The number of men who have come forward to say they were abused by the once-celebrated J-pop agent Johnny Kitagawa is now close to 1,000, according to a BBC documentary airing tonight.
The Shadow of a Predator hosted by Mobeen Azhar will show testimony from a wealth of people who were young boys signed by the Johnny & Associates talent agency, which was dissolved last year following the first bombshell documentary from the BBC.
The number of men who have come forward to Smile-Up – Johnny & Associates’ successor company – is now at 964, the doc will reveal, while airing an exclusive interview with Smile-Up CEO Noriyuki Higashiyama, a former actor.
Kitagawa died in 2019 aged 87 and was celebrated for his six-decade long contribution to Japanese pop culture, but allegations of abuse emerged after his death.
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