Overview
- Tokyo’s Youth Development Division arrested Akira Awazu, 51, then-president of Kakeru Entertainment, on suspicion of non-consensual intercourse and violations of Japan’s AV victim relief and child prostitution/child pornography laws.
- Police allege that in early July 2025 he paid ¥40,000 to a 15-year-old at a Kabukichō-area hotel, filmed sexual acts without required explanations or contracts, and later sold the footage online.
- Searches of his residence uncovered roughly 1,700 explicit video files, and investigators estimate more than ¥10 million in sales from January through October 2025.
- Authorities say the girl was told her face would be processed by AI but the masking was minimal and identifiable; Awazu reportedly claimed he believed she was 18 and admitted failing to properly explain the AV appearance.
- Kakeru Entertainment announced his dismissal and pledged stronger compliance measures, while separate assault videos involving students in Tochigi and in Kumamoto’s Yamato Town are being examined by education boards with police investigations underway.