Overview
- Tokyo Metropolitan Police detained Tatsuro Chiba, 31, on suspicion of displaying obscene electronic records after allegedly posting AI-generated images of female celebrities.
- Authorities say 14 images uploaded to two membership websites between December 6, 2024, and May 3, 2025, form the basis of the arrest charge.
- Chiba admitted the conduct, telling police he did it to make money, and he reportedly used proceeds for living expenses and to support an underground idol hobby.
- Investigators estimate he published at least about 2,200 images since summer 2023 and earned around ¥11 million through paid access by November 2025.
- Police seized a computer holding roughly 520,000 generated images and report the models were trained to mimic about 300 actresses, idols, and singers.