Olympic medalist Daiya Seto may be gearing up for the Japanese Olympic Trials which begin later this month but his name has been in Asian media for completely different reasons.
Today, a Japanese man was arrested on defamation charges stemming from a social media incident last year in which he impersonated Seto.
33-year-old Dai Kashiramoto, a man reportedly unknown to Seto, allegedly impersonated the 2024 World Championships bronze medalist on Instagram. This included acting as Seto in obscene private message exchanges as well as in the sending of explicit imagery of male genitalia.
According to MSN, when police investigated an account impersonating Seto, the suspect was implicated. In response to interrogation, Kashiramoto admitted to the charges, saying he had ‘posted obscene images.’
Seto stated to Asian media upon the arrest, “My guess is that at first it was a prank, or something that was done lightly.
“We live in a world where false information is circulated as if it were true. I wish fewer people would suffer such damage or have such unpleasant experiences as this.” (MSN)
damn my alt Saiya Deto seems in poor taste now
“Explicit imagery of male genitalia”. Is it possible to have non-explicit imagery of genitalia?!
Sure, you can have implied imagery of genitalia.
Michelangelo’s David? Or countless other works of art?
Yeah there’s a bit of a language wiggle in here right? I think most English speakers have begun to use “explicity” as a substitute for “vulgar,” as compared to medical, scientific, or, as you point out, artistic depictions of genitalia.
“Explicit” as a standalone is sort of the simplification of the two word phrase “sexually explicit,” and in many applications the “sexually” was dropped (there’s a term for this which escapes me).
So it comes down to if you’re discussing “explicit” versus “implied” or “explicit” versus “not vulgar,” but in either case yes I think there is such a thing as non-explicit depictions of genitalia.
NO WAYYYY 💀💀
How does Seto keep getting involved in weird incidents in Olympic years. At least this one isn’t his fault
Ryan Lochte would have this happen to him too…
One of the most random things to ever happen lol.