Man arrested for killing friend at karaoke booth in Tokyo

Tuesday 14th October, 11:09 AM JST

TOKYO —

Police on Tuesday arrested a 26-year-old man for beating his friend to death at a karaoke booth in Ikebukuro. The suspect told police that he got angry when the victim tried to hit on his girlfriend.

Daisuke Sato was arrested for allegedly beating his friend Akihiro Sugimoto, 27, to death on the 7th floor of a building around 12:35 a.m. According to police, Sato came to the karaoke establishment together with his girlfriend, and the victim who was apparently drunk. Sato and his girlfriend left about 10 minutes later. Staff found Sugimoto and called police.

Sato was arrested at his home. He was quoted by police as saying, “I got angry because he tried to hit on my girlfriend while we were in the karaoke booth.”

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fatloser at 03:20 PM JST - 14th October

What a female!!! She sat by and watched her boyfriend kill his friend and destroy his own life in the process.
Altria at 03:21 PM JST - 14th October

Never sing a duet in a karaoke boot with another man's girlfriend

Good advice, or else you might end up in "a whole new world" of pain.
thepro at 03:29 PM JST - 14th October

Or, just be friends with people that aren't psychos
WMD at 07:19 PM JST - 14th October

The best thing you can do for yourself, apart from being rich and having a loyal lady, is become skilled at self defence is it not? You can't even trust your best mate not to beat your head in now.
jwills79 at 09:05 PM JST - 14th October

Most deaths from hand to hand fights are usually from the falls after being knocked down or knocked out. That is why in most self defense classes going to the ground is a no-no. MMA is different because of the rules there are limits to what can occur. On the street anything is fair game.
bamboohat at 09:32 PM JST - 14th October

Thats a group of high quality people there I tell ya. I wonder if the girl was egging either of the blokes on, then sat back and said "who me?"

I've known a couple girls in my day that somehow enjoyed getting men to fight over her. I sure hope this wasn't a case of that, that would be absolutely horrible.
seesaw at 10:19 PM JST - 14th October

killing yr own friend over a woman...OMG.....wld anyone agree that the gf might have flirted with the friend...which started off the 'hitting on'...hmmm.... i knew J women are good at these things..:)
OgieDoggie at 12:54 AM JST - 15th October

Just goes to show you that karaoke and alochol can be hazadous to your health. What kind of a friend beats the other one to death?

What song were they singing to when this happened..Pat Benntar "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" maybe?
KitsuneYoukai at 01:57 AM JST - 15th October

What's more strange in this story is that the girlfriend left with the guy and didn't notify anyone. For one, I would have attended the guy and called an employee or something. Obviously if the beating killed him, he must have looked awfully bad. I don't care if the guy was my boyfriend. To stand by and watch as a guy got beaten up, no way not me.
kjunluc2 at 07:39 AM JST - 15th October

How could either of these guys sincerely call the other friend?

Et tu, Brute?
carlosgodoy1 at 10:10 AM JST - 16th October

3 Years Suspended for showing remorse, and the judge reading his cue cards, "Very regrettable..."
elbudamexicano at 09:18 PM JST - 17th October

All of these people in this incident sound like complete fools. What kind of an idiot goes to karaoeke with not just his girlfriend but another guy? A looser does this unless the girl is a ho and if she is a ho, well then she won't mind 2 on 1 right?
GenevaMan at 01:11 PM JST - 18th October

What kind of an idiot goes to karaoeke with not just his girlfriend but another guy?

You might like to know that some people in this country even go to the karaoke by themselves.

I almost beat one of my german coworker to death with a bottle of shochu, cause he was singing 99 Luftballons.
greensatindress at 08:51 AM JST - 20th October

the girl was probably in the restroom, primping her poorly dyed & fried hair and applying more make-up & perfume. Probably as she came out of the restroom, the boyfriend caught her in the hall and dragged her out of the karaoke place.
SiouxGirl at 01:43 AM JST - 21st October

I'm thinking the girl didn't say anything because she was afraid. Watch her keep going out with this guy & corresponding with him while he's in prison, "... I'll wait for you ... I love you." Hon, get a restraining order because - you're next. Don't think, "Oh, he'll never hit me ..." And for god's sake, don't have children with this low-brow!! Run!