Japanese fantasy adventure anime movie Suzume’s producer Koichiro Ito was arrested in Japan for allegedly forcing a teenage girl to send him n*ked pictures on social media.
According to Tellerreport Ito, the individual in charge of a production company in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, was arrested and charged by Wakayama Prefectural Police with allegedly facilitating child pr-stitution and p*rnography involving underage girls.
He is accused of allegedly pressuring a high school student he met on an internet social networking site (SNS) to send him pictures of herself in her underwear. The prefectural police are looking into the potential existence of other victims.
He worked on and contributed to numerous very important anime productions, although he has become best known for Suzume (2022), Your Name (2016), and The Garden of Words (2013). It seems that his involvement came to light when the Police were looking into a different case.
Koichiro Ito Arrested For Allegedly Forcing Teenage Girl to Send Nude Content
Ito allegedly committed his criminal act in September 2021, when he allegedly gave the girl instructions to shoot a n*ked selfie and send it to him despite allegedly knowing she was under the age of 18. The girl was a first-year high school student who was fifteen years old at the time. His alleged part in the matter has seemingly come to light during the police investigation of another similar case.
The rest of the details about the case will be revealed in the future.
Ito’s arrest and involvement in the case have come as a shock for the anime and Japanese media industry as he has been a part of many big projects and has been present in the industry for a long time.
Koichiro Ito Has Produced 11 Different Anime Movies
Koichiro Ito is a pretty big name in the world of anime movies. According to Kinorium, Ito has produced 11 different anime movies and has even written one of those anime movies. These movies include Suzume, Modern Love Tokyo, Weathering with You, Haikara-San: Here Comes Miss Modern, Ani × Para: Anata no Hero wa Dare Desu ka, Your Name., The Garden of Words, After School Midnighters, Hoshi o Ou Kodomo, Starry Sky Miracle, and Kakurenbo.
The movie that he has written is Starry Sky Miracle which tells the tale of Kozue, a young woman who fantasizes about a summer romance and a starry sky. She embarks on an adventure one summer break, sensing someone is calling from a distance and carrying a sparkling piece of a fallen meteor on her wrist.
Among all his works the most famous is Suzume, the fourth highest-grossing Japanese film of all time as well as the fourth highest-grossing film of 2022 in Japan. The film has also received a nomination for Best Animated Feature at the 81st Golden Globe Awards.
