Former Johnny’s Jr. member Nikenori Nihonju “I have decided to leave Japan to protect my family from slander.

The BBC documentary “Shadow of the Predator: After the Dismantling of Johnny’s,” aired on March 30, was shocking.

It was the admission by Noriyuki Higashiyama, 57, president of Smile Up, that two staff members of the office, in addition to the late Janie Kitagawa, had sexually assaulted the talents belonging to the company.

He joined the Johnny’s s office in August ’96 at the age of 13. Akimasa Nihongi, 40, was one of those who was shocked by the accusations of sexual assault by the late Johnny Kitagawa, which began in the fall of the same year, and which were reported under his own name 10 times. However, this was in response to a statement made by President Higashiyama, who has long reigned at the top of the Japanese talent.

When asked by a BBC reporter if there was a climate of rampant sexual assault, President Higashiyama denied it. In reality, however, sexual assault has been going on within Johnny’s for half a century. I wish President Higashiyama had at least told the truth.”

Mr. Nimoto was a member of the “golden age” of the junior group, which included such big names as Kazuya Ninomiya (40), Shingo Murakami (42), and Tomohisa Yamashita (39), all of whom joined the group at the same time. I have seen many Jr. members who accepted sexual assault as a rite of passage or as a means of survival.

Regarding the slander of those who have complained of harm, President Higashiyama said, “There is also freedom of speech. I think that ‘freedom of speech’ that hurts people is subject to regulation. We have been sexually assaulted, and now we are being slandered for having had the courage to report the damage. We are suffering doubly, and we want concrete measures to be taken against slander, not just a reminder on the website.”