Shizuoka Prefectural Police on Sunday announced the arrest of a teacher from Yokohama for appearing in an uncensored pornographic film.
On November 30, officers arrested Hitomi Sugawara, a part-time music teacher at an elementary school in Tokyo, for appearing in an adult video uploaded to an overseas Internet site that charges fees for viewings. The 27-year-old has been charged with assisting in the creation of obscene electromagnetic media for the purpose distribution.
Japanese law dictates that genitalia must be properly censored in all films.
Sugawara has reportedly admitted to the allegations.
According to the Yomiuri Shimbun (Nov. 19), Sugawara was sent by Kazufumi Nakamura, 36, to Koichi Kamidaki, a 45-year-old resident of Chiba Prefecture who works in the film production industry, for the shooting of the video on April 13, 2011.
Officers from Shizuoka arrested Kamidaki in October, while Nakamura, a resident of Saitama Prefecture, was taken into custody in November. Both suspects were charged with the possession of obscene electromagnetic materials with an intent to sell for profit.
The cyber patrol division of the Shizuoka Prefectural Police discovered the uncensored material on the site and initiated an investigation.
According to the Cuore Music site, Sugawara - whose entry has since been removed - graduated from the music department of the Tokyo University of the Arts.
While in elementary and high school, Sugawara appeared in a number of television and radio programs for public broadcaster NHK as a part of its chorus group for children. In 2003, she was awarded top prize at a soloist contest for high school students in Kanagawa Prefecture.
Source: NewsOnJapan
