Former Johnnys and associates pop idol Akira Akasaka was arrested. Apparently for using stimulants, according to Police. This is actually his second drug-related arrest in less than three years.
Akasaka is a former member of the now disbanded Johnnys group Hikaru Genji, who were managed by Johnny Jimusho between 1987 and 1995.
Some Hikaru Genji Trivia
- They held the record for the youngest male group to top Japan's Oricon singles chart until HEY!SAY! 7 appeared in 2007. (For those of you not in the know, Oricon charts Japan's most hottest music, kind of like Billboard, etc)
- They were the second group in history to hold the top three spots on the Oricon Singles chart in 1988, and the third in history to take over the top two spots on the charts.
- They won a Japan Record Award for the song "Paradise Ginga" (Before Johnny and Associates decided no Johnnys group would be able to be nomiated for the the Japanese Record Awards, and Japanese academy award)
Two members left the group in 1994 (Mikio Osawa and Hiroyuki Sato) So the remaining members created Hikaru Genji 5, but they broke up only a year later. Two members had left the company after that (Kazumi Morohoshi and Junichi Yamamoto) Two members remain with Johnnys (from what I can tell) Atsuhiro Sato and Kohiji Uchiumi.
But, the man of the hour, Akira Akasaka was fired from Johnnys as on October 28,2007 he was arrested for Methemphetamines and received an 18 month prison sentence.
AND NOW, DUN DUN DUN
Akira Akasaka was arrested again on tuesday December 29th after police seached a Shinjuku hotel room Monday in relation to a seperate drug case. It was there that they found Akasaka and some woman in her 30s. He was arrested Tuesday after a urine test came back postive for drugs.
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