Starto Entertainment Suspends Activities of Ae! Group Member Keita Richard Kusama After Arrest

Tokyo Metropolitan Police arrested Japanese boy band Ae! Group member Keita Richard Kusama on Saturday on suspicion of indecent exposure. Kusama’s agency Starto Entertainment announced on the same day that Kusama’s activities are suspended.

Kusama is slated to star in the second live-action film in the Mr. Osomatsu (Osomatsu-san) franchise alongside his fellow Ae! Group members. The film opens in Japan on January 9.

Streaming service TVer announced on the same day that it will suspend the streaming of the group’s Ae! Group no Q & Ae! program. NTV also changed the content of Sunday’s episode of its The! Tetsuwan! Dash!! show, where Kusama was slated to appear.

Ae! Group was founded in February 2019 by the now-defunct Johnny & Associates talent agency.

Sources: Music Natalie, Starto Entertainment