Foreigner Beat Up Kabuki Superstar?

[Ketou]

He was the darling of the Culture Club...turned out to be a Karma Chameleon.
(I think I made myself feel sick...)

[Yokohammer]

Don't know'em. Don't care. But Jesus H. the amount of coverage the media is playing it for. The guy don't sound like anyone that should be admired, so why are people so shocked that the guy is a bad drunk with some dodgy friends.

It's Kabuki, the arts equivalent of Sumo. As in Sumo, anything dodgy going on is perceived to reflect on the nation as a whole.

[Ol Dirty Gaijin]

Bit of a field day on rocket news with Ebizo, having a good chuckle with this....
http://rocketnews24.com/?p=59441

[Yokohammer]

[iHUMAN]

Ebizo's position is getting shakier as more eyewitness reports come to light (mostly from people who were staffing the places where the trouble occurred). Much of the info directly contradicts Ebizo's account of several important details. So either the eyewitnesses have the story wrong, Ebizo was so drunk that really doesn't know what happened, or he's lying.

Although Ebizo claims that he was attacked while "taking care of" the very drunk bosozoku leader (now being called the "former" bosozoku leader), everyone who saw what was going on disputes that claim, saying that he was being abusive, trying to get the "former" bosozoku leader to drink more, and being somewhat physical about it. It might turn out that it was Ebizo who initiated the physical violence.

You must have a subscription to Friday.

[Iraira]

[TennoChinko]

A photo of the suspect, Lion Ito (26) has been released:



Perhaps he should join the newly-formed Association of Half-blooded Japanese Citizens (AHBJC) and ask their spiritual leader, debito, to intervene in an appeal for 'fair treatment'.

[sublight]

I gotta feel sorry for Ito. He gets into a minor punch-up with some guy in a bar (probably 50-50 as to who started it), judging by Ebizo's injuries he gets in one solid punch, and ends up getting arrested just because the other guy is famous enough that the press won't stop harping on it.

[Yokohammer]

Although there's no excusing the fact that Ito beat up Ebizo, the full truth is yet to come out (if it ever does). Ebizo is sticking by his story of total innocence, but Ito and everyone else who saw what happened have a very different story. Chances are that Ebizo is guilty of physical violence as well. His career is effectively on hold until the authorities, the public, and the Kabuki elders are satisfied that the truth has been told and Ebizo is sufficiently repentant. If it turns out he's lying, he could be sidelined for quite a while.

[Mulboyne]

Cover says "Global Nightlife Info" and "NY, London, Paris, Tokyo. Top celebs show you the nightspots you don't know".

[Catoneinutica]

Cover says "Global Nightlife Info" and "NY, London, Paris, Tokyo. Top celebs show you the nightspots you don't know".

Heh. And pineapple muhfuckas named "Leon."

-catone
-wants to learn more about these haunts of the demimonde. I'd like to think there's a room in Roppongi where right now Satoya Tae has her pants down around her ankles.

[Samurai_Jerk]

A photo of the suspect, Lion Ito (26) has been released:



Perhaps he should join the newly-formed Association of Half-blooded Japanese Citizens (AHBJC) and ask their spiritual leader, debito, to intervene in an appeal for 'fair treatment'.

I thought he looked familiar ...

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[Mulboyne]

A photo of the suspect, Lion Ito (26) has been released:

The court artist's rendition:



This one is slightly better, I suppose]http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghost/9794d5f51b105554.jpg[/img]

[Yokohammer]

I guess they just don't have the right color crayons for that sort of thing.

Gotta admit that the guard in the first one doesn't look much better though.

[matsuki]

bwahahaha, never seen an artist pull off blackface before

[McTojo]

The court artist's rendition:



This one is slightly better, I suppose]http://www.fuckedgaijin.com/forums/images/vbimghost/9794d5f51b105554.jpg[/img]

Last pic looks like a fat John Travolta....hahah...

[Iraira]

Last pic looks like a fat John Travolta....hahah...

[Mulboyne]

Ebizo and his wife are coming under fire for heading off to Fukuoka where they are apparently buying up all the bottled water they can find and sending it off to Tokyo.

Source (Japanese)