Rape and Drug Incident Report on 10 Female Job Hunting Students One after Another “as an outlet of sexual desire”…Rape and Drug Incident “Raw Reality

The defendant’s actions were outrageous, disregarding the dignity of the victims and using them as an outlet for his own sexual desires.

The presiding judge condemned the defendant’s despicable behavior.

On September 4, the Tokyo District Court (presided over by Ken Nomura) sentenced Kenjiro Maruta, 33, a former Recruit Group employee, to 25 years in prison for the crime of quasi-forcible sexual intercourse. Maruta is alleged to have sexually assaulted at least 10 college girls who were looking for jobs over a period of several years by forcing them to take sleeping pills.

According to the verdict, “From April ’17 to October ’20, Maruta used a drink containing a sleeping pill on college women who were seeking advice on job hunting. The students were unable to resist. Maruta is said to have committed indecent acts at a hotel in Tokyo and at his home.

In an article distributed in FRIDAY Digital on October 13, ’21, nonfiction writer Kota Ishii reported in detail on “rape drugs” based on the Maruta defendant’s case. We would like to reproduce the article and reconsider the deep darkness and raw reality of the issue (the content has been revised and titles have been abbreviated).

700 Sleeping Pills from Home

In the past few years, the number of sex crimes involving sleeping pills, known as rape drugs, has been increasing worldwide. Japan is no exception.

One of the most recent cases involving the use of rape drugs in Japan is the serial rape-drug rape case committed by Maruta (30 years old at the time of his arrest) in 2008.

Maruta, an employee of Recruit Communications, used a job-hunting app’s alumni matching function to call on female job-hunting students one after another, offering to “guide” them in their job hunting.

Why did these girls readily agree to these calls?

Not only is job hunting at COVID-19 crisis a difficult task, but for female students who had no alumni to visit, Maruta must have been the person they wanted to reach out to, no matter what it took. Maruta skillfully exploited the psychology of these job hunters, falsifying information such as the university they attended and luring them out by saying that if they left the job hunting to him, the job hunting would be fine.

Maruta then took them to his hotel or home under the guise of “job hunting guidance” or “help with assignments. The female students, too, were limited in where they could go because of the COVID-19 crisis, so they probably went to the designated places with the hope that they would be able to find something to help them.

He treated them kindly and put them at ease. He then gave them cocktails containing rape drugs and other drinks. After a few sips, the girls lost their memories. Maruta committed sexual crimes against these female students.

After his arrest, a total of 700 sleeping pills of 10 different kinds were found in Maruta’s house. In addition, photographs of approximately 40 female victims were found on his smartphone and other devices. The victims were put to sleep, and video and still images were taken of them as they committed the crimes.

As of October of this year, the police have arrested Maruta 10 times, but it is estimated that the number of women actually victimized by him is far greater.

When questioned by the police, Maruta is said to have stated, “I won’t say whether I admit or deny.

I won’t say whether I admit or deny. I feel very sorry that I neglected the women.”

The case of Maruta raises a number of questions about sex crimes involving rape drugs.