[There are many conflicts regarding the precise names of the Japanese martyrs canonized and beatified in the 19th century. This can be attributed to the inaccessibility of Japanese records to researchers during the sakoku (鎖国), the kingdom’s isolationist policy from 1633 to 1853. The names indicated in the bulls of canonization and beatification were culled from the apostolic processes held in Macao or Manila in the 17th century. Apart from inaccuracies in the spelling of the Japanese names during the canonical processes, there were also erroneous attributions to the membership of several Japanese martyrs in religious orders or associations - errors that are only being recently corrected by researchers since the 1970s.

In the early 20th century, access to Japanese archival records and comparative studies with archival documents unaccessed during the canonical processes has made it possible to correct many of these errors and attributions. The Hagiography Circle has chosen to adapt the Romanized names of the Japanese martyrs in Juan Ruiz-de-Medina’s authoritative tome El Martirologio del Japón (Rome: Institutum Historicum S.I., 1999) .

Nonetheless, the names for the martyrs used by the Catholic Church in Japan remain those used in the canonization and beatification bulls. These names are included in this page. In these cases, katakana is used for the Christian name and kanji for the surname. In this page, their Romanization follows the Modified Hepburn System (Hebon-shiki).]

[5]      PETRUS KIBE KASUI AND            

            187 COMPANION MARTYRS OF JAPAN

1.         IOANNES MINAMI GORŌZAEMON 

            [ヨハネ 南 五郎左衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka; married

            born: c. 1568 in Yamato, Kagoshima (Japan)

            died: 08 December 1603 in Kumamoto (Japan)   

2.         SIMON TAKEDA GOHYŌE

            [シモン 竹田 五兵衛]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka; married

            born: c. 1568 in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

3.         IOANNA TAKEDA

            [ヨハンナ 竹田]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka; married

            (mother of no. 02)

            born: c. 1548 in Ise, Mie (Japan)

4.         AGNES TAKEDA

            [アグネス 竹田]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka; married

            (wife of no. 02)

            born: c. 1563 in Ise, Mie (Japan)

5.         MAGDALENA MINAMI

            [マグダレナ 南]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka; married

            (wife of no. 01)

            born: c. 1560 in Setsu-no-Kuni, Ōsaka (Japan)

6.         LUDOVICUS MINAMI

            [ルドビコ 南]

            child of the diocese of Fukuoka

            (adopted son of nos. 01 and 05)

            born: c. 1596 in Yamashiro, Kyōto (Japan)

            died: 09 December 1603 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto (Japan)    

7.         MELCHIOR KUMAGAI MOTONAO

            [メルキョル 熊谷豊前守 元直]

            layperson of the diocese of Hiroshima; married

            born: c. 1554 in Miiri, Aki, Kōchi (Japan)

            died: 16 August 1605 in Hagi, Yamaguchi (Japan)    

8.         DAMIANUS

            [ダミアン]

            layperson of the diocese of Hiroshima; catechist

            born: c. 1560 in Sakai (Japan)

            died: 19 August 1605 in Yamaguchi (Japan)    

9.         IOACHIM WATANABE JIRŌZAEMON

            [ジョアキム 渡辺 次郎左右衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka; married

            born: c. 1551 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto (Japan)

            died: 26 August 1606 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto (Japan)    

10.      LEO SAISHO SHICHIEMON

            [レオ 税所 七右衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Kagoshima;

            member, Confraternity of the Rosary

            born: c. 1569 in Jōnai, Miyakonojō, Miyazaki (Japan)

            died: 17 November 1608 in Sendai, Kagoshima (Japan)    

11.      IOANNES HATTORI JINGORŌ

            [ヨハネ 服部 甚五郎]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka; married

            born: c. 1570 in Muro, Nara (Japan)

12.      MICHAËL MITSUISHI HIKOEMON

            [ミカエル 三石 彦右衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka

            born: c. 1559 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto (Japan)

13.      THOMAS MITSUISHI

            [トマス 三石]

            child of the diocese of Fukuoka

            (son of no. 12)

            born: c. 1597 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto (Japan)

14.      PETRUS HATTORI

            [ペトロ 服部]

            child of the diocese of Fukuoka

            (son of no. 11)

            born: c. 1604 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto (Japan)

            died: 11 January 1609 in Yatsushiro, Kumamoto (Japan)    

15.      GASPAR NISHI GENKA

            [ガスパル 西 玄可]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married; catechist

            born: c. 1555 in Ikitsuki, Nagasaki (Japan)

16.      URSULA NISHI

            [ウルスラ 西]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            (wife of no. 15)

            born: c. 1555 in Ikitsuki, Nagasaki (Japan) 

17.      IOANNES NISHI MATAISHI

            [ヨハネ 西 又市]

            young layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            (son of nos. 15 and 16)

            born: c. 1585 in Ikitsuki, Nagasaki (Japan)

            died: 14 November 1609 in Ikitsuki, Nagasaki (Japan)    

18.      HADRIANUS TAKAHASHI MONDO

            [アドリアン 高橋 水主]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: ? in Arima, Hyōgo (Japan)

19.      IOANNA TAKAHASHI

            [ジョアンア 高橋]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            (wife of no. 18)

            born: ? in Arima, Hyōgo (Japan)

20.      LEO HAYASHIDA SUKEEMON

            [レオ 林田 助右衛門 ]

                layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: ? in Arima, Hyōgo (Japan)

21.      MARTHA HAYASHIDA

            [マルタ 林田]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            (wife of no. 20)

            born: ? in Arima, Hyōgo (Japan) 

22.      MAGDALENA HAYASHIDA

            [マグダレナ 林田]

            young layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            (daughter of nos. 20 and 21)

            born: c. 1593 in Arima, Hyōgo (Japan) 

23.      DIDACUS HAYASHIDA

            [ヤコブ 林田]

            child of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            (son of nos. 20 and 21)

            born: c. 1601 in Arima, Hyōgo (Japan)

24.      LEO TAKEDOMI KAN’EMON

            [レオ 竹富 勘右衛門]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: ? in Arima, Hyōgo (Japan)

25.      PAULUS TAKEDOMI DAN’EMON

            [パウロ 竹富 段右衛門]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            (son of no. 24)

            born: ? in Arima, Hyōgo (Japan)

            died: 07 October 1613 in Arima, Hyōgo (Japan)    

26.      ADAM ARAKAWA

            [アダム 荒川 ]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka; married; catechist

            born: c. 1551 in Arima, Hyōgo (Japan)

            died: 05 June 1614 in  Shiki, Amakusa, Nagasaki (Japan)    

27.      IOANNES HASHIMOTO TAHYŌE

            [ヨハネ 橋本 太兵衛 ]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

28.      THECLA HASHIMOTO

            [テクラ 橋本]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            (wife of no. 27)

            born: ? in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

29.      CATHARINA HASHIMOTO

            [カタリナ 橋本]

            child of the diocese of Kyōto

            (daughter of nos. 27 and 28)

            born: c. 1606 in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

30.      THOMAS HASHIMOTO

            [トマス 橋本]

            child of the diocese of Kyōto

            (son of nos. 27 and 28)

            born: c. 1607 in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan) 

31.      FRANCISCUS HASHIMOTO

            [フランシスコ 橋本]

            child of the diocese of Kyōto

            (son of nos. 27 and 28)

            born: c. 1611 in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

32.      PETRUS HASHIMOTO

            [ペトロ 橋本]  

               child of the diocese of Kyōto

            (son of nos. 27 and 28)

            born: c. 1613 in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

33.      LUDOVICA HASHIMOTO

            [ルドビコ 橋本]

            child of the diocese of Kyōto

            (son of nos. 27 and 28)

            born: c. 1616 in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

34.      THOMAS KIAN

            [トマス 喜庵]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Bungo (now part of Ōita)  (Japan)

35.      THOMAS IKEGAMI

            [トマス 池上]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Hokuriku region (Japan) 

36.      LINUS RIHYŌE

            [リノ 利兵衛 ]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Chūgoku region (Japan)

37.      MARIA

            [マリア]

            (wife of no. 36)

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Setsu-no-Kuni, Ōsaka (Japan)

38.      COSMAS

            [コスマ]

            (father of no. 76)

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

39.      ANTONIUS DŌMI

            [アントニオ どみ]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Yamato (now part of Nara) (Japan) 

40.      IOACHIM OGAWA

            [ジョアキム 小川]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Mino (now part of Gifu) (Japan) 

41.      IOANNES KYŪSAKU

            [ヨハネ 久作]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan) 

42.      MAGDALENA

            [マグダレナ]

            (wife of no. 41)

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan) 

43.      REGINA

            [レジナ]

            (daughter of nos. 41 and 42)

            child of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: c. 1617 in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

44.      THOMAS KOSHIMA SHINSHIRŌ

            [トマス こしま しんろう]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Yamashiro, Kyōto (Japan) 

45.      MARIA

            [マリア]

            (wife of no. 44)

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Yamashiro, Kyōto (Japan) 

46.      GABRIEL

            [ガブリエル]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: c. 1549 in Owari (now part of Aichi) (Japan) 

47.      MARIA

            [マリア]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Yamashiro, Kyōto (Japan)  

48.      MONICA

            [モニカ]

            child of the diocese of Kyōto

            (daughter of no. 47)

            born: c. 1615 in Yamashiro, Kyōto (Japan)  

49.      MARTHA

            [マルタ]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Kawachi (now part of Ōsaka) (Japan) 

50.      BENEDICTUS

            [ベネディクト]

            child of the diocese of Kyōto

            (son of no. 49)

            born: c. 1617 in Kawachi (now part of Ōsaka) (Japan)

51.      MARIA

            [マリア]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Tanba, Kyōto (Japan)

52.      SIXTUS

            [シクスト]

            child of the diocese of Kyōto

            (son of no. 51)

            born: c. 1616 in Tanba, Kyōto (Japan) 

53.      MONICA

            [モニカ]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Mino (now part of Gifu) (Japan)

54.      THOMAS TŌEMON

            [トマス 藤右衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Owari (now part of Aichi) (Japan) 

55.      LUCIA

            [ルチア]

            (wife of no. 54)

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Owari (now part of Aichi) (Japan)

56.      RUFINA

            [ルフィナ]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; widow

            born: ? in Owari (now part of Aichi) (Japan) 

57.      MARTHA

            [マルタ]

            (daughter of no. 56)

            child of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: c. 1612 in Owari (now part of Aichi) (Japan) 

58.      MONICA

            [モニカ]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Ōmi (now part of Shiga) (Japan)

59.      EMMANUEL KOSABURŌ

            [エマヌエル 小三郎]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Tanba, Kyōto (Japan)

60.      ANNA KAJIYA

            [アンナ 鍛冶屋]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; widow

            born: ? in Tanba, Kyōto (Japan) 

61.      THOMAS KAJIYA YOEMON

            [トマス 与右衛門 鍛冶屋]

            (son of no. 60)

            child of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Tanba, Kyōto (Japan)

62.      AGATHA

            [アガタ]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in  Ōmi (now part of Shiga) (Japan) 

63.      MARIA CHŪJŌ

            [マリア ちゅうぞう]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Bungo (now part of Ōita) (Japan) 

64.      HIERONIMUS SŌROKU

            [ヒエロニモ 惣六]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Aki (now part of Hiroshima) (Japan)

65.      LUCIA

            [ルチア ]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            (wife of no. 64)

            born: ? in Aki (now part of Hiroshima) (Japan)

66.      IOANNES SAKURAI

            [ヨハネ 桜井如庵]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Bungo (now part of Ōita) (Japan) 

67.      URSULA SAKURAI

            [ウルスラ 桜井如庵]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            (daughter-in-law of no. 66)

            born: ? in Bungo (now part of Ōita) (Japan)

68.      MANCIUS KYŪJIRŌ

            [マンショ 九次郎]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan) 

69.      LUDOVICUS MATAGORŌ

            [ルドビコ 又五郎]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

70.      LEO KYŪSUKE

            [レオ 金助]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; married

            born: ? in Owari (now part of Aichi) (Japan) 

71.      MARTHA

            [マルタ]

            (wife of no. 70)

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Owari (now part of Aichi) (Japan)

72.      MENCIA

            [メンシア]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto; widow

            born: ? in Ōmi (now part of Shiga) (Japan)

73.      LUCIA

            [ルチア]

            (daughter of no. 72)

            child of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Ōmi (now part of Shiga) (Japan)

74.      MAGDALENA

            [マグダレナ]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: c. 1616 in Owari (now part of Aichi) (Japan)

75.      DIDACUS TSŪZU 

            [ヤコブ 辻]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

76.      FRANCISCUS SHIZABURO

            [フランシスコ 庄三郎 ]

            (son of no. 38)

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

77.      FRANCISCUS

            [フランシスコ]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)

78.      MARIA

            [マリア]

            layperson of the diocese of Kyōto

            born: ? in Tanba, Kyōto (Japan)

            died: 06 October 1619 in Kyōto (a.k.a. Miyako) (Japan)    

79.      DIDACUS KAGAYAMA HAITO

            [ヤコブ 加賀山隼人正]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka; married

            member, Confraternity of the Rosary

            born: c. 1565 in Takatsuki, Ōsaka (Japan)

            died: 14 October 1619 in Kokura, Fukuoka (Japan)    

80.      BALTHASAR KAGAYAMA HANZAEMON

            [バルタサル 加賀山 半左衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka; married

            born: c. 1572 in Takatsuki, Ōsaka (Japan)

81.      IACOBUS

            [ハコボ ]

            child of the diocese of Fukuoka

            (son of no. 80)

            born: c. 1615 in Hiji, Ōita (Japan)

            died: 15 October 1619 in Hiji, Ōita (Japan)    

82.      IOANNES HARA MONDO

            [ヨハネ 原 主水]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Tokyo;

            member, Secular Franciscans

            born: ? in Usui, Chiba (Japan)

            died: 04 December 1623 in Tokyo (a.k.a. Edo) (Japan)    

83.      FRANCISCUS TŌYAMA JINTARŌ

            [フランシスコ 遠山 甚太郎]

            young layperson of the diocese of Hiroshima

            born: c. 1600 in Yamanashi (Japan)

            died: 16 February 1624 in Hiroshima (Japan)    

84.      MATTHIAS SHŌBARA ICHIZAEMON

            [マチアス 庄原 市左衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Hiroshima

            born: c. 1587 in Aki (now part of Hiroshima) (Japan)

            died: 17 February 1624 in Hiroshima (Japan)    

85.      IOACHIM KURŌEMON

            [ジョアキム 九郎衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Hiroshima; catechist

            born: c. 1559 in Aki (now part of Hiroshima) (Japan)

            died: 08 March 1624 in Hiroshima (Japan)    

86.      BALTHASAR UCHIBORI

            [バルタサル 内堀]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            (son of no. 89)

            born: ? in Fukae, Nagasaki (Japan)

87.      ANTONIUS UCHIBORI

            [アントニオ 内堀]

            young layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            (son of no. 89)

            born: c. 1609 in Fukae, Nagasaki (Japan)

88.      IGNATIUS UCHIBORI

            [イグナチオ 内堀]

            child of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            (son of no. 89)

            born: c. 1622 in Fukae, Nagasaki (Japan)

            died: 21 February 1627 in Shimabara, Nagasaki (Japan)    

89.      PAULUS UCHIBORI SAKUEMON

            [パウロ 内堀 作右衛門]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: ? in Fukae, Nagasaki (Japan)

90.      GASPAR KIZAEMON

            [ガスパル 喜左衛門]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            born: ? in Arie, Nagasaki (Japan)

91.      MARIA MINE

            [マリア 峰]

            (wife of no. 105)

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            born: ? in Kuchinotsu, Nagasaki (Japan)

92.      GASPAR NAGAI SŌHAN

            [ガスパル 長井 宗半]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: ? in Kuchinotsu, Nagasaki (Japan)

93.      LUDOVICUS SHINZABURŌ

            [ルドビコ 信三郎]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            born: c. 1601 in Kuchinotsu, Nagasaki (Japan)

94.      DIONISIUS SAEKI ZENKA

            [ディオニシウス 佐伯 善可]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            born: ? in Fukae, Nagasaki (Japan)

95.      LUDOVICUS SAEKI KIZŌ

            [ルドビコ 佐伯 喜三]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            (son of no. 94)

            born: ? in Fukae, Nagasaki (Japan)

96.      DAMIANUS ICHIYATA

            [ダミアン 市弥太]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: ? in Antoku Koba (Japan)

97.      LEO NAKAJIMA SŌKAN

            [レオ 中山 宗寛]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            born: ? in Fukae, Nagasaki (Japan)

98.      PAULUS NAKAJIMA

            [パウロ 中山]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            (son of no. 97)

            born: ? in Fukae, Nagasaki (Japan) 

99.      IOANNES KISAKI KYŪHACHI

            [ヨハネ 木崎 久八]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            born: ? in Fukae, Nagasaki (Japan)

100.   IOANNES HEISAKU

            [ヨハネ 平作]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: ? in Arie, Nagasaki (Japan) 

101.   THOMAS UZUMI SHINGORO

            [トマス 新五郎]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            born: c. 1575 in Kuchinotsu, Nagasaki (Japan) 

102.   ALEXIUS SUGI SHŌHACHI

            [アレクシス 庄八]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            born: c. 1602 in Amakusa, Nagasaki (Japan) 

103.   THOMAS KONDŌ HYŌEMON

            [トマス 近藤 兵右衛門]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: c. 1564 in Mogi, Nagasaki (Japan)

104.   IOANNES ARAKI KANSHICHI

            [ヨハネ 荒木 勘七]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            born: c. 1593 in Koga, Nagasaki (Japan)

            died: 28 February 1627 on Mount Unzen, near Shimabara, Nagasaki (Japan)     

105.   IOACHIM MINE SUKEDAYŪ

            [ジョアキム 峰 助大夫]

            (husband of no. 91)

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: c. 1567 in Kuchinotsu, Nagasaki (Japan)

106.   PAULUS NISHIDA KYŪHACHI

            [パウロ 西田 休巴 ]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            born: c. 1553 in Fukae, Nagasaki (Japan)

107.   MARIA

            [マリア]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: c. 1591 in Fukae, Nagasaki (Japan)

108.   IOANNES MATSUTAKE CHŌZABURŌ

            [ヨハネ 松竹 庄三郎]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            born: c. 1589 in Fukae, Nagasaki (Japan)

109.   BARTHOLOMEUS BABA HAN’EMON

            [バルトロマイ 馬場 半右衛門]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: c. 1574 in Fukae, Nagasaki (Japan)

110.   LUDOVICUS FURUE SUKEEMON

            [ルドビコ 助右衛門]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: c. 1590 in Arie, Nagasaki (Japan)

111.   PAULUS ONIZUKA MAGOEMON

            [パウロ 鬼塚 孫右衛門]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: c. 1563 in Hachirao, Nagasaki (Japan)

112.   LUDOVICUS HAYASHIDA SŌKA

            [ルドビコ 林田 宗可]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: c. 1560 in Arie, Nagasaki (Japan)

113.   MAGDALENA HAYASHIDA

            [マグダレナ 林田]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki; married

            born: c. 1559 in Arie, Nagasaki (Japan)

114.   PAULUS HAYASHIDA MOHYŌE

            [パウロ 林田 茂兵衛 ]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            born: c. 1592 in Arie, Nagasaki (Japan)

            died: 17 May 1627 on Mount Unzen, near Shimabara, Nagasaki (Japan)     

115.   LUDOVICUS AMAGASU UEMON

            [ルドビコ 甘糟 右衛門 ]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan) 

116.   MICHAËL AMAGASU TAYEMON

            [ミカエル 甘糟 太右衛門 ]

            (son of no. 115)

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            born: c. 1594 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

117.   DOMINICA AMAGASU

            [ドミンガ 甘糟]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            (wife of no. 116)

            born: c. 1606 in Wakamatsu, Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

118.   IUSTA AMAGASU

            [ユスタ 甘糟]

            child of the diocese of Niigata

            (daughter of nos. 116 and 117)

            born: c. 1626 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

119.   VINCENTIUS KUROGANE ICHIBIYŌE

            [ビセンテ 黒金 市兵衛門 ]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            (son of no. 115)

            born: c. 1603 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

120.   THECLA KUROGANE

            [テクラ 黒金]

            young layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            (wife of no. 119)

            born: c. 1611 in Sado, Niigata (Japan)

121.   LUCIA KUROGANE

            [ルチア 黒金]

            child of the diocese of Niigata

            (daughter of nos. 120 and 121)

            born: c. 1628 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan) 

122.   MARIA ITŌ

            [マリア 伊藤]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan) 

123.   MARINA CHŌBO

            [マリーナ 長房]

            (daughter of no. 122)

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan) 

124.   PETRUS  YAHYŌE

            [ペトロ 弥兵衛]

            (son of no. 122)

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan) 

125.   MATTHIAS HIKOSUKE

            [マチアス 彦助]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            (son of no. 122)

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

126.   TIMOTHEUS ŌBASAMA JIRŌBYŌE

            [ティモテオ 大峡 次郎兵衛]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

127.   LUCIA ŌBASAMA

            [ルチア 大峡]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            (wife of no. 126)

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

128.   IOANNES GORŌBYŌE

            [ヨハネ 五郎兵衛]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            born: c. 1549 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

129.   IOACHIM SABURŌBYŌE

            [ジョアキム 三郎兵衛 ]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            born: ? in Wada, Miyagi (Japan)

130.   IOANNES BANZAI KAZUE

            [ヨハネ 板斎 主計]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan) 

131.   AUREA BANZAI

            [アウレア 板斎]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            (wife of no. 130)

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan) 

132.   ANTONIUS BANZAI ORUSU

            [アントニオ 板斎 おろす]

            child of the diocese of Niigata

            (son of nos. 130 and 131)

            born: c. 1617 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

133.   PAULUS SANJŪRŌ

            [パウロ 三十郎]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            (son-in-law of no. 130)

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan) 

134.   RUFINA BANZAI

            [ルフィーナ 板斎]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            (wife of no. 133)

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

135.   PAULUS

            [パウロ]

            child of the diocese of Niigata

            (son of nos. 133 and 134)

            born: c. 1624 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

136.   MARTHA

            [マルタ]

            child of the diocese of Niigata

            (daughter of nos. 133 and 134)

            born: c. 1628 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

137.   SIMON TAKAHASHI SEIZAEMON

            [シモン 高橋 清左衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

138.   THECLA TAKAHASHI

            [テクラ 高橋]

            child of the diocese of Niigata

            (daughter of no. 137)

            born: c. 1616 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

139.   PAULUS NISHIHORI SHIKIBU

            [パウロ 西堀 式部]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            born: c. 1598 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

140.   LUDOVICUS JIN’EMON

            [ルドビコ 甚右衛門 ]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            born: c. 1549 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

141.   ANNA

            [アンナ]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            (wife of no. 140)

            born: c. 1549 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

142.   MANCIUS YOSHINO HAN’EMON

            [マンジョ 吉野 半右衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

143.   IULIA YOSHINO

            [ジュリア 吉野]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            (wife of no. 142)

            born: c. 1 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

144.   ANTONIUS ANAZAWA HAN’EMON

            [アントニオ 穴沢 半右衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            (husband of no. 159)

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

145.   PAULUS ANAZAWA JUZABURŌ

            [パウロ 穴沢 重三郎]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            (son of nos. 144 and 159)

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

146.   ANDREAS YAMAMOTO SHICHIEMON

            [アンドレア 山本 七右衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            (husband of no. 162)

            born: c. 1 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

147.   IGNATIUS IIDA SOEMON

            [イグナチオ 飯田 惣右衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            (husband of no. 158)

            born: c. 1 in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

148.   IOANNES ARIIE KIEMON

            [ヨハネ 有家 喜右衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            (husband of no. 164)

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

149.   PETRUS ARIIE JINZŌ

            [ペトロ 有家 丹蔵]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            (son of nos. 148 and 164)

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

150.   ALEXIUS SATŌ SEISUKE

            [アレクシス 佐藤 清助]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            born: ? in Shindōgadai (now Shimo Hanazawa), Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

151.   LUCIA SATŌ

            [ルチア 佐藤]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            (wife of no. 150)

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan) 

152.   ELISABETH SATŌ

            [エリサベス 佐藤]

            child of the diocese of Niigata

            (daughter of nos. 150 and 151)

            born: c. 1626 in Shindōgadai (now Shimo Hanazawa), Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan) 

153.   PAULUS SATŌ MATAGORŌ

            [パウロ 佐藤 又五郎]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            (brother of no. 150)

            born: ? in Shindōgadai (now Shimo Hanazawa), Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

154.   N. SHICHIZAEMON

            [N. 七右衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            born: ? in Shindōgadai (now Shimo Hanazawa), Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan) 

155.   MAGDALENA

            [マグダレーナ]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            (wife of no. 154)

            born: ? in Shindōgadai (now Shimo Hanazawa), Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

156.   A DAUGHTER [少女] OF  SHICHIZAEMON AND MAGDALENA

            child of the diocese of Niigata

            born: c. 1624 in Shindōgadai (now Shimo Hanazawa), Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

157.   A DAUGHTER [少女] OF  SHICHIZAEMON AND MAGDALENA

            child of the diocese of Niigata

            born: c. 1626 in Shindōgadai (now Shimo Hanazawa), Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan) 

            died: 12 January 1629 in Hokusanbara, Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)     

158.   LUCIA IIDA

            [ルチア 飯田]

            (wife of no. 147)

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            born: ? in Nukayama, Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

159.   CRESCENTIA ANAZAWA

            [クレシェンティア 穴沢]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            (wife of no. 144)

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata  (Japan)

160.   ROMANUS ANAZAWA MATSUJIRO

            [ロマノ 穴沢 松次郎]

            child of the diocese of Niigata

            (son of nos. 144 and 159)

            born: c. 1615 in Nukayama, Yonezawa, Yamagata  (Japan)

161.   MICHAËL ANAZAWA OSAMU

            [ミカエル 穴沢 治]

            child of the diocese of Niigata

            (son of nos. 144 and 159)

            born: c. 1618 in Yonezawa, Yamagata  (Japan)

162.   MARIA YAMAMOTO

            [マリア 山本]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            (wife of no. 146)

            born: ? in Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

163.   URSULA YAMAMOTO

            [ウルスラ 山本]

            child of the diocese of Niigata

            (daughter of nos. 146 and 162 )

            born: c. 1626 in Nukayama, Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

164.   MAGDALENA ARIIE

            [マグダレナ 有家]

            (wife of no. 147)

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata

            born: ? in Nukayama, Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan) 

            died: 12 January 1629 in Minamihara, Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)     

165.   ALEXIS CHOEMON

            [アレクシス 庄右衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Niigata; married

            born: c.  1603 in Hanazawa, Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan) 

166.   CANDIDUS “BŌZU”

            [カンヂド 『坊主』]

            child of the diocese of Niigata

            (brother-in-law of no. 165)

            born: c. 1615 in Hanazawa, Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

167.   IGNATIUS

            [イグナチオ ]

            child of the diocese of Niigata

            (nephew of no. 166)

            born: c. 1628 in Hanazawa, Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)

            died: 12 January 1629 in Hanazawa, Yonezawa, Yamagata (Japan)      

168.   MICHAËL KUSURIYA

            [ミカエル 薬屋]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Nagasaki

            born: ? in Nagasaki (Japan)

            died: 28 July 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)     

169.   NICOLAUS FUKUNAGA KEIAN

            [ニコラス 永原 慶安]

            professed religious, Jesuits

            born: c. 1570 in Nagawara, Azuchi, Nagasaki (Japan)

            died: 31 July 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)     

170.   IULIANUS NAKAURA

            [ジュリアン 中浦]

            professed priest, Jesuits

            born: c. 1567 in Nakaura, Nagasaki (Japan)

            died: 21 October 1633 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)     

171.   OGASAWARA YOSABURŌ GEN’YA

            [小笠原 与三郎 玄也]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka; married

            born: ? in Buzen, Fukuoka (Japan)

172.   OGASAWARA MIYA LUISA

            [マリア 小笠原 みや]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka; married

            (wife of no. 171)

            born: ? in Buzen, Fukuoka (Japan)

173.   OGASAWARA GENPACHI

            [小笠原 源八]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka

            (son of nos. 171 and 172)

            born: ? in Kokura, Buzen, Fukuoka (Japan)

174.   OGASAWARA MARI

            [小笠原 まり]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka

            (daughter of nos. 171 and 172)

            born: ? in Kokura, Buzen, Fukuoka (Japan)

175.   OGASAWARA KURI

            [小笠原 くり]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka

            (daughter of nos. 171 and 172)

            born: ? in Kokura, Buzen, Fukuoka (Japan)

176.   OGASAWARA SASAEMON

            [小笠原 佐左衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka

            (son of nos. 171 and 172)

            born: ? in Kokura, Buzen, Fukuoka (Japan)

177.   OGASAWARA SAYUEMON

            [小笠原 三右衛門]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka

            (son of nos. 171 and 172)

            born: ? in Kokura, Buzen, Fukuoka (Japan)

178.   OGASAWARA SHIRO

            [小笠原 四郎]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka

            (son of nos. 171 and 172)

            born: ? in Kokura, Buzen, Fukuoka (Japan)

179.   OGASAWARA GORO

            [小笠原 五郎]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka

            (son of nos. 171 and 172)

            born: ? in Kokura, Buzen, Fukuoka (Japan)

180.   OGASAWARA TSUCHI

            [小笠原 つち]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka

            (daughter of nos. 171 and 172)

            born: ? in Kokura, Buzen, Fukuoka (Japan)

181.   OGASAWARA GONNOSUKE

            [小笠原 権之助]

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka

            (son of nos. 171 and 172)

            born: ? in Kokura, Buzen, Fukuoka (Japan)

182.   A SERVANT [召使い] OF THE OGASAWARA FAMILY

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka

            born: ? in (Japan)

183.   A SERVANT [召使い] OF THE OGASAWARA FAMILY

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka

            born: ? in (Japan)

184.   A SERVANT [召使い] OF THE OGASAWARA FAMILY

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka

            born: ? in (Japan)

185.   A SERVANT [召使い] OF THE OGASAWARA FAMILY

            layperson of the diocese of Fukuoka

            born: ? in (Japan)

            died: 30 January 1636 in Kumamoto (Japan)     

186.   DIDACUS YŪKI RYŌSETSU

            [ヤコブ  結城了雪]

            professed priest, Jesuits

            born: c. 1574-75 in Awa, Tokushima (Japan)

            died: 25 February 1636 in Ōsaka (Japan)     

187.   THOMAS OCHIA (KINTSUBA) JIHYŌE

            (THOMAS OF SAINT AUGUSTINE)

            [トマス・デ・サン・ アグスチン金鍔 次兵衛]

            professed priest, Augustinians

            born: c. 1602 in Ōmura, Nagasaki (Japan)

            died:  06 November 1637 in Nishizaka, Nagasaki (Japan)    

188.   PETRUS KIBE KASUI

            [ペトロ 岐部 かすい ]

            professed priest, Jesuits

            born: c. 1587 in Kibe, near Urabe, Ōita (Japan)

            died: 04 July 1639 in Tokyo (a.k.a. Edo) (Japan)     

competent dioceses: Tokyo, Nagasaki, Osaka, Fukuoka, Hiroshima, Kyoto, and Niigata

 CCS protocol number: 1985

type of cause: martyrdom

opening of diocesan inquiry: 1981

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 02 September 1994

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry: 02 May 1997

publication of Positio: 2004

session of historical consultors: 07 December 2004

particular congress of theological consultors: 05 May 2006

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 06 February 2007

promulgation of decree on martyrdom: 01 June 2007

beatification: 24 November 2008

postulator: Rev. Fernando Rojo Martínez, osa

petitioner: [see Martyrs of Japan (2): Alfonso Navarrete Benito and 204 companions]

website:

[6]      GIOVANNI BATTISTA SIDOTI AND 2 COMPANIONS

1.        CHŌSUKE

            [長助]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Tokyo; married

            born: ? in (Japan)

2.        HARU

            [はる]

            layperson of the archdiocese of Tokyo; married

            born: ? in (Japan)

            died: 13 November 1714 in Tokyo (Japan)

3.        GIOVANNI BATTISTA SIDOTI

            [ジョヴァンニ・バッティスタ・シドッティ]

            priest of the archdiocese of Palermo;

            apostolic vicar of Japan

            born: 22 August 1667 in Palermo (Italy)

            died: 27 November 1714 in Tokyo (Japan)

competent diocese: Palermo

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

rescript of “nihil obstat”:

opening of diocesan inquiry: 07 March 2019

     opening of rogatory inquiry: 19 March 2019 (Tokyo) 

     closing of rogatory inquiry: 23 March 2019 (Tokyo)   

closing of diocesan inquiry: 11 November 2021

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

session of historical consultors:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator: Rev. Mario Torcivia

petitioner:  Arcidiocesi di Palermo, Via Matteo Bonello, 2, 90134 Palermo (PA), ITALY

website: www.diocesipa.it

[7]      GIOVANNI MATTEO ADAMI

            [ジョアン・マテウス・アダミ]

            professed priest, Jesuits

            born: 17 May 1576 in Mazara del Vallo, Trapani (Italy)

            died: 22 October 1633 in Nagasaki (Japan)

competent diocese: Mazara del Vallo

CCS protocol number:

type of cause: martyrdom

rescript of “nihil obstat”: 2019

opening of diocesan inquiry: 22 October 2024

closing of diocesan inquiry:

decree on validity of diocesan inquiry:

session of historical consultors:

publication of Positio:

particular congress of theological consultors:

ordinary session of cardinals and bishops: 

postulator:

petitioner: Diocesi di Mazara del Vallo, Via Ospedale, 4, 91026 Mazara del Vallo (TP), ITALY

website: www.diocesimazara.eu