According to TBS News (via Tokyo Reporter) Kazuhiro Kusayanagi – a veteran of Japan’s early MMA scene – has been arrested by Tokyo Metropolitan Police under suspicion of having paid a child for sex.
TR claims that the 52-year-old is accused of paying 20,000 yen ($185 USD) in cash to a 14-year-old to, “engage in acts deemed obscene at a hotel in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture” last September. Kusayanagi is also accused of knowing the girl was underage when engaging in this activity.
Kusayanagi was reportedly quoted as saying, “I like young girls.