A former teen idol 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. | AFP
His young recruits were known collectively as “Johnny’s Jrs,” and flocked to Kitagawa in the hopes of making it big in the lucrative J-pop industry.
“I hope other victims will also come forward, all of them,” said Okamoto, who believes most of the “100 to 200” young recruits he worked with at the agency were similarly assaulted by Kitagawa. Okamoto, now 26, said the first time he was assaulted by Kitagawa, the mogul came into his bed and proceeded to touch his genitals and perform oral sex on him.He said Kitagawa gave him 10,000 yen the following day, without specifying what the money was for.
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