Your Name producer is arrested for harassment of a minor

Kouichirou Itou, a renowned 52-year-old anime producer and one of those responsible for producing the successful film Your Name, was arrested by the Wakayama Prefectural Police because the accused requested nude images of a 15-year-old girl, a student. high school student and resident of Nagano.

Koichiro Ito is currently arrested on suspicion of violating the “Prohibition of Child Prostitution and Pornography,” and Wakayama Prefectural Police are also investigating whether there are any other victims. The Japanese producer admitted to the charges, although according to authorities he claimed that he “had done it with other people, so he couldn’t say if the charges were about this girl or not.” According to the information provided by the authorities, Itou requested the photographs from the girl in September 2021, having full knowledge that she was a minor at the time.

According to the Wakayama Prefectural Police on the 22nd, Ito Koichiro met a first-year high school student from Nagano Prefecture through the Internet. She was only 15 years old at the time. Ito Koichiro knew that the girl was a minor, but she asked the police. she student to take nude photos and use them wisely. Send them by mobile phone. Police tracked down this case while investigating another incident of child prostitution. Ito Koichiro generally confessed to the crime, but also said, “I have similar interactions with other people, but I don’t really remember this girl.”

Koichiro Ito has been a partner of animation director Makoto Shinkai for many years. His previous works such as the one already mentioned Your Name, 5 Centimeters Per Second, The Garden of Words, cross road and the most recent Suzume They were all produced by him.

《你的名字》製片人伊藤耕一郎向女高中生收取裸照被逮，手機還被搜出大量淫穢照。（圖／翻攝自X、日本亞馬遜）

Fountain: LINE TODAY