Court Case
On August 2, 2009 he was arrested at Roppongi Hills for possession of MDMA during an investigation into the death of a hostess. He was subsequently dropped by Avex Entertainment for violating his contract. Since the arrest of Oshio Manabu his music labels have cancelled distribution of all his releases. It's unclear if they will be available again. After his arrest his wife Akiko Yada decided to file for divorce, citing "incompatible values"
His blog "Entertainment Crusher", which had been active since 2006, was recently deleted.
On December 7, 2009, he was arrested again by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police.
"Police on Monday arrested actor-singer Manabu Oshio on suspicion of giving the synthetic drug MDMA to a woman who died in August while they were together in a Tokyo apartment, investigative sources said.
The Metropolitan Police Department is also investigating the 31-year-old Oshio, who was given a suspended 18-month prison sentence last month for using MDMA, on suspicion of failing to take sufficient action to help Kaori Tanaka, a 30-year-old bar employee who died.
Oshio allegedly violated the Narcotics Drug Control Law by giving Tanaka the drug, commonly known as Ecstasy, at the apartment in the posh Roppongi Hills complex on Aug. 2."
"The police on Monday also arrested Yusuke Izumida, a 31-year-old acquaintance of Oshio who runs an Internet shopping business, for allegedly delivering the drug to Oshio, and Ryohei Endo, the performer's 28-year-old former manager, on suspicion of destroying evidence by throwing away Tanaka's cell phone.
According to the police, Tanaka fell ill and her condition took a turn for the worse at around 6:30 p.m. Aug. 2 after taking the drug with Oshio. Oshio told Endo over the phone that she had not regained consciousness, and the manager arrived at around 7:40 p.m. An emergency call was made at 9:19 p.m.
By the time paramedics arrived and confirmed her death at the scene at 9:27 p.m., Oshio had gone to another unit in the apartment building."
Kaori Tanaka died because of an unknown cause in the apartment of the Roppongi Hills Residence B2307, Tokyo. The apartment was being rented by Oshio's female friend, Mika Noguchi (born January 13, 1965), at the time of the fatal incident in August.
Mika Noguchi is a well known Japanese female entrepreneur and she appeared in the Japanese TV show "Dragons' Den"(Japanese title was "Tigers of Money") during 2002 and 2003.
Oshio was convicted of giving the girl Ecstasy and neglecting to care for her after she fell gravely ill. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison, which was upheld by the Tokyo High Court on 18 April 2011. On 15 February 2012, the Supreme Court of Japan upheld Oshio's conviction. The decision meant that Oshio will be required to consecutively serve both the 18-month sentence for drug use and the 30-month sentence in prison.
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