We are truly sorry for the fuss caused by our company representative, YAB.
This was a sudden event, and while I was busy dealing with it, I was constantly thinking about what I could say. I would like to explain the current situation in my own words.
To sum up, at present I am in a position where I am involved but not a party to the matter, so I don't know much about our company.
There's no way I don't understand, there's no way I don't know.
It's natural to think that way, and the criticism is well deserved.
However, I can't answer because I don't know and I don't know.
Most of it was like that.
Since our company was founded, we have been accepting requests through a division of labor between my studio and the studio of our company representative, YAB. Therefore, the people involved in each task are different.
So now I'm spending every day together with my lawyer, the police, and all the other parties involved going back through the history of this case and verifying the facts.
Instead of running away because I don't understand something, I'm seriously facing various responses. Since the beginning, my stance as an elder to support the younger generation and to share the responsibility has not changed.
Right now, I would like to confirm the facts as quickly as possible and sincerely face and apologize to those who have helped me through my work.
I feel the same way about everyone who has supported me up until now.
Once all of that is finished, I plan to retire. Of course, I feel a sense of responsibility.
Currently, I have lost all my work and my job, but I am accepting it.
The current registered corporate address of YAB Entertainment is my studio and home. It is not the YAB studio.
I live with my family and elderly parents, but since the middle of the night of September 2nd, I have been receiving death threats, and security camera footage has shown people writing graffiti on my house and taking photos, and the police are also handling the matter. This incident has nothing to do with my family, so please refrain from coming as it is also a nuisance to the neighbors.
This has gotten long, but that's what I can say at the moment.
To reiterate, please allow me to focus on quickly verifying the facts and apologizing. There are still many facts that we do not know, but I will continue to fulfill my duties as a member of the company until everything is resolved.
To everyone who has supported me up until now, and to everyone who sent me messages saying they would continue to support me even in this situation, I am truly sorry.
Once again, we would like to sincerely apologize for not being able to prevent this situation from occurring.
Mani Shinjiro Sakamoto