What is Mitsuo Matayoshi?
[[File:Mitsuo Matayoshi (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|200px|Matayoshi in July 2010]] {{nihongo|'''Mitsuo Matayoshi'''|又吉 光雄|Matayoshi Mitsuo|extra=also, '''Iesu Matayoshi'''}} (February 5, 1944 &ndash; July 20, 2018) was a Japanese political activist. He was known for his [[Perennial candidate|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).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/archive/news/2005/10/20051027p2g00m0dm018000c.html|title=From One God to the UFO Party, eccentric election campaigners are out of this world - Mainichi Daily News|date=27 October 2005|work=Mainichi Daily News|access-date=19 March 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071020031651/http://mdn.mainichi.jp/culture/waiwai/archive/news/2005/10/20051027p2g00m0dm018000c.html|archive-date=20 October 2007}}</ref> He was a [[Conservatism|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.<ref>{{cite web |title=党元代表逝去のお知らせ |url=http://www.matayoshi.org/document/fuhou.html |website=World Economic Community Party |publisher=(in Japanese) |access-date=25 July 2018 |archive-date=25 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180725062925/http://www.matayoshi.org/document/fuhou.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Matayoshi, Mitsuo}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2018 deaths]] [[Category:Politicians from Tokyo]] {{bio-stub}}