>Translated from: https://x.com/Vo_Shamisen/status/1830817501732839570-
I'm really sorry for the trouble that our representative, YAB, has caused you.
It happened suddenly and I have been thinking about what I can tell you in the days when I was busy dealing with the situation. I will try to convey the current situation in my own words.
In conclusion, I would like to say that I am in a position where I am not a party to the situation, even though I am a concerned party, so I don't know much about our company.
How can I not know, how can I not know?
It is natural that you think so, and you are right to scold me.
But because we don't know, because we don't know, we can't answer.
Most of the questions were like that.
Since our company was first established, we have been accepting requests from a division of labour between my studio and the studio of YAB, our representative, and each of our studios. Therefore, the people involved in each business are different.
So I am now working with lawyers, police and other people involved in the case, going back to the past and checking the facts of the case.
I am not running away to protect myself because I don't know the facts, but I am seriously dealing with various issues. Since the foundation of the company, I have always supported the young people as their elder, and we have always taken the same stance of taking responsibility together.
Now I want to confirm the facts as soon as possible, and sincerely face those who have helped me in my work and apologise to them.
I feel the same for everyone who has supported me.
After all of this, I intend to retire. Of course I also feel responsible.
I have accepted the fact that I have lost all my work and my job at the moment.
The current registered corporate address of YAB EntertainMent is my studio and home, not YAB's studio.
I live with my family and elderly parents, and since midnight on 2 September, I have received death threats and people have been seen on security camera footage graffitiing my house and taking photos, and I am also dealing with the police in this matter. The family has nothing to do with the current case and I ask them not to come as it will be a nuisance to the neighbours.
It's a long story, but this is all I can tell you at the moment.
Again, please let me focus on confirming the facts and apologising as soon as possible. There are still many facts that we don't know, but I will do my best as a member of the company until everything is finished.
I am truly sorry to everyone who has supported me so far, and to everyone who has messaged me saying they would support me even in this situation.
Once again, I am truly sorry that I could not prevent this situation from happening in advance.
SAKAMOTO Mani Shinjiro.
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