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November 11, 2015 - (Keyaki Scandal) Shuukan Bunshun interviews Harada’s father “He seemed like a serious man so we let them date”Father of AKB-Group Keyakizaka46’s underage member comments about her obscenity scandal!Purikura pictures of AKB Group’s Keyakizaka46 member, Harada Mayu (17) with a man were leaked online. Bunshun interviewed the parents of both parties.The man shown in the picture has been revealed to be the teacher M-san from Harada’s middle school. In the pictures you can see him touching her breast, what people online see as concrete evidence of an obscenity act towards a minor.Countless phone calls to report and protest about this scandal were received in the middle school where he works since the pictures leaked, and on the 4th of this month there was a school assembly to discuss the topic.“Our son is rarely in contact with us. We thought he was seriously working as a middle school teacher in Tokyo. We don’t know anything about her” said father of M-san.Meanwhile, Harada’s father revealed this to Bunshun “We were surprised at first when we heard he was a teacher, but when we meet him he looked like a really serious man, so we allowed them to date”The school where M-san works didn’t allow us to interview them. Then we proceeded to call the main office of the prefecture where the school is located and were told the following “We are aware of the events. We’ve been working together with police to investigate the case”.
Keyakizaka46's Harada Mayu withdraws from the groupNovember 12, 2015It's been announced that Keyakizaka46 member Harada Mayu has withdrawn from the group.According to the announcement, the withdrawal request was put in by Harada herself. She had been aiming for the group's debut since they formed back in August. Keyakizaka46 will hold their first event "Omitatekai" on November 14 and 15 at Zepp DiverCity, Tokyo. Source: natalie
Shukan Bunshun Interviews the Fathers of Former Keyakizaka46 Member Harada Mayu and Her BoyfriendOn November 11, it was announced that Harada Mayu would be leaving soon to debut idol group Keyakizaka46. The supposed reason is the scandal that she is currently involved in. Pictures leaked of the underage Mayu with her boyfriend, her former middle school teacher. Shukan Bunshun recently picked up the story, going so far as to interview the couple’s fathers.Since the scandal erupted, the middle school in Tokyo’s Ota Ward where Mayu’s boyfriend, who will be called M-shi, teaches has been flooded with phone calls by angry parents. The problem is so bad that on November 4 a special meeting was called by school officials so that they could discuss it with parents.When Shukan Bunshun asked about his son, M-shi’s father said that he has little contact with him. He thought that M-shi was working hard on his career as a teacher in Tokyo. He also said that he knew nothing of Mayu.Mayu’s father, on the other hand, was in full knowledge of the relationship. He told Shukan Bunshun that at first he was surprised that his daughter was dating her former teacher, but that after meeting M-shi, he saw that he was a very reliable young man. He then allowed the couple to continue dating.Shukan Bunshun reached out to the principal of M-shi’s school, but he declined to comment. They then contacted Ota Ward’s board of education. They told Shukan Bunshun that they are aware of the situation and are cooperating with police as they continue to investigate. Source: http://shukan.bunshun.jp/articles/-/5604
There might be a happy ending yet.