Actor Hiroya Shimizu pleaded responsible to violating the narcotics management regulation, on the first listening to of his trial at Tokyo District Court docket on Monday.
The prosecution demanded a one-year jail sentence for Shimizu, whereas the protection sought leniency. The trial concluded on the day, and the courtroom is scheduled to situation a ruling on Dec. 19.
Based on the indictment, the 26-year-old defendant possessed some 0.4 gram of dried hashish in his Tokyo residence on Sept. 3.
Shimizu has appeared in lots of films and tv dramas, together with the live-action model of the manga sequence “Tokyo Revengers,” in accordance with his official web site.
Through the courtroom listening to, Shimizu stated that he was underneath psychological misery relating to his privateness and profession.
The prosecution argued that he started utilizing hashish when he was round 22 years previous and recurrently obtained it by acquaintances. The protection claimed that he possessed solely a small quantity of the drug.
In his closing remarks, Shimizu stated: “I strongly remorse inflicting anxiousness and inconvenience to many individuals. I sincerely apologize.”
