TOKYO (TR) – Tokyo Metropolitan Police have arrested a 51-year-old firm president who’s suspected of sexually assaulting an underage woman, filming the assault and promoting the footage on-line as an grownup video, experiences NHK (Jan. 9).
Police believing Akira Awazu, 51, the president of Kakeru Entertainment, an organization in Shibuya Ward that manages movie star fan golf equipment, might have collected round 10 million yen in income from the sale of grownup movies that includes underage women and girls.
Last July, Awazu provided 40,000 yen to a 15-year-old center college woman, sexually assaulted her at a lodge within the Kabukicho red-light district, filmed the assault and offered the footage on-line as an grownup video with out issuing a contract or different doc.
Police accused Awazu of violating the Child Pornography Prohibition Act relating to the filming and sale of the footage. He partially admits to the allegations. He mentioned, “I gave in to my sexual desires. [But] I thought the girl was 18 years old.”
He was additionally accused of violating the New Adult Video Law for not issuing a contract to the woman.
“Your face would be edited using AI”
The sufferer was a runaway on the time. The incident was found when she was taken into custody by police in Kabukicho.
Before filming the video, Awazu instructed the feminine scholar to lie about her age and say she was 18. “You can’t say you’re a middle school student,” he mentioned.
The suspect additionally mentioned, “Your face would be edited using AI.” However, her face was clearly proven within the precise video. As for the suspect, he was carrying a balaclava and swimming goggles to cover his face, police mentioned.
During questioning, Awazu additionally said that he approached females “in their teens and twenties in the Kabukicho area and filmed them engaging in obscene acts, then sold [the footage].”
Police discovered roughly 1,700 obscene movies on a tough drive seized in the course of the investigation.
Tokyo police consider that Awazu made at the least 10 million yen from promoting grownup movies. The investigation is ongoing, together with into whether or not another minors have been concerned.
GACKT
Kakeru Entertainment is a manufacturing firm that handles manufacturing tasks reminiscent of planning, producing and managing varied occasions. It additionally performs on-line fan membership administration, together with for musician GACKT.
In response to this report, GACKT said on X, “First of all, as the head of the project, I accept this fact as a heavy reality. Even though [Awazu] was involved in subcontracting work, it honestly makes me sick to think that someone who had even the slightest connection to me was engaging in this kind of behavior behind the scenes.”
Kakeru Entertainment said on its official web site on Friday, “In light of the seriousness of the situation, we have already fired and dismissed the former executive in question.”
It added, “We would like to offer our deepest and sincere apologies to all those involved and to everyone who has always supported our company for the great concern and inconvenience caused by the serious problem caused by our former executive.”
GACKT additionally wrote, “I strongly demand that the person who committed this crime be punished by the judicial system. As a fellow adult, I am deeply disappointed.”