Desaparecidos en Ucrania

Ren Takeda, a Japanese former JSDF soldier and bodybuilder, joined the Ukrainian Foreign Legion in April 2022 as a machine gunner in Bravo 3 unit. He participated in operations near Kupyansk and the Petropavlovka battle. As of May 2023, he was still in the conflict zone but likely in the rear, and later reportedly sold knives.