Koichi Toyama (Japanese: 外山 恒一, Hepburn: Toyama Kōichi, born July 26, 1970) is a Japanese street musician and a fringe political activist who was a candidate for the governor of Tokyo in the year 2007. He was born in Kagoshima Prefecture and lives in Fukuoka. He gained notoriety with his provocative 2007 Tokyo gubernatorial election speech.[1][2]
To all the voters!
I am Toyama Koichi
Gentlemen!
This nation is horrible.
I have no interest whatsoever in political reform or any kind of reform
Nothing will be solved by reforming or changing anything. We are no longer in such an optimistic state!
We must abandon this detestable nation.
This nation must be destroyed!
I do not have a single constructve proposal!
The only thing we must do now is "Scrap and Scrap"...
Annihilate everything that exists!
Gentlemen!
I despise each and every one of you.
The people who have supported this worthless nation, this system is YOU!
To be precise
The majority of the people who are watching this are my Sworn Enemies!
I am calling upon the minority among you people
To the people of the minority!
We must unite and rise up immediately!
The people of the majority do what they want to us.
But now, finally, a world where we the minority will not be easily oppressed is being constructed!
The people of the minority!
If you think you can change something by voting, you are COMPLETELY wrong.
An election is simply a festival for the majority!
There is nothing as idiotic as an election to us minority people.
If you choose by majority vote, of course the majority wins!
You probably wonder why I'm in the election then.
Because that story will be long
Please look at my posters on the political bulletins.
There are 2 types of posters, so be sure to read both.
I... can no longer tolerate the oppression of this nation's minority!
To the people of the minority!
There is no way we can persuade the majority!
The people of the majority will not under any circumstances listen to our voices!
A fucked up nation like this, where the majority rules...
has no other option but to be destroyed!
NO MATTER HOW MUCH REFORM IS DONE THERE IS NO HOPE!
Every single one of the political reforms being proposed presently...
are all reforms for the Majority of the People!
We the Minority...
obviously will not support or anticipate the results for any of these reforms!
We the Minority no longer ask anything from such a nation.
We the Minority only have option left
TO OBLITERATE THIS NATION!
To be completely honest...
THE ONLY PATH WE HAVE IS TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT!
I speak to the people of the minority!
Let us use my broadcast as an opportunity...
To further our ferocious, terrifying plans of overthrowing the government.
There is information on how to contact me on the posters.
I do not care if you contact me before or after the elections.
Please give me a phone call.
Of course, I do not care if you are underage and do not yet have voting rights
or if you live outside the City of Tokyo.
Elections hever had anything to do with us Minority.
I have one thing to state just in case
If I get elected...
They will be terrified.
I myself will be terrified.
Give Toyama Koichi 1 Spiteful, Malicious Vote!
Give Toyama Koichi 1 Desperate Vote!
If not, then dont go vote! Nothing will be changed through elections anyways!