Over the years, aspiring boybands sought Johnny Kitagawa for his mentorship. It is estimated that at least “a few hundred” of them had been victimised.
Tokyo (AFP) – The president of Japan’s biggest and most successful boyband agency admitted on Thursday that its late founder sexually abused young aspiring stars, decades after allegations first emerged. Johnny Kitagawa died aged 87 in 2019, having engineered the birth of J-pop mega-groups including SMAP, TOKIO and Arashi that amassed adoring fans across Asia. […]
Julie Fujishima, niece of late pop mogul, apologises and acknowledges agency founder’s abuse for first time The president of Japan’s biggest boyband talent agency has resigned after acknowledging for the first time that its late founder sexually abused aspiring young stars. The country’s most