Kenshin Uemura Arrested in Hong Kong on “Indecency Charges”, Officials Are Willing to Release a Sequel to the Film…But “Harsh Reality” Awaits

Case number: WKCC 919/2025.

This article in the foreign media seems to indicate the seriousness of the situation.

Kenshin Uemura, 25, a former member of the six-member dance and boy group “ONE N’ ONLY,” whose contract was terminated by the major entertainment agency Stardust Promotion on March 4, was the subject of an article in the Hong Kong-based online news portal “Hong Kong 01. According to local news reports, Uemura’s face has been featured prominently in the news.

According to local news, Uemura visited Hong Kong for a fan meeting on March 1, and held a celebration banquet with his staff at a restaurant. At that time, he is suspected of indecently assaulting a woman he had never met before, who acted as an interpreter for the event.

The next day (the 2nd), the female victim, accompanied by a welfare commissioner, reported the incident to the police, who arrested Uemura on the same day. He was provisionally charged and appeared in the West Kowloon Magistrate Court on the morning of the 4th. The case was adjourned until April 15 for further proceedings, according to the report.

At the end of the article,

According to Article 122 of the Penal Code, Chapter 200 of the Laws of Hong Kong, “indecent act” is a felony, with a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison if convicted. He stressed that the police will take a zero tolerance attitude toward any obscenity and will strictly enforce the law. The people shall not break the law.

It is written.

Mr. Uemura was visiting Hong Kong for a fan meeting for the Yomiuri TV drama “Minors: Immature We Are Clumsy in Progress,” which he starred in last October. However, on the 4th, it was suddenly announced that he had withdrawn from the group and terminated his contract with the office due to a serious compliance violation. Behind the scenes, there was this arrest drama,” said a person involved in a wide-ranging TV show.

The fan meeting in Japan that was scheduled to be held on the 5th was canceled, and the content of the “DAN! EBiDAN!” (TV Tokyo), scheduled to air on March 6, has been rescheduled, and “Premier’s Cave” (Fuji TV), scheduled to air on March 9, has also been rescheduled.

For now, the two-part film in which Mr. Uemura appears, “BATTLE KING! Map of The Mind -Preface and Ending” will continue to screen the “Preface,” which is currently in theaters, and “Ending” will be screened on March 14 as planned. However, as reports of the arrest in Hong Kong have spread to Japan, the response may change. In fact, there have been numerous discussions among people involved in the film as to whether or not it will be shown.

The film’s director, Genki Takigawa, updated his Instagram story on March 6,

He questioned the news reports about Kenshin’s arrest, saying, “Is he being treated as a criminal even though the verdict has not yet been made?

He expressed his willingness to go public after questioning the news reports of his arrest. However, in the comments section of the article that reported this comment,

“You don’t show enough consideration for the victims.

Mr. Kamimura is to blame.

“Mr. Uemura is the one to blame.

The public’s attention to the issue of sexual assault is becoming increasingly severe, as “problems with women” in the entertainment industry, such as the problems of Matsumoto Hitoshi and Nakai Masahiro, are reported one after another. The fact that Fuji Television has dropped all of its commercial sponsors is a clear indication of this. Unlike television, movies are watched by audiences who choose to watch them and pay for them, but it is no wonder that there are criticisms about releasing a movie with a suspected actor in it.

Incidentally, the film was distributed by Stardust Pictures, an affiliate of Stardust, Uemura’s former agency.

Therefore, we are going to confirm the fact that Uemura was arrested in Hong Kong and that the sequel film “BATTLE KING!!!! We contacted Stardust about whether “Ends” would be released on March 14 as scheduled, but did not receive a response by the deadline.

Uemura’s crime of betraying his fans and having a significant impact on his work is a serious one–and he is now facing the consequences.