Former actor Noboru Takachi arrested in love hotel with hostess on drug charges
Former actor Noboru Takachi has been arrested for possession of a stimulant drug and cannabis.
Best known overseas for appearing in films like Yamato, the 51-year-old was a big star in the 1990s. Takachi, whose real name is Joji Osaki, recently retired from acting ostensibly to look after his wife’s father.
He was arrested at a love hotel in Yokohama, where he was staying with Atsuko Isokawa, a 33-year-old hostess.
Noboru Takachi had previously been married to AV actress Momo Aida (pictured below), though they divorced after six years together.
He then married the beautiful actress Reiko Takashima (pictured below).
This is Takachi and Takashima on their wedding day.
All in all, a lucky guy! But it seems drugs were his undoing. It is unclear why police found out about his habit. Police discovered 4 grams of a stimulant drug and 2 grams of marijuana at the love hotel, yet why were they even called to the hotel in the first place? A search of Takachi’s house has revealed more drug-related equipment.
Atsuko Isokawa has a lively past as a race queen. Here she is in 2008 as a ring girl at a boxing match. Quite the waist.
This is just the latest in a series of recent arrests of Japanese celebrities on drug charges.
From Noriko Sakai and Manabu Oshio to gravure idols Minako Komukai and Ai Takabe and sports star Kazuhiro Kiyohara, a drug arrest typically destroys careers and reputations permanently. Even though drugs are known to be rampant in the entertainment industry in Japan and pushed by organized crime, social and state tolerance of their use, including so-called loophole or kiken drugs, is non-existent.
