High school girl arrested for stalking Johnny’s 7 MEN Samurai member

Phew! That was a close shave with another potential tragedy. Yet no mention of referral to mental health counseling for this delusional and suicidal minor ?

- “On Apr 30 she once again approached Sasaki, this time holding a box cutter, …while brandishing the blade were, “You don’t need to worry about stalking, because I won’t go on anymore,” “I bought this box cutter to die. I came to you to because I wanted to apologize before dying.”

Thank goodness Sasaki is a celebrity and he could have his agency pressure police to investigate, confront the stalker and even talk to her parents. Seems everyone else may pretty much on their own if Jpolice choose not to follow through on stalking complaints.

“it’s an important reminder for all of us to stay alert and safe out there, because anyone is capable of unknowingly walking into the unwanted attention of a stalker.” -

“Fan” is shortened from Latin fanaticus, meaning persons "insanely devoted, believing themselves fatefully, or even divinely inspired”.

This story ends in the note that everyone can be safe IF constantly vigilant, not due to proactive law enforcement & available mental health counseling but mostly due to just “Luck” and “Hope”:

*- “Luckily, no one was harmed this time and hopefully everyone involved can get the help they need to move on in the future.” -*

Good luck out there women and children!

She's quite the nutter who's in dire need of help. Glad nothing tragic happened.

I know a women like her, minus the suicide threat. She has a part-time job so she can follow the band member all over the world. She is very strange. These people exist.

Many of them exist here in Japan, the land of omotenashi!

 Sasaki being a celebrity

I’m glad they wrote this.

I wouldn’t have known otherwise.

reported to have followed Sasaki around

Yeah, must be a hard life when women follow you around………let’s hope and pray that he wasn’t scared….

According to the police, Sasaki managed to stay calm and quickly went to his management’s offices for fear that she might harm someone in the crowded street. 

Calling the police would have been more sensible given she was carrying a knife.

Schoolgirls must be scary these days....

 fearing for his safety he consulted with his agency

When this country can produce strong people, it will survive. Hate all you want, but when fantasy "men" are afraid of girls....

Schoolgirls must be scary these days....

 fearing for his safety he consulted with his agency

-3( +0 / -3 )

Sensible @Harry_Gatto 9:41am but Johnny’s probably has strict NDA’s preventing their revolving stable of slaves from contacting police directly until management is notified and considers marketing such incidents.

Look how they turned this incident into free publicity and a promotion (of course with the help of local media):

- “▼ Sasaki gained a big following online during the pandemic for his Taiko’s Challenge home videos.” -

According to the police, Sasaki managed to stay calm and quickly went to his management’s offices for fear that she might harm someone in the crowded street. Fortunately, she was apprehended before any harm came to herself or others

Very glad he's ok. Why did he not call the police immediately while keeping an eye on her until they arrived? Or, disarm her himself? She could have harmed or killed herself or someone else while he was on his way to his management office.

What is the world coming to where so many girls are into boys ( these boys who look like girls - use lipstick and foundation powder, eye brow cosmetics and so on )!

Interesting how the words used in the comments are different from the language used when men do exactly the same Eg creep, pervert. Sick, etc.

interesting!

People like this mentally unstable woman is the reason the anti-stalking law was put on the first place. Glad he's OK and didn't get stabbed.

Hormones.

7 “MEN” how ironic can you get.

May be suicide prevention organization should help. No one is talking about potential suicidal individual, and a waste of life. A good counseling would make it better and eventually she will realize how stupid the idea is/was.

 “I bought this box cutter to die. I came to you to because I wanted to apologize before dying.”

snowymountainhellToday  11:00 am JST

Sensible @Harry_Gatto 9:41am but Johnny’s probably has strict NDA’s preventing their revolving stable of slaves from contacting police directly until management is notified and considers marketing such incidents.

Indeed, you are probably right about this.

MikeHToday  11:57 am JST

What is the world coming to where so many girls are into boys ( these boys who look like girls - use lipstick and foundation powder, eye brow cosmetics and so on )!

Yes, back in the days of the old JT Forum someone coined the phrase metrosexual pussies to describe them. (I don't know if it was an original or borrowed expression).

Yes, it’s likely @Harry_Gatto, this current wave of J-Dandies (©pending) such as 7 “MEN” Samurai :)) are derivative of the 90’s metrosexual trend from abroad, yet that term was originally coined by English writer Mark Simpson in 1994 for The Independent. It became a globally popular reference for narcissistic urban males fixated on their own images in 2002 when Simpson named footballer David Beckham as the personification of the term. Yes, that’s right around the time JT emerged from it’s more humble beginnings toward the fringe of main stream media so, …

Appears it was a borrowed yet correct assessment for a majority of these ‘young-boys-kept-on-retainer’ by these J“talent’ agencies.

@Harry_Gatto 4:23pm: “Yes, back in the days of the old JT Forum someone coined the phrase metrosexual plushies to describe them. (I don't know if it was an original or borrowed expression).” -

These boy bands are a joke. Japan is a kiseichu culture and even going to juku does the opposite of the outcome wanted. Arrest the girls parents.

That's why idols are afraid of girls

From the looks of the band this poor girl was barking up the wrong tree. Infatuation can be very very powerful in some people to the extent they may have suicidal thoughts if it is not reciprocated. She will hopefully get over it and later ask herself what in Gods name was she thinking? Never to make that mistake again.

According to the police, Sasaki managed to stay calm and quickly went to his management’s offices for fear that she might harm someone in the crowded street.

What a self absorbed hero! Just the type of guy you want sitting next to you at 30,000 feet when box-cutter-totting terrorists take over your plane to fly it into a building. The only thing this girl is guilty of is poor judgement. I hope she makes a speedy recovery from her temporary insanity.

That brave samurai was worried his makup might get smeared or his finger nail cracked or worst of all heaven forbin his hair messed up.

@snowymountainhell

Phew ! That was a close shave

Snowy you certainly are the Ron Burgundy of commenters.

A person of color from the islands.

snowymountainhellMay 21  05:08 pm JST

Thank you.

As someone above mentioned, the comments here are mostly misandrist when compared to the situation if the genders were reversed.