More updates on Oshio Manabu's arrest

With regards to the arrest of her husband for narcotics abuse, his wife, Yada Akiko has chosen to remain silent even as members of the press are gathered outside their family home in Kawasaki since the afternoon on 3 August when news broke. Her agency's boss, Toyoda Kouzou revealed that even when Yada received news of the matter over the phone from the agency, she still insisted that Oshio was innocent. However, even though she sounded strong over the phone while protecting her husband's innocence, she was clearly saddened by the incident.

Oshio and Yada are living in a condominium in Kawasaki which is just next door to Yada's home. Their son will be 2 years old in November this year. The family of three lives with Yada's mother. Yada was off work on 3 August and she couldn't leave the house at all because the press were gathered outside.

Oshio and Yada has been married for about 3 years but it has never been a smooth-sailing journey for them. During the pre-marriage holiday to Hawaii, Oshio had scolded vulgarities at the press who were at the airport. In addition, Yada was photographed applying lotion for Oshio at the poolside. Their relationship was seen as a big dent to Yada's clean image and she was taken off several CMs despite being at the peak of her popularity at that time.

Despite the objections of everyone including her agency, Yada chose to marry Oshio and bore a son for him. She had just been back to work in January this year with her appearance in the drama "Voice" and was scheduled to act in several movies and dramas. However, her agency boss said that this incident has a major impact on her career and it will not be surprising if Yada is dropped from these projects.

Yada's boss also revealed his views about this matter. Although he understood that Yada believes in Oshio and does not want her son to grow up fatherless, he thinks that it is time for Yada to decide if she wants to continue with such a life. Yada is said to be preparing a written comment on this matter once the details are made known and she may even hold a press conference after weighing her options.

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According to the police, Oshio was in the condominium apartment at Roppongi Hills with the lady who was found dead. Apparently, this apartment was rented by Oshio and he had entered the apartment separately from the deceased as revealed by the surveillance camera footage. However, he later found that something was wrong with the lady who was in her 30s. As such, he called his manager frantically and asked the latter to come and check on the lady before leaving the apartment. He was then hauled up for questioning at 1 am on 3 Aug. However, the police noticed that he was showing signs of drug abuse as Oshio was shivering badly and his face was pale. As such, he was then made to undergo urine tests for drug abuse. After evidence was obtained of his usage of drugs, he was then officially arrested at 10.35pm last night. Oshio claimed that he received the drugs from a friend and did not suspect that they were drugs when he consumed them.

The police revealed that the phone call by Oshio's manager was made at 9.19pm on 2 August where it was mentioned that a woman in her 30s was found dead in one apartment located within Block B of Roppongi Hills Residences. The medical personnel found the woman dead on the bed without her clothes. From the initial autopsy, the woman had been dead for about 10 hours and the cause of her death will only be out in 2 weeks' time.

Oshio was famous for many scandals and problems with the most notable being his announcement to stop being an actor in Dec 2005. This led to his ex-agency Ken-On terminating his contract. In addition, he had clashed with the media at times and was known to be a troublemaker. He was also caught for nude photos with a couple of female artistes and was well-known as an idol hunter.

The police said that they are investigating the woman's death both in terms of an accident and criminal incident until the full autopsy is out. However, they think that it is a serious matter for Oshio to leave the scene despite knowing that something was wrong with the woman so they will be looking into how Oshio was involved in the death of this woman.

In addition, the police announced that they will be conducting searches at various spots including Oshio's apartment in Kawasaki and the crime scene in Roppongi Hills this afternoon.