wataru kakuchi was a passionate musician talented cook and loyal friend you you must be in shock about what happened I'm so so shocked we're really really sad that we can't eat any more food he makes it kaku's friends and former co-workers from yel Town's haa is Sakaya restaurant still trying to make sense of a nonsensical tragedy we don't know why it happened to him he's not the kind of person to cause trouble says this devastated friend kuchi a 32-year-old Japanese national was found suffering from stab Worlds at roughly 3:30 Wednesday morning near Main and Union in Vancouver the motive unknown the owner of haa says kakuchi was out with co-workers Tuesday night in Gast town and was supposed to be catching a taxi home to bernabe this was just a normal guy who happened to be uh in an industry that that's not an uncommon time of night to be winding down Vancouver Police say kakuchi does not have a criminal history investigators are still hunting for a suspect Witnesses and video we have not determined what a motive is and we have not determined what the circumstances were that led up to this homicide we met with Japan 's Deputy Cil General who is grateful for all of the messages of sympathy satomi okagaki tells us the consulate has made contact with kakuchi family in Japan at this point it's too early to say what may happen regarding repatriation of the body because of the ongoing homicide investigation Romina DEA Global News