Male star Hirofumi Arai was sentenced to 5 years in prison by the Tokyo Prefectural Court for sexual assault

Hirobumi Arai, a Korean male star from Aomori Prefecture, Japan, was charged by prosecutors for compulsory surrender last year on suspicion of sexually assaulting a masseuse serving in the government at home, and the Tokyo District Court today sentenced him to five years in prison according to the prosecutor's request.

Born in Aomori Prefecture, Japan, 40-year-old Arai is the third generation of Japanese Koreans, and became a Korean citizen in 2005, whose real name is Park Kyung-pei. The Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) reported that Arai was accused of abusing a female masseuse in her 30s who came home after 2 a.m. on July 1 last year; The victim reported the case to the Metropolitan Police Department's Setagaya Police Station last August, and prosecutors later charged him with a crime involving compulsory intercourse.

In a previous court hearing, Arai claimed to have "thought he had the consent of the other party" and claimed his innocence.

Tokyo Prefectural Court Judge Toshifumi Takioka pointed out today that the victim's testimony is highly credible because of his constant resistance to the defendant's crimes, but he is still abused; It is difficult to understand why the accused mistakenly believes that the consent of the victim has been obtained.

Takioka said that the defendant took the victim to the palace to serve and could not resist, and took advantage of the danger of the person to sexually assault, which can be described as despicable and vicious, and it is still a major incident in the same kind of incident, and it is impossible to exempt from actual punishment.

Lawyer Arai appealed after the first instance judgment.

When Arai, dressed in a black suit, entered the courtroom earlier, he bowed deeply to the judge, and then bowed again as he stood in front of the witness stand. There was no noticeable change in his expression as he listened to the judge's verdict.

Arai is a powerful actor who has acted in the works of Japanese director Takeshi Kitano, and won the Best Supporting Actor Award at the Japan Film Awards in 2016 for the film "100 Yuan Love". He also performed in the NHK Okawa drama Sanada Maru and filmed tv commercials.