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Kinoshita Houka sexual scandal fall out – Management contract canceled, Kinoshita responds, will suspend all entertainment activities

Another actor affiliated with disgraced director/actor Sakaki Hideo was outed and now has had his management contract canceled. This time it’s Kinoshita Houka.

As his management Cactus has cut ties with the actor and released the following statement:

First of all, we sincerely apologize to those who were hurt and damaged by the actions of our actor, Kinoshita Houka.
In addition, we apologize for the inconvenience caused to all concerned parties in this news report.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
We are currently confirming the facts such as the contents reported, but we have discussed it with the person himself and that
Under the managemetn between our company and Houka Kinoshita on March 28, 2022, we would like to inform you that the contract has been cancelled.
Since Houka Kinoshita belonged to his 2019, we aim for him to be a bigger actor as a supporting player.
However, the content of this report made many people feel very uncomfortable.
In addition, it damages the image of everyone involved in the industry and causes a situation that shakes trust.
He is very sorry to do that.
Regarding his NHK drama, which has been making a noise in some media reports, we take this situation seriously.
We have requested to have him removed.
We deeply apologize to all the victims, related parties, and fans.

Kinoshita released the following statement:

I deeply apologize for the delay in reporting due to discussions with the office regarding the press, and for causing a lot of inconvenience not only to women but also to all concerned. First of all, regarding the content of the weekly magazine coverage that is currently out, there are some differences from the facts and some things that I do not remember about what happened ten years ago, but it is generally correct. However, although I am currently being contacted by a weekly magazine, I do not remember having a relationship or having a relationship or using drugs. Even with that in mind, there is no doubt that women have been deeply injured as a result of my careless actions, and I deeply apologize. I should apologize directly to the women, but I think that it may hurt them further, so I will have an agent for future correspondence. I will do it in good faith. Next, I would like to deeply apologize to all the people concerned who have caused a great deal of inconvenience as a result of my careless actions. I will not be able to continue the entertainment activities that everyone can see of me in the future, so I will stop entertainment activities. All activities will be suspended indefinitely”.

Kinoshita’s role in “”Sojiki Fudosan” has been edited and removed from the drama.

The fall out towards Kinoshita comes at the heels of the fallout of director/actor Sakaki Hideo, who was earlier this month outed by tabloid Bunshun which led to the topic of sexual assault, sexual and power harassment in the Japanese entertainment industry becoming a major topic.

Sakaki has been accused of alleged forced sexual intercourse by multiple actresses (four women, who say it took place from 2013-2017), which was reported in “Shukan Bunshun” on March 9th. One woman said she was forced to have sexual intercourse in a parking lot after drinking together with him at a bar. Another actress said she wanted to star in a short film that he was directing and he took her to a love hotel in fear that she may lose her role in the film, if she refused. Sakaki threw her on the bed and had sex with her without contraception. She refused to have sex but Sakaki allegedly did not listen and wouldn’t stop. The actress fell into depression and was forced to undergo medical treatment afterward.

Sakaki acknowledged that the article had facts and non-facts, but the fall out has since led to his management contract being canceled and his business alliance with Ruby-sue being canceled.

And now an Kinoshita Houka who has appeared in seven of Sakaki films, Kinoshita Houka (58) is now embroiled in allegations by two actresses according to Bunshun for sexual assault.

According to the allegations, Kinoshita reportedly asked them to have sexual intercourse with him.

One woman was called to Kinoshita’s home for the purpose of “acting instructions”. She was reading a script with two people but was scolded by Kinoshita who said to her “Why can’t you do it?”. The actress started crying.

Kinoshita then took her to a bedroom and said, “It’s okay, come here”. He allegedly pulled down his pants and pushed her face towards his genitals.

The victim said, “I was forced to act by mouth in a destructive manner. If I resisted, he might do something worse. I thought it would be safer to do what he said, so it would end soon”.

Another actress said she ended up having sex with Kinoshita.

The victim said, “He is as old as my parents and I felt uncomfortable. I couldn’t do anything with my strength, if I refused, there would be bad rumors about me. I was told ‘everyone is doing it’. I couldn’t refuse, I just wanted to act as an actress”.

Kinoshita can be seen on television and was also appointed as first ambassador of the Japan Bone Marrow Bank and appeared on a CM. He recently appeared in the NHK drama “Sojiki Fudosan” (Honest Real Estate) with Yamashita Tomohisa.

According to the writer of the article, he has contacted Kinoshita’s agency Cactus on March 20th, a letter was sent to the president of the company and also tried contacting Kinoshita via cell phone for interviews and has not received a response.


 

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