In June this year, Jin Akanishi, Tomohisa Yamashita and Kanjani 8’s Ryo Nishikido’s  incident regarding the theft and subsequent damage of a smartphone became a hot topic. The incident, which involved  the theft and apparent damage of a smartphone belonging to an unnamed person has apparently been settled out of court with a large sum of money, courtesy of Johnny.

According to related parties, the three known collectively as the ‘Akanishi Troop‘ were possibly going to be charged or arrested for the damages when Johnny’s Jimusho, at the last minute, stepped in and arranged a reconciliation with settlement money. It was reported in June by various media that the three were involved in an incident with a certain person in Roppongi. Apparently, the person had filmed them without their permission and an enraged Yamashita took the phone. Afterwards, Akanishi returned the phone to the police but as it was damaged, the owner filed a damage report with the police and a property damage enquiry was launched.

Sources report that the damage report was accepted and an arrest (at the time) could not be avoided. Until now however, this matter was only reported by “Tokyo Sports” and “Friday” who both have hostile relations with Johnny but if this leads to anything more serious (like an arrest) then other media sources will no doubt report on it too.