YouTuber KoreKore outs Watanabe Mahoto, UUUM cancels Mahoto’s contract

While yesterday’s news of once very popular YouTuber Mahoto marrying former Keyakizaka46 member Imaizumi Yui surprised people, another news regarding Mahoto was released.

UUUM has canceled the contract with Watanabe Mahoto.

On January 21st, Watanabe was accused of threatening a 15-year-old high school girl to send an obscene selfie photo to him.  Then he threatened to sue her if she told anyone.

The victim consulted with popular YouTuber KoreKore and KoreKore posted a video outing what Watanabe did. The video was streamed live and has over 1.5 million views.

It began when the 15-year-old girl sent a photo to Watanabe of her wearing an outfit with tape on her chest.  After seeing the photo, Watanabe contacted the girl and demanded she send a picture of her whole body without hiding her chest.

He told her, if you send 30 obscene photos, he will call her.  If she sends 50 photos, he will meet with her.

Scared of Mahoto’s request, she told a friend and the friend contact Watanabe who was furious at the girl and said he was betrayed.

This led to the girl to contact YouTuber KoreKore and KoreKore used his YouTube influence to expose Watanabe.  After UUUM confirmed the details, UUUM then canceled his contract.

Popular YouTuber Watanabe Mahoto (26) is one of the OG Japanese YouTubers who had 2.7 million followers, but in June 2019, he was arrested in Minato-ku, Tokyo for beating a woman (a former idol, Yumemiru Adolescence member Kyoka) whom he cohabitated with and stepping on her face.

According to reports, Mahoto said he was drunk. News reports are saying that his girlfriend confronted Mahoto in regard to his infidelity and he got angered and beat and injured her.

Mahoto was part of the hip hop group Kaiware Hammer (featuring Mahoto and fellow YouTuber Imiga). Mahoto was the rapper known as BEMA (from WatanaBEMAhoto).

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