Overview
- Tokyo police arrested the 30-year-old actor early Sunday in Nishi-Asakusa on suspicion of kicking in a kebab shop’s wooden entrance door.
- Officers said a staff member had reprimanded him for using the restroom without permission shortly before the incident.
- Nakamura, whose real name is Daiki Shimizu, told authorities he was drunk and does not remember what happened.
- He was referred to prosecutors on Monday, then released, after which he bowed to reporters and apologized for causing concern.
- A scheduled performance was canceled, and his agency said it is confirming facts as the kabuki community reviews his planned stage-name succession.