Music producer Tetsuya Komuro is seen in this TV image taken Monday.

Music producer Komuro arrested for copyright fraud

Tuesday 04th November, 05:55 AM JST

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zonblack at 01:42 PM JST - 4th November

**Yes Komuro's productions are tight! He's one of the 1st producers to get his recognition as a producer in Japan. He turned shit around. I have no Hate for the man. I performed on Ryoko Shinohara "Moto Moto" Live on Music Station and on the Promo Video!!! He has made History in the Japanese Market. No Hate for him.... Much respect!!! >
555Book at 02:12 PM JST - 4th November

I think that 70's and 80's J-Pop is still the best, look at the huge number of hits back then that were covered in other languages. I am not too sure about the 90's but I am trying to like some of the more recent stuff.
dennis0bauer at 03:11 PM JST - 4th November

I think the new version will be "can not celebrate"
Nessie at 03:31 PM JST - 4th November

Now THAT'S music piracy!
BBLeo at 03:48 PM JST - 4th November

Komuro is a good musician and son writer, but he should keep out of such dirty business. He should let someone else to do this job for him. You can't be exepert for ever business. Did he wrote any song about how to make more money, or was this issue only a testing?
northlondon at 04:10 PM JST - 4th November

He was also very good at sleeping with his muses (Hitomi/ Kahala Tomomi etc). One famous story was when he first discovered Kahala and advised her to move to Tokyo because that is where she should be living. When she moved into the apartment that Komuro found for her, all of his belongings had also been moved into the apartment, even though she had no idea that he was going to move in with her. I guess he was so influential at the time that he didn't even need to ask girls that kind of question.
frontandcentre at 04:43 PM JST - 4th November

All I can say is that this story gave the breakfast shows the perfect excuse for repeatedly playing the hits of Globe, Namie Amuro etc ad infinitum this morning. Far more air time than they warrant.

I mean it's a big criminal fraud charge he's facing, but there are considerably more important stories going on at the moment. The way the presenters were treating the story, it was more like he had died and they were having a retrospective of the hits he produced
majimekun at 05:33 PM JST - 4th November

What has happened to Keiko BTW?

Anyway, this is the confirmation that most artists are not good at managing businesses. I think he truely believed he owned the copyrights.
northlondon at 06:00 PM JST - 4th November

I think he truely believed he owned the copyrights.

The name registered with the royalties office will confirm that. It's called fraud.
outofmydepth at 07:41 PM JST - 4th November

another guy with his hand in the till, trying to get something for nothing. i have always wondered why some people in this country (japan) have so much money. i am learning daily that they steal steal steal. nice life if you don`t get caught.
bobcatfish at 11:04 PM JST - 4th November

where is the fraud? komuro reached an agreement with the investor. the fraud no longer applies. now it is just breach of contract. actually the investor tried to blackmail komuro for an extra million dollars by using the fraud card but that card has now been used so well done komuro and sucked in investor.
samuraisam at 04:10 AM JST - 5th November

What has happened to Keiko BTW?

And even Mark Panther for that matter. Hope he wasn't in on this. I think he's a great producer, but accountant, not so much. Convenient that he was arrested on the same morning we got our first snow in Sapporo. 8^)
bushlover at 06:42 AM JST - 5th November

Will Japanese pop now have a change in sound? We can hope.
josebove at 11:16 PM JST - 7th November

Majimekun--about Keiko, apparently they divorced sometime earlier this year.
snowfall at 09:59 AM JST - 2nd January

Poor TK. I hope he learns and lives a better life after this.