Mahoto Watanabe

“	I'm not satisfied with current girlfriend.	„
	~ Mahoto Watanabe to victimized underage girl

Mahoto Watanabe (December 8^th, 1992 -) is a Youtuber who was active from October 5, 2011 until March 2, 2020 and also live streamer who was active from 2007 until 2009.

Although he was famous and regarded as charismatic when he was a youtuber, he gradually lost trust due to scandals starting in 2019, and became completely unknown after he retired in 2021.

Biography

Assault against woman who live together

On June 2, 2019, he was arrested for assaulting a woman he lives with for selfish reasons and was released the same day. Watanabe expressed his apologies later in the day when he was arrested, but the woman who was assaulted was mentally debilitated and had to temporarily return to her parents' home.

Sexual harassment against underage female fan

On January 21, 2021, a 15-year-old high school girl accused Watanabe of sexually harassing her on one of a distributor's stream. The distributor advised the high school girl to call the police, and she and her parents called the police. After reporting the incident to the police, the high school girl called the distributor again and told the distributor that Watanabe had threatened her and had given her detailed instructions on how to destroy the evidence.

On March 2, Watanabe apologized for the incident and announced his retirement from youtuber activities. In addition to the photos of the victimized high school girl, indecent images of another underage girl were also found on Watanabe's smartphone, and Watanabe was arrested on March 17 for violating child pornography Law. Watanabe was released on April 2, but the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office filed a summary indictment against Watanabe on April 22, and the Tokyo Summary Court issued a summary order for a fine of 500,000 yen (About $4,350) on April 26.