The seasoned actor who holds a variety of skills, including acting, directing, writing for the screen and dialogue, lyricist, dubbing artist, singer, and incumbent president of the Actors' Association.

Besides being the longest-serving Japanese Prime Minister, Abe has also become the victim of the first assassination of a sitting or former Japanese premier since 1936.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, "It is a despicable act of barbarity that occurred when an election, which is the basis of democracy, is being held and is totally unacceptable."