Your Name producer Koichiro Ito jailed for child sex, porn in Japan
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Koichiro Ito was convicted for 'violating laws on child prostitution and pornography' as well as non-consensual sex and filming indecent images, a Wakayama District Court spokesman said on Monday.
A screen grab from Japanese anime Your Name, produced by Koichiro Ito. Photo: Handout
The sentence was handed to Ito, one of the producers of the critically acclaimed 2016 film, on Friday.
Regional broadcasters said Ito was accused of paying a 15-year-old girl 20,000 yen (US$130) for sex in 2023, and demanding that another teenager take and send him explicit photos of herself.
Prosecutors had sought six years in prison for Ito, who pleaded guilty in the first hearing, broadcaster KTV said.
Japanese anime body-swap romantic fantasy Your Name has been a box office smash across Asia. Photo: Handout
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