million subscribers and the video has amassed over 15 million views.[3] It is also notable for featuring an escape from Abashiri Prison.

References
  1. Shiratori translation
  2. Schreiber, Mark (5 May 2018). "News outlets quick to fall in love with prison break coverage". The Japan Times. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  3. Noda, Satoru; Machiyama, Tomohiro (18 December 2015). "「ゴールデンカムイ」特集 野田サトル×町山智浩対談 (3/3) - コミックナタリー 特集・インタビュー". Comic Natalie (in Japanese). Retrieved 18 March 2020.
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