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Kau Kobayashi (October 20, 1908 – June 11, 1970) was a Japanese serial killer who, together with accomplice Mitsuyoshi Onuki, was responsible for murders of hotel owners Kamasuke and Ume Ikukata, called the Hotel Nihonkaku Incident. After her arrest, she confessed to fatally poisoning her husband in 1952, and was later sentenced to death and executed for her crimes.