How could Ehara have committed two crimes at once? Was the sexual battery just a cover up? Has Ehara gamed the entire justice system? As victims surface and Yagami digs farther into the truth, he is faced with a question: Defend the law, or enact justice? From just a single stumble, one can become a monster… BRINGING JUSTICE AT THE EDGE OF THE LAW Put Yagami’s distinct martial arts forms to the test in order get to the bottom of the case. She contacts detective Takayuki Yagami to investigate this further. His defense lawyer, Saori Shirosaki, has no doubt that crucial details of the situation have been overlooked, as Ehara was not even tried for the murder. Have you identified it yet?” he proclaims as confusion cuts through the court room. “Three days ago, a dead body was found in an abandoned building in Yokohama. A bystander’s video footage of his attempt to flee the scene and subsequent apprehension is all over the news, and public outcry demands a maximum sentence.
Akihiro Ehara stands accused of groping a woman on a crowded train.
“Three days SEIZE THE TRUTH - December 2021, Tokyo district court. Summary: SEIZE THE TRUTH - December 2021, Tokyo district court.Additionally, a strange policy that prevented stars from accepting awards - which forced Kimura himself to decline a Japanese Oscar in 2006 - has been removed. It has also started to add photos of talent to its website, stopped silhouetting people out of images, and allowed more music to be available digitally. In 2021, the company made its first official English Twitter account. It’s widely believed that Kitagawa was responsible for the controlling nature of the company, and signs indicate the agency is becoming increasingly relaxed in regards to its stars. The founder of Johnny & Associates, Johnny Kitagawa, passed away in 2019 and the agency has been haemorrhaging talent ever since. So where does that leave the possibility of the karaoke minigame appearing in Lost Judgment? Well, there’s hope, even if it is only a slim chance. Perhaps this is why it doesn’t allow its stars to become internationally renowned, instead preferring to keep them where they are more easily managed. The agency clearly has a lot of control when it comes to media in Japan, although it naturally wouldn’t have the same level of control overseas. There doesn’t seem to be a clear cut reason for the extreme measures that Johnny & Associates takes - stunting the international growth of its stars seems to go against the basic concepts of good business - so I can only assume it’s down to possessiveness. Kimura agreed to take on the role of Manji for Takashi Miike’s Blade of the Immortal when the director approached him directly after Johnny & Associates had already repeatedly refused the project. This wouldn’t be the first time the SMAP star has taken on a project without the agency’s approval. Album covers showing the singers could not be posted on the internet, with websites being forced to silhouette out the singers, while Tower Records stores either blurred out the album covers or had to get creative and show the only part of the products they could - the part that doesn’t feature the band. The agency controls the appearances of its stars and owns the rights to all of their music, merchandise, and images, to the point where, until recently, the company didn’t even allow photos of their talent online - not even on its own website. If you’re wondering why you’ve never heard of SMAP despite them being the biggest band in Japan, it’s because Johnny & Associates’ acts are deliberately denied international exposure. However, it’s more likely that it comes down to Johnny & Associates and its notoriously stringent policies. Perhaps it was a budget issue - Sega couldn’t foot the bill for the vocal talents of such a huge star, especially in a spin-off title.
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So, why didn’t Sega take advantage of the fact that Kimura is a professional singer who is more than capable of recording a few karaoke tracks? Well, it likely comes down to one of two things.
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