Okamoto said he was molested by Kitagawa “15 to 20” times during his four-year stint in the agency until 2016, starting when he was just 15 years old. theSun theSundaily music singer KauanOkamoto Japan
Japanese-Brazilian singer Kauan Okamoto, a former member of Japanese idol group Johnny’s Junior, answers questions during a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of Japan in Tokyo on April 12, 2023. AFPPIX: A former teen idol on Wednesday said he was repeatedly sexually assaulted by Johnny Kitagawa, the founder of Japan's biggest boyband empire, in a rare public allegation against the late mogul.
Kitagawa died of a stroke aged 87 in 2019, having engineered the birth of J-pop mega-groups including SMAP, TOKIO and Arashi, who amassed adoring fans across Asia. He is one of the first people to publicly address Kitagawa's long-alleged history of sexual abuse against young boys, a controversy that resurfaced after a recent BBC documentary.
The musician said it was common for Kitagawa's younger talents awaiting a mainstream debut to spend the night at his penthouse apartment equipped with a jacuzzi, bar and a karaoke machine.
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