2023-05-15 02:43:34
Julie Keiko Fujishima, president of the Japanese talent agency Johnny & Associatespublished this Sunday a video and a text where he apologizes to the alleged victims of sexual abuse committed by the late founder of the firm, Johnny Kitagawa.
“First of all, I would like to express my deepest apologies to those who have claimed that they are victims,” said Fujishima, the founder’s niece and current president of the company, who chose not to confirm the facts that Kitagawa is accused of until ” be aware of them.”
Fujishima explained that your agency is committed to implementing the necessary measures to meet the needs of the victims, in an unusual comment for the company, which has been denying the facts for years.
The public apology comes a month following the Japanese singer of Brazilian origin Long Okamoto talk regarding the abuses suffered at the hands of the well-known producer and say that during the time he worked in this agency, he would have abused between 100 and 200 minors.
Okamoto (1996) joined Johnny & Associates in 2012, when he was barely 15 years old, with the aim of becoming a musical idol and remained in it until 2016, where he suffered twenty abuses and witnessed many others towards his companions.
Kitagawa (1931-2019) He was a well-known producer and agent who is still revered in the Asian country for creating a formula for stardom and is still used in the entertainment industries. K-Pop y J-Pop in South Korea and Japan, recruiting young people and training them until their eventual debut.
Rumors regarding cases of abuse at his agency began in 1988, when Koji Kitathen a member of the boy band Four Leaves denounced that Kitagawa had used his position of power to abuse minors in his care.
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