Former Doshisha football team member who assaulted and photographed multiple female students in a vile and vicious violation of sexual freedom.
The victims’ sexual freedom was violated, and it is nothing short of despicable and malicious. They deserve to be sentenced to prison.
The presiding judge condemned the defendants’ actions and sentenced them to prison.
On November 21, the Kyoto District Court (Judge Hiroshi Kawakami) sentenced four former members of the Doshisha University American football team to three years and six months in prison for forcible sexual assault of a drunken young woman. The defendants are Yuki Katai (22), Yugo Yamada (22), Ryo Makino (23), and Ken Hamada (23).
When Ms. A became intoxicated, the defendants took her to the home of one of the defendants and had sexual intercourse with her. When Ms. A became intoxicated, they took her to the home of one of the defendants and had sexual intercourse with her one after another. When Ms. A regained consciousness, the defendant is said to have lied about the name of the university, fearing that the crime would be discovered.
The defense asked for a suspended sentence, saying, “He should be given a chance to get back on his feet in society. The prosecution, however, argued for a prison sentence without a stay of execution because of the maliciousness of the crime, even though a settlement had been reached and the defendant was young in age.
In an article distributed on September 10, 2010, FRIDAY Digital reported in detail on an assault by a former member of the Doshisha University football team. We would like to recount and look back on the unforgivable crime (some contents have been modified).
The assault was filmed with a smartphone.
‘Drink more!’
The strong men relentlessly offered alcohol to the women. After being forced to drink several highly alcoholic cocktails, the woman was so dazed that she could not walk properly. The men put the drunken woman in a cab and took her to the main suspect’s apartment.
On September 8, 2010, the Kyoto Prefectural Police’s Investigation Section 1 arrested four men on suspicion of quasi-forcible sexual intercourse. The four defendants were Katai, Yamada, Makino, and Hamada. All were members of the Doshisha University American football team at the time.
The incident occurred in the early morning hours of May 21 of the same year. The four men were drinking alcohol in Nakagyo-ku, Kyoto, and approached women they had never met before on the street. The defendants went to a nearby bar with the women and persistently offered alcohol to one of them, a female university student, A. After drinking for more than three hours, A became intoxicated.
After more than three hours of drinking, Ms. A became unconscious, and the four men took her to Katai’s house and, taking advantage of her inability to resist, sexually assaulted her one after another for an hour starting after 4:30 a.m. The assaults were captured on a smart phone. They also filmed the assaults with a smartphone. Probably, he had Ms. A drink with the intention of indecent assault from the beginning.
Ms. A submits a damage report to the Kyoto Prefectural Police on the same afternoon. When the police checked the security camera near Katai’s house, they saw four people taking Ms. A into a room. They identified the defendants from the footage and arrested them. At the time, the police did not confirm or deny the defendants’ guilt.
Doshisha University’s football team was founded in 1940, and its team name was “Wild Rover. The team is a member of the Kansai Student First Division League, which includes Kwansei Gakuin University and Ritsumeikan University, and boasts a prestigious history of two championships. Immediately after the incident, the university’s then-president Asako Ueki issued the following statement
We take this extremely serious situation very seriously and offer our deepest sympathies to those who have been affected and our sincere apologies for causing such a stir in society.
Following the incident, the Doshisha University football team suspended its activities for three months. The team was relegated to the second division after withdrawing from league play. The defendants’ malicious and extremely malicious actions have brought unforgivable disgrace to the university’s traditions.
