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#259: The “Godfather Of J-Pop” Assaulted Male Trainees In Exchange For Making Them Stars (Johnny Kitagawa)

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The Dark Side of Johnny Kitagawa

Johnny Kitagawa was the CEO and founder of Johnny & Associates, Japan's biggest J-pop management company. He assaulted countless idol trainees for more than 50 years. After Koji retired, he wrote a book on everything that happened to him. Allocation after allocation starts flooding out against the godfather of J-pop.

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