今天從鬼畜大那裡得知一個大新聞: 大手聲優經紀公司アーツビジョン的社長松田咲實以 "声優志願の少女に猥褻" 的罪名被移送, 並且似乎已經認罪 (「私がやりました」). 本來以為這只不過又是一則想佔懷抱明星夢的少女的便宜的新聞, 但是一個 blog 上的短短幾字, 使這頓時成為可能撼動整個聲優界的一個震撼彈...不, 應該是原子彈.
Today I got a BIG news from KichikuMan: Sakumi Matsuda, CEO of renowned voice acting agency ARTSVISION, was arrested and prosecuted for molesting a 16-year-old voice actress wannabe, and it seems that he has already pleaded for guilty ("I did it"). At first I thought this was nothing more than another guy trying to take advantage on budding starlets, but a few words on a blog suddenly transformed the news into a flashbang... no, an atomic bomb, that might shake the entire voice acting business in Japan.
是誰的 blog 有這麼大能耐? 落合祐里香的わ-ゆり花日和. 在5月28日晚間18:41時 (日本時間), 她寫下了這短短一句話:
私は運がいいです。
這句"我的運氣真好"被解讀為是與本猥褻一案有關, 因為她在2006年10月20日無預警地宣佈退出アーツビジョン, 雖然讓大家有一點錯愕, 但當時也沒有去深究背後的原因. 現在由於本案的關係, 讓人驚覺松田社長可能早就前科累累. 而落合祐里香當年身為アーツビジョン的"特待生" (即因表現優異得以減免學雜費) 卻放棄大好前程也不免啟人疑竇.
Whose blog has such power? Yurika Ochiai's official blog. She wrote this short sentence at 18:41 on May 28 (Japan time):
私は運がいいです。
This "I'm so fortunate/lucky" was interpreted as related to this molesting case, for she quit ARTSVISION unexpectedly on October 20, 2006. Although fans were a bit surprised, no one dug deep to investigate the reason behind the resignation. Now, because of the new case fans suddenly realized in horror that CEO Matsuda might be a repeated assaulter, and Ochiai, as a tokutaisei (honor student with tuition and fee reduced or waived) of ARTSVISION when she started her career, quit her job in such a weird manner.
但事情很快就如滾雪球一般. 現在除了アーツビジョン的官方網站進不去之外, 注意力還轉到了它旗下的其他女性藝人身上. 一如預期的, 焦點幾乎都集中在堀江由衣這位當家花旦. 早在數年前, アーツビジョン力捧堀江由衣的態勢就相當明顯, 甚至堅持換下原有 (廣播劇, 遊戲) 的聲優而換ほっちゃん上場, 態度強勢到連喜歡ほっちゃん的人都感到有點奇怪, 更別說是本來就不欣賞她的人了. 最近一次則是"乙女はお姉さまに恋してる" (おとボク, 少女愛上姐姐), 事情嚴重到原作者在 blog 上破口大罵 (雖然很快就被刪除了). 這個案子一出, 加上ほっちゃん曾親自與松田社長共同解說招募新人的步驟, 頓時流言四起, 不堪入目的程度比起上次ゆかな的Z鋼彈劇場版事件有過之而無不及. 巧的是, ほっちゃん正是比落合祐里香早了四屆的"特待生"...看來這個頭銜會有一陣子成為避之唯恐不及的對象.
However, things start snowballing. In addition to the official website of ARTSVISION is now offline due to exploding net traffic, the spotlight is now on other voice actresses of the company, particularly on Yui Horie, the most prominent voice actress of ARTSVISION. Starting from several years ago, it was quite evident that ARTSVISION was trying to promote her, to the extent of insisting replacing existing voice actresses (such as radio shows or games that already feature voices) with Hocchan. Even those who love her performances felt a bit bewildered, not to mention those who didn't like her from the start. The most recent case is Otome wa Boku ni Koi Shiteru (OtoBoku), when the original creator was so pissed and posted his complaints on his blog (but soon removed). Now this criminal case has been surfaced, plus that Hocchan had personally explained how seiyuu are auditioned along with Matsuda, rumors literally flood the Internet in a matter of minutes. Many of them are much worse than last time when Yukana was involved in the role of Four in Zeta Gundam movies. Coincidently, Hocchan was another tokutaisei, just four years earlier than Ochiai. I'd say this title will be avoided by many in a foreseeable future.
延伸閱讀 / Extended reading:
堀江由衣ら所属の声優事務所「アーツビジョン」社長、声優志願の少女に猥褻
Arts Vision Chairman Arrested for Sexual Assault
【必死】堀江由衣所屬「ArtsVision」社長，被控猥褻聲優志願少女
業界最大手声優事務所社長が採用エサに声優志願少女にアレコレしてて声優ファン阿鼻叫喚？
ゲマズ本店の声優CDランキング 社長が猥褻行為を認めた事務所は3人
追加記載: 早在4月5日, 也就是松田社長被逮捕的次日, 落合祐里香就在 blog 上寫下了這一段文字:
Addendum: as early as April 5, 2007, the next day when CEO Matsuda was arrested, Ochiai wrote the following paragraph on her blog:
負けない
負けない
負けない
と寝る前に思う毎日
どんなに私を強風であおっても
現状は晴れている
とってもとっても晴れているということは
私の勝ち
大意是說 "我沒有輸[x3]. 每天就寢前都會思考[此事], 儘管有如遭受狂風吹襲. 現在終於放晴, 大大地放晴. 我贏了.
Roughly translated, she said "I'm not defeated [x3]. I think about it every day before I sleep, even if doing so would be like beating up by strong wind. Now it's all clear. Thoroughly clear and sunny. I win."
