The gossip magazine Weekly Wenchun broke the news in October 2022 that voice actor Takahiro Sakurai had an extramarital affair for 10 years, and stopped producing the radio program “PS Yuanji desu. Takahiro”. Today (17th) Weekly Wenchun further released the revelations regarding the second person (pseudonym B) who had an affair, revealing that Sakurai Takahiro had given him a ring at that time, and asked her to send private photos following Sakurai got married.
Sakurai did not publicly state her marital status until it was revealed that she was married on September 23, 2022. On October 24th, the official Twitter of Sakurai’s 9-year radio program “PS Yuanji desu. Takahiro” deleted all posts and photos without warning. Then Weekly Wenchun broke the news on the 26th of the same month that Sakurai actually had an affair. The object was the producer of the radio program (pseudonym A child). He had been with Sakurai for 10 years on the premise of marriage. He quit the industry because he heard the news of the marriage was too shocking.
And this time, B, who took the initiative to break the news, said that when he was dating Sakurai in 2006, he accidentally discovered that Sakurai was dating another popular voice actor (pseudonym X) at the same time. In 2009, B decided to break up with Sakurai due to the separation of the two places.
In 2016, son B and Sakurai met once more in the work field, and the old relationship revived; in 2018, son B was asked by Sakurai many times to send private photos of breasts or lower body; in 2019, he received a custom-made ring from Sakurai, although Sakurai did not have any Explain whether it is a marriage proposal, but Mrs. B thinks this is proof of their commitment.
Son B then revealed that following Sakurai ended his relationship with X, he married Y in 2018 (according to industry insiders when the marriage news was made public, Y was a former voice actor of the same generation as Sakurai), and asked Son B once more 7 days following marriage Send private photos. On June 13, 2021, the day when Sakurai turned 47, he broke up with the other party through a text message, and did not intend to disclose the fact that Sakurai was married and cheated.
However, in October 2022, following the first wave of reports of Sakurai’s unrequited love was made public, son B realized that it was meaningless for him to keep secret at that time, and recalled the days when he washed his face with tears for this relationship. On the 27th, son B sent a text message to Sakurai, hoping that he might explain to himself what was reported, and asked Sakurai to “don’t just apologize just because it wasn’t written in the report.”
On November 2, son B received a text message from “Sakurai’s wife (Y)”, saying that he had negotiated with a lawyer and planned to pay son B 1 million yen as an apology fee. Sakurai Office stated that the amount of compensation has been requested to be increased to 10 million yen, and if B does not accept the original conditions, it may be turned into a criminal case.
Son B was diagnosed with ulcerative colitis by a doctor because he had no consensus with Sakurai’s lawyer, which affected his mental state and is still undergoing treatment.
After Sakurai Takahiro’s unethical news broke, although he stopped attending public events such as Jump Festa, Sakurai was not demoted (resigned) except for the radio program “こむちゃっとカウントダウン”.
Works still voiced by Takahiro Sakurai include Xia Youjie in “Spell Return”, Tomioka Yoshiyuki in “Demon Slayer”, Diablo in “About the Time I Reincarnated into a Slime”, and “Theatrical Monster”. “Pharmacist and others.
