Renowned supporting actor Naomasa Rokudaira was involved in his eldest son’s suspected 200 million yen investment fraud!

Actor Naomasa Rokudaira (70) has played supporting roles in many TV dramas, including the historical drama “Yae no Sakura” (NHK) and “Trick” (TV Asahi). One of the industry’s most prominent byplayers is currently embroiled in a huge financial trouble amounting to approximately 200 million yen.

It all started with an investment dispute between Company A, which has its headquarters in the Kansai region, and Rokuhira’s eldest son, Yuki (pseudonym, in his 30s).

A source at Company A said, “I met Yuki around February of last year through a mutual acquaintance. He asked me to invest 200 million yen in a large-scale music festival that is held every year in Korea and for which he could obtain the rights to hold in Japan.

Company A’s condition for the investment was that a joint guarantor be prepared. The name that came up was Yuki’s father, Rokuhira.

Rokhira, Yuki’s father, was named as the co-signer. I responded to him, saying, ‘We will invest in the company as long as your father is willing to be the guarantor.

In response to these words, Yuki arranged an online meeting with several people, including the representative of Company A. The meeting took place in mid-April of last year. Rokuhei himself attended the meeting held in mid-April of last year.

He said, “I actually asked Naomasa-san to attend the meeting and greeted him and the representatives. At that time, we also asked Naomasa-san a reminder question, ‘Are you okay as a co-signer? After the guarantor’s confirmation was obtained, we officially concluded the contract and transferred 200 million yen to Yuki’s company account.”

The contract document obtained by this magazine also shows the names and electronic signatures of Yuuki, the representative of Company A, and Rokhei in the joint guarantor’s column.

The day after the transfer, we received a remittance record and a bankbook statement showing that he had paid ¥200 million to a Korean partner company as proof that he had used the money to acquire the rights.

The investment talks seemed to have come to a successful conclusion, but in June, two months after signing the contract, the payment of dividends began to be delayed.

When we contacted Yuki, he replied that the venue had been changed and that he would not be able to collect sponsors. When we contacted Yuki, he replied that the venue had been changed and that he could no longer collect sponsors.

Then it became clear that Yuki was suspected of embezzling the funds.

When we contacted the party to whom we had allegedly given the money, they replied that they had not received the 200 million yen. When we asked him to explain again at the end of last year, he confessed that he had actually used the 200 million yen for another purpose. In the end, it turned out that the money transfer record and the bank book were all forgeries. According to Rokuhira, of the 200 million yen entrusted to him, he handed over part of it in cash to a South Korean affiliate, but used the remaining 180 million yen to pay off debts and lend to acquaintances, although the authenticity of that, too, is unknown.

What does Rokhira have to say about the series of allegations? When we inquired at his office, he admitted to the trouble and answered our questions.

The April 12 issue of “FRIDAY, April 26” details the truth of the allegations as told by Rokuhira to this magazine. The paid version of “FRIDAY GOLD” further includes photos of the contract and other documents that support Yuuki’s allegations of fraud.

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