Schoolgirls beware: 33-year-old man in disguise steals girls’ school uniforms

If you’re a young girl in school in Japan, take a close look around you.

Are those boys in your class really boys? One of them might just be a much older guy in disguise!

That is, if the recent case in Kumamoto is anything to go by. A 33-year-old man in Kumamoto City on the southern island of Kyushu had a fetish for schoolgirls‘ uniforms and just had to get his hands on some. His target was a private high school in the city.

Contract employee Akira Katayama was arrested on Sunday for theft, though you’ve got to admire his stealth and bravado. He put on a male uniform for the school and then slipped into the grounds on Sunday morning. This being a private school, there were extra-curricular sports and other activities taking place. In theory, assuming he didn’t stand out too much, he would be able to blend in…

He then managed to get into a classroom without getting stopped. There he found his prize: Three sets of girls’ uniforms on desks, worth a total of over 20,000 yen (around $200).

“I just wanted them at all costs,” he later confessed.

Unfortunately he got greedy and continued to remain in the school. A student then saw the suspicious grown-up hanging around the shoe lockers area at the entrance (probably hoping to snag some shoes to complete his treasure), and informed a teacher. The police arrived soon enough to put an end to the thief’s adventure.