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Avex puts up Y648 mil for music producer Komuro to pay back fraud victim

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Masato Matsuura, 44, president of Avex Group Holdings Inc, the holding company for a group of entertainment firms, put up the money on behalf of Komuro, 50, who was once a high-flying music producer, song writer, composer and arranger. The 648 million yen included arrears.

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In Thursday’s court session, Avex President Matsuura took the witness stand and said Komuro is a real music lover and Avex, the music label, could not have grown without his help. Pop singers Ayumi Hamasaki and Kumi Koda could not have gone on to stardom without Komuro’s help, he said.

Matsuura asked the three-judge panel to suspend Komuro’s sentence and help him avoid going to prison, saying that he has prepared a seat for Komuro at his office.

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Avex Vice President Ryuhei Chiba, who also took the witness stand at the court hearing, said he has allowed Komuro and his wife to stay at his home.

Chiba said Komuro has deeply regretted his conduct and he is confident that Komuro will never be involved in such a scandal again.

Read it: Avex puts up Y648 mil for music producer Komuro to pay back fraud victim

whoah.. big business... You know; I actually didn't think about Max Matsuura's real name being Masato o.O

thanks for sharing this!

TK! :heart

I hope he can get back up on his feet soon and start making music again. Such as a TK family reunion...;)

... Maybe AVEX isn't so bad after all? lol

... They did help Ami Suzuki too.

wow, max is really nice, hope komuro won't do it again~

I bet Namie should be the one who came up with most of the money... it's only right to do so.

how did their stocks do? Plunge even more?

wow...that's a lot of money

6,583,872$ X________X
Max must be REALLY generous x_x

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Originally Posted by nmskalmn (Post 1861540)

Pop singers Ayumi Hamasaki and Kumi Koda could not have gone on to stardom without Komuro’s help

ok.. how many songs he produced for Ayu? Just one! :shakehead

^I know :laugh

didn't he do most of namie's and other artists?

maybe he helped in ways we don't know?

whatever...interesting they would bail him out. thanks for the news.

What Ayu and Koda songs did he do?
Is Kuu obvious? Sen no Kotoba, her sudden popularity change?
I have no idea concerning Ayu lol.

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Originally Posted by cutting_edge (Post 1862156)

ok.. how many songs he produced for Ayu? Just one! :shakehead

OF COURSE he had a huge hand in their careers. He was THE music producer of the 90s. Without his success then, Avex may not have been around to even have Koda or Ayu at all. Without the songs he wrote for Namie, Globe, TRF, etc., Avex could very well have been in the toilet. He nearly single handedly made Avex a relevant company.

I'm surprised by this news though, especially the part where Max says Komuro will apparently have a managerial position at Avex now.

what a shameful situation...what komuro did was disgusting. It's nice to see avex helping him, but well, I dunno...:shrug