Arts Vision chairman charged with molestation of 16 year old
Matsuda Sakumi(58), chairman of seiyuu talent agency Arts Vision, has been officially charged on the 28th with the molestation of a 16 year old girl. He brought the girl into his office and commited acts of indecency when she auditioned back in December 2006, promising that he would make her a seiyuu. Matsuda has admitted to the charges. The police are continuing their investigations on suspicion that this is not the only case that he has committed.
List of well known seiyuu with Arts Vision(possible victims?)
Horie Yui: Kanon(Tsukimiya Ayu), Nagasarete Airantou(Suzu)
Kuwatani Natsuko: Rozen Maiden(Suiseiseki)
Tamura Yukari: Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha(Takamachi Nanoha)
Asano Masumi: Ikkitousen(Sonsaku Hakufu)
Ueda Kana: Fate/Stay Night(Tohsaka Rin)
Saitou Chiwa: Pani Poni Dash!(Rebecca Miyamoto)
Kugimiya Rie: Shakugan no Shana (Shana)
Takahashi Mikako: Hayate no gotoku (Nishizawa Ayumu)
Nakahara Mai: Higurashi no naku koroni (Ryuugu Rena)
Morinaga Rika: Rozen Maiden (Souseiseki)
June 1st, 2007 at 11:03 am
Please, tell me this is some sort of sick joke.
June 1st, 2007 at 1:38 pm
The inevitable question comes up with…
“How many seiyuu did he go through?”
Terribly uncomfortable.
June 3rd, 2007 at 6:23 am
Do anyone know how is the case with other agencies? What happened when some other seiyuus like Konishi Hiroko,Miyamura Yuko and some others had to resign?
Maybe this is not some one-off occasion.
June 8th, 2007 at 12:24 am
This is disappointing, in the name of fandom. Imagine these some well-known, others famous, female seiyuu get less respectable treatment than they are now, no thanks to their salary.
We’ll need more of these “incidents” to get some decent information. I’m still not convinced. :/
February 22nd, 2008 at 11:20 pm
Typically, in Japan, prosecutors won’t prosecute you unless they got rock solid evidence against you. (That’s why Japan’s conviction rates are really so high!) They won’t prosecute you if the evidence against you is so-so, because they view every acquittal as an entire carton of eggs upon their faces.
So this really doesn’t look good for Matsuda.