Mika Yamamoto date of birth:
May 26, 1967
How old was Mika Yamamoto when died?
45
Where was Mika Yamamoto born?
Tsuru, Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
When did Mika Yamamoto die?
August 20, 2012
Where did Mika Yamamoto die?
Aleppo, Syria
Mika Yamamoto body shape:
Slim
What color are Mika Yamamoto's eyes?
Brown - Dark
What color is Mika Yamamoto's hair?
Brown - Dark
Is Mika Yamamoto gay or straight?
Straight
What is Mika Yamamoto's ethnicity?
Asian
What is Mika Yamamoto nationality?
Japanese
What is Mika Yamamoto's occupation?
Journalist
Short Biography
Mika Yamamoto (山本 美香, Yamamoto Mika) (26 May 1967 – 20 August 2012) was an award-winning Japanese video and photo journalist for the news agency Japan Press. Yamamoto was killed on 20 August 2012 while covering the ongoing Syrian civil war in Aleppo, Syria. She was the first Japanese and fourth foreign journalist killed in the Syrian civil war that began in March 2011. She was also the fifteenth journalist killed in Syria in 2012. Yamamoto was a recipient of the Vaughn-Uyeda Memorial Prize of the Japanese Newspaper Publishers and Editors Association for her reporting of international affairs in 2004.