Overview
- Gifu Prefectural Police arrested Ryota Kishigami, an Ogaki municipal elementary school teacher, on January 13 on suspicion of violating a penal provision on requesting transmitted images and the prefectural nuisance-prevention ordinance.
- In April 2024, he allegedly asked a girl he knew was under 16 to send a photo exposing her chest.
- Investigators allege he sent sexually suggestive messages more than 30 times each to two teenage girls between November 2023 and October 2024 and again in March 2025.
- The victims are teenage girls, and authorities have withheld identifying details as the investigation continues toward likely prosecution.
- The case came to light in October 2025 after a guardian consulted police, according to reporting based on the police announcement.