TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have rearrested a male host within the Kabukicho red-light district who’s suspected of utilizing a relationship app to lure ladies to his membership, reviews TV Asahi (Feb. 20).
According to investigators, Takuto Takeoka, 27, was working as a number in Shinjuku Ward’s Kabukicho district, however on the relationship app he falsely acknowledged his occupation as a “marketing manager for a listed company” to satisfy a lady.
He then allegedly lured the lady into his membership as a buyer, telling her that he was truly working as a number on the facet to pursue his future desires.
Takeoka is believed to have had the lady go to his membership 3 times. She ran up payments of roughly 2.5 million yen.
Police first arrested Takeoka for a similar crime involving one other lady late final month. Upon his arrest on suspicion of violating the Law Regulating Adult Entertainment Businesses relating to soliciting, Takeoka remained silent.
As beforehand reported, Takeoka joined the membership in October 2024. The suspect made roughly 140 million yen in gross sales final yr, which was 30 % of the membership’s complete.
Documents compiling the names and monetary standing of round 400 ladies had been discovered on Takeoka’s smartphone. Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department are investigating whether or not there could also be different victims.
As a part of its measures in opposition to unscrupulous host golf equipment that drive feminine prospects to pay unreasonably excessive charges, the National Police Agency issued operational pointers in October 2025 stating that asking a lady approached on a relationship app to go to a membership with out disclosing the aim of the solicitation may represent “soliciting,” which is prohibited underneath the adult-entertainment regulation.