10 Keio Univ students face charges for streaking through station

Wednesday 14th October, 08:09 AM JST

YOKOHAMA —

Charges of public indecency were filed Tuesday against 10 first-year Keio University students after the group was caught filming themselves streaking through Hiyoshi Station on the Tokyu Toyoko Line in Yokohama last month.

According to police, nine male students streaked naked through the ticket gates to a nearby restroom while one female student video taped the run during the early morning hours of Sept 20. The trains had not yet begun running and there were few passengers in the station at the time, but a passerby witnessed the incident. There were no station employees near the ticket gates at the time.

The 10 students were reportedly members of the Keio advertising club and had been drinking at a student’s home nearby when the group decided to “make some memories of their first summer at university,” according to one. The male students not only streaked through the station, but reportedly walked around the area in paper underwear. A witness to the incident notified police.

Keio University on Tuesday apologized for the students’ behavior and said it would punish them accordingly.

Wire reports

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ca1ic0cat at 08:46 PM JST - 14th October

Sounds like a harmless prank. Now if they had tried that at Shinjuku at 0730 it wouldn't have been harmless. But what the heck. Slap on the wrist and get back to class. Take out the trash for a week.

I'll bet none of them got groped!
Nessie at 08:49 PM JST - 14th October

walked around the area in paper underwear

We call them diapers.
Nessie at 08:51 PM JST - 14th October

The cops need to lighten up.

Not that I disagree, Timor, but a complaint was called in, so the j-satsu had less leeway than they might otherwise have had.
Nessie at 08:51 PM JST - 14th October

Boys will be boys.

And girls will video them.
Nessie at 08:52 PM JST - 14th October

female student video taped the run

A station shooting? Well that's different.
isthistheend at 09:10 PM JST - 14th October

Wasn't there image caught on a station camera? How about getting a print for photo of the day!
dolphingirl at 09:53 PM JST - 14th October

Investigator: I agree with you again. Definitely a double standard here. Sure they were naked, but they had enough sense to streak when not many people would be around. Sounds like a fun and harmless escapade to me. Of course you don't want to offend others by running around nude but a certain amount of naked frolicking should be allowed. As others have mentioned, what about onsens. Even Japanese TV has nudity. There's a big difference between young college students having some fun and a sick pervert who exposes himself on the train. Have some common sense here.
Tommygun at 12:32 AM JST - 15th October

This is pretty normal stuff for Uni students to do. Not a crime.
morriconelover at 12:51 AM JST - 15th October

@anydaynow. Funniest remarks i read today. For a moment i actually thought someone should be as fascist as really meaning this. Hilarious.
usaexpat at 01:03 AM JST - 15th October

Ah Keio in the news again. Well at least we know they weren't holding any weed since they were naked.
mnemosyne23 at 01:09 AM JST - 15th October

I'm not a fan of public nudity, but this is classic college stuff. Let them off with a warning and MAYBE some community service, but seriously, this is at the minor end of the minor scale. They did it when the station was virtually empty, they RAN across the station to reach the bathroom, and there's no indication that anyone was harmed. At worst they caused a few turned stomachs, some blushing giggles, and some fresh gray hairs for their parents.
hellhound at 08:59 AM JST - 15th October

People here suck, they call the cops for any stupid reason, and cops listen to them dumb dumb dumb
bobocheah at 12:53 PM JST - 15th October

Have you watched Japanese TV? I have visited Japan several times and omigod..Japanese are really weird doing all those sexy stuff. Then, they can suddenly be very prudish about these naked boys.

Non issue - all the same - the parents should give them some pep talk.
rei307 at 02:51 PM JST - 16th October

They were releasing stress. No harms done.
benhur at 06:36 PM JST - 17th October

happens anywhere around the world.. :D

they have yet to experience street signs switch prank..