Kodama Haruka considering legal action for those posting photos from her photobook without permission

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Former “HKT48” member Kodama Haruka updated Twitter on January 17th. The photos in her own photo book “Stay 25” have been found to be reprinted without permission, and she is considering legal action.

“Stay 25” is Kodama’s first photobook in six years since “Lockon” released in July 2016, and was released on November 25, 2022. When she was a member of HKT48, she suffered from depression and said, “There was a time when I was depressed because I gained 20 kilograms from my current weight, and retired from the entertainment industry for two years. It will be a photo book that contains the current body shape obtained by desperate efforts.

On the same day, Kodama posted a warning on Twitter about the images in the photobook, saying, “Please be careful not to tweet too much.”

On December 1, 2022, she announced that she would take legal action if someone posted images from the photo book that had not been lifted without permission, saying, “Why are there people who will post it despite asking for it? It’s a work that took a lot of time and passion with many staff to complete, but it’s sad to see it for free”.