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Ayana Taketatsu's Agency: Threat Suspect Was Not Her Fan Club Leader

Voice actress Shizuoka Prefecture's Kikugawa City, is a fan and acquaintance of Taketatsu who called himself a leader of her fan club. However, Link Plan stated that both Taketatsu's office and the company that manages her fan club have never had a leader.

Following Yokoyama's arrest on Wednesday, news outlets such as Twitter that they believed Taketatsu's fan club does not actually have a leader.

Taketatsu also posted a message to her fans on her official blog on Thursday. In the message, Taketatsu said 10s or 100s of thousands of threatening emails have been sent over the past several years, and there have also been "scary" incidents that were not reported.

Taketatsu said she feels a little relief mixed with sadness following the arrest. She said she plans to do her best in her work in the future, and she asked fans to look forward to her appearances. Taketatsu hopes incidents similar to her current circumstances will decrease, and she asked fans not to worry about her.

According to police, Yokoyama sent Taketatsu a message that said, "You've been so full of yourself lately. I'll never forgive you. It'd tick me off if I do nothing. Die die die," via an email to her agency. He had allegedly sent the email from a manga cafe in Kakegawa City, Shizuoka at about 10:20 a.m. on July 14 last year. Police are reporting that the suspect has itted to the charge.

According to police, Taketatsu's agency has received around 7,000 threatening emails directed at Taketatsu since 2014. Police are investigating if the suspect has any connection to previous messages.

Taketatsu has voiced characters in such anime as Classroom of the Elite (Kei Karuizawa).

Source: Buzzfeed News (Tatsunori Tokushige)