Suspect Hayato Nakano being sent to prosecutors. He faced forward steadily, showing no change in expression. A former visual-kei band member accused of sexual misconduct At 9 a.m. on February 13, Nakano Hayato (36) appeared at the transport gate of the Mukojima Police Station. Reporters waiting aimed their cameras and relentlessly flashed strobes at him, trying to capture his face and expression. Yet Nakano did not avert his gaze or change his expression, walking straight ahead. His bare, makeup-free face was starkly different from the image of him on stage or in promotional photos. The Mukojima Police announced on the 12th that Nakano, a former visual-kei band vocalist from Nishinomiya, Hyogo, now unemployed, had been arrested on suspicion of demanding obscene images and non-consensual sexual acts. “In September 2025, Nakano allegedly sent a message via SNS saying ‘I support you’ to a 14-year-old girl living in Tokyo. He allegedly asked her to exchange contact information on the condition that she would ‘send explicit photos showing your face every day.’ Knowing she was a minor, he allegedly made her send 3–5 nude images. In October, he is also suspected of committing lewd acts at a karaoke venue in Koto Ward. The case came to light when the girl and her mother consulted the police that same month. Nakano partially denies the allegations, claiming he thought she was a high school or college student. Regarding making her send images, he stated, ‘As a band member, I am more well-known than the average person, and I didn’t want my personal information exposed, so that was the condition for exchanging contacts.’” (National newspaper social affairs reporter) Nakano was reportedly the vocalist “Sui” of the visual-kei band Gozen Reiji. The stark difference between his on-stage persona and his bare-faced appearance after arrest surprised many on social media.