OSAKA (TR) – Osaka Prefectural Police have served a recent arrest warrant on a 44-year-old unemployed man for allegedly extorting and sexually assaulting a highschool woman engaged in compensated relationship, or papakatsu.
According to the Mainichi Shimbun (July 30), Hisanori Hashimoto, a resident of Higashiosaka City already indicted on tried coercion expenses, was re-arrested on Thursday on suspicion of non-consensual intercourse and illicit images.
Police haven’t disclosed whether or not he has admitted to the allegations.
Met by way of social media
According to the Sonezaki Police Station, Hashimoto met the teenage sufferer by way of social media in August 2025. During their preliminary encounter, he photographed her identification card. He later despatched her threatening messages, demanding, “If you don’t meet me, I’ll tell your parents and your school.” He then allegedly compelled the woman right into a lodge the place he sexually assaulted her and filmed the act.
Investigators revealed that Hashimoto particularly focused ladies in search of papakatsu preparations on-line. His predatory techniques concerned securing images of their IDs and faces, after which secretly following them residence to {photograph} their residences to make use of as leverage for blackmail.
“Do you think it’s okay to do papakatsu? I’ll expose you,” he reportedly advised victims, forcing some to endure a number of sexual assaults below the specter of being outed to their households.
The newest expenses emerged throughout an ongoing investigation triggered by a separate grievance from one other teenage woman, which led to Hashimoto being arrested twice between May and June 2026 for tried coercion and non-consensual intercourse.
Upon confiscating Hashimoto’s smartphone, police found picture and video information of greater than a dozen different girls. Authorities suspect he’s a serial offender and are persevering with their investigation to corroborate additional crimes.