Tomomitsu Niimi is the eighth Aum Shinrikyo cult leader who has been sentenced to death since the Tokyo District Court sentenced the Aum Shinrikyo cult leader Kiyohide Hayakawa to death in July 2000.

• 自2000年7月东京地方法院判处奥姆教头目早川纪代秀死刑以来，新实智光是被判死刑的第八名奥姆真理教头目。