Cabaret club employee Rino Tazawa and her boyfriend Kota Fukumoto arrested for cocaine possession
Quick Look
- By the 16th, the Metropolitan Police Department had arrested Rino Tazawa (27), a cabaret club employee and company executive, and Kota Fukumoto (28), a company executive who lives with her and her partner, on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Control Act.
- Tazawa, who appeared on a YouTube audition show as ``Yamatorino,'' admitted to the charge that the two used cocaine together.
- Suspect Fukumoto denies the charges.
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Why It Matters
Earlier this year, the Metropolitan Police Department received information that Tazawa was using cocaine and began investigating.
By the 16th, the Metropolitan Police Department had arrested cabaret club employee and company executive Rino Tazawa (27), of Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, and her live-in partner, company executive Kota Kota Fukumoto (28), on suspicion of violating the Narcotics Control Act on suspicion of possessing cocaine. This was revealed through interviews with investigators.
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Tazawa has been active under the name "Yamatorino" on YouTube audition programs, etc., and admitted the charges, saying, "The two of us used the name together." The suspect Fukumoto denies it, saying, ``It's not mine.''
The suspect was arrested on the 15th on suspicion of possessing approximately 0.4 grams of cocaine in a bag at the apartment he lives with.
According to investigators, they received information earlier this year that Tazawa was using cocaine. Twenty-one other bags containing white powder and straws that were believed to have been used for suction were also found in the home, and the agency will also investigate whether they were suspected of having been used for suction.
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AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The Metropolitan Police Department will continue to investigate the suspicion of using the drug, and will decide on the direction of prosecution depending on the results.
Likely · Within weeks
Open Questions
- Is there any clear evidence that suspect Fukumoto was in possession of cocaine?
- What is the identity of the seized white powder?
- What is the future direction of the investigation and what are the prospects for prosecution?
