On October 4, Richard Keita Kusama, a member of the popular idol group “A! group” belonging to STARTO ENTERTAINMENT, was arrested on suspicion of public indecency. According to reports from various media, a man passing by the building’s entrance in Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, in the early morning reported that “someone was exposing his lower body,” and was taken into custody. He was taken into custody. The police are investigating the situation in detail. Kusama, who was born half to an American father and Japanese mother, joined the former Johnny’s office in 2009, and in 2019 was selected as a member of the Kansai Johnny’s Jr. group “Ae! group,” but it took him five long years to make his CD debut. In December 2023, one of the members, Taiharu Fukumoto, suddenly withdrew from the group and had his contract terminated due to a “serious compliance violation,” but he managed to make his CD debut in 2024. In recent years, she has appeared on “The! DASH! (Nippon Television Network Corporation) and other variety shows, and their earnest and hard-working nature, such as their certification as gas welding technicians, made them popular. (NTV). As a group, they had just started their first nationwide television program, “Ae! group’s Q&A! However, the incident reminded some fans of Kusama’s past “bad habits. I thought it would be Kojima or Richa who would do something wrong with alcohol, but it turns out that Richa did it…I thought Richa would do something even worse since he was a habitual offender of being late because he couldn’t get up after drinking the other day on his senior’s TV show. I knew Richa was going to do something. I don’t know how it will turn out since there is a precedent with Tsuyoshi, but he was late for DASH in the past as well. Although he has not been conspicuously late recently, looking back, he was late for his appearance in 2022 on “The Tetsuwan! DASH! DASH!” in 2022, Kusama overslept and woke up three hours after the meeting time. DASH!” in 2022, Kusama overslept and woke up three hours after the set time. He apologized to the crew and joined them on location, but in 2023, he was again three hours late for the same show, which caused some consternation. In the past, Daichi Imae, who worked with Kusama when they were in Kansai Jr. and is still active in STARTO’s Acting Department, appeared on his radio program, “Imae Daichi no Reco Men! (Bunka Hoso), who is still active in the acting department of STARTO, once spoke about Kusama’s habit of being late on his radio program, “Daichi Imae’s Reco Men! Richa stays up late. I won’t tell you why. I won’t tell you why, but you’ll understand. He was a habitual tardy tardy taker. The way he spoke, it seemed that he was repeatedly late after drinking deeply. In the past, former SMAP member Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, who was also arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure, made a speedy comeback to work after only one month. In the past, former SMAP member Kusanagi, also a senior member of the office, was arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure. Please check …… to find out how things turned out.
