Teru Hasegawa

Teru Hasegawa (長谷川テル, Hasegawa Teru) (7 March 1912 – 10 January 1947[1] or 14 January 1947[2]) was a Japanese Esperantist, also known by her Esperanto pen name Verda Majo (green May).

[2][3] Teru Hasegawa was born Hasegawa Teruko (長谷川照子) in 1912 as the second of three children.

In 1929 she enrolled at the Women's College of Education in Nara prefecture.

She married Liu Ren, who was from Manchuria, in 1936.

She joined the Chinese resistance to Japan, where she made broadcasts aimed at the Japanese Army.