The office of Kazutaka Ozawa of the comedy duo "Speedwagon", who was said to have been present at the event, announced that Mr. Ozawa would refrain from performing arts activities for the time being.
This was published in Shukan Bunshun, which was released last month, and it was written that Mr. Matsumoto had been sexually victimized at a hotel in Tokyo nine years earlier, and that Mr. Ozawa was also present.
On the 9th, Mr. Ozawa's agency, HoriProcom, announced on its official website that Mr. Ozawa would refrain from performing arts activities for the time being, saying that Mr. Ozawa "strongly felt responsible for the confusion and inconvenience caused to the people involved and fans, and would like to refrain from performing arts activities."
In the past, HoriProcom has released comments such as "Kazutaka Ozawa will continue his activities as before, because there is nothing to be ashamed of in his actions."
Regarding a series of reports, on the 13th of this month, Yoshimoto Kogyo, to which Matsu Hitoshi belongs, announced that he would be suspending his entertainment activities as "I want to focus on the trial against the article".