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An otaku fan of seiyuu 門脇舞以 / Mai Kadowaki, known for her appearances in Doraemon, Kodomo no Jikan and Strike Witches, and lately Rorona no Atelier and Amagami, has been arrested after threatening to kill her parents.

The 26-year-old unemployed seiyuu fan sent a threatening letter to the 28-year-old seiyuu’s office, in which he stated he would soon kill her parents.

He gives the usual bizarre excuse, apparently having resolved to threaten the seiyuu after seeing BBS posts slandering her for “adultery”; “I couldn’t forgive her. I frightened her, I did a bad thing” he confesses.

Police discovered he had left his fingerprints all over the threatening missive he sent her, which allowed them to trace him after they found the prints matched fingerprints found on earlier fan letters he had sent. Celebrities in the public gaze commonly archive fan letters for just these kind of reasons.

He has been arrested and charged with intimidation.

Via ZakZak.

Kadowaki is a bespectacled and artistically capable seiyuu, so it is easy to see how she is prime stalker fodder:

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Otaku are an occupational hazard for seiyuu, and as they commonly have to deal with this sort of thing hopefully she will be able to take this in her stride.



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    Comment by Anonymous
    23:03 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    more random fags that are just TOO over obsessed with their idols. I never saw the point of such actions.

    on another note: she is considered a potential target for stalkers with a megane fetish

    Comment by loplop
    23:37 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Most sane people don't. Any kind of fandom can too far, this is just the latest example.

    Comment by MelancholyMomo
    00:21 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    sadly there will always be extremes...

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:58 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I tought he was dissapointed that Mai Kadowaki isn't a loli?

    On a side note, “I couldn’t forgive her. I frightened her, I did a bad thing”? Wut kind of lame@$$ excuses is dat??

    Comment by Chris
    07:28 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    You think there aren't American women out there that'd threaten to kill that guy from Twilight if it came out that he was gay? Or worse, if he publicly said "There really is no such thing as vampires, it's all just a story. I'm only an actor, I'm not really Edgar".
    Hell, in that case there'd be a friggen riot. Otaku Endless Eight rage could not even compare.

    Think about it :v

    As for the otaku who threatened Mai, his excuse should've been, "It couldn't be helped".

    Comment by MelancholyMomo
    08:04 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Hence..
    'sadly there will always be extremes..'
    a woman who does such a thing, would be considered 'extreme'..
    nevertheless.. I originally deleted this post.. but I am thankful that it reappeared because of this.
    "There really is no such thing as vampires, it's all just a story. I'm only an actor, I'm not really Edgar" Hell, in that case there'd be a friggen riot. Otaku Endless Eight rage could not even compare.
    - made me laugh.. XD.

    Comment by Anonymous
    17:09 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Not Edgar. Edward. And yeah i think you're quite right. Obsessive possesive fans really scary...

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:03 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    According to herself, her poor eyesight is due to playing too much gameboy as a child.

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:11 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    More of a genetic thing, I think.

    I've been playing video games all my life and I'm the only one in my family that doesn't need corrective lenses

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:30 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    i'm so far w/ you man! but i still consider to take care of my eyes, so i can still watch porn clearly! lol

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:03 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Send me to japan I will give my life to protect her.

    Comment by lemon5969
    23:10 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    yeah, i will protect her too.

    Comment by fatimmortal
    23:48 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I will give her all my love. ;D

    Comment by Maikeru
    00:19 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I will give her my buckets =D

    ...after I'm done with them.

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:33 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Who will protect her from her protectors? ~_~"

    Comment by Marine-RX179
    00:43 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    If only she could summon Berserker like her anime counter-part...the over the top otaku would have to think twice before stalking her...

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:32 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    tsk.. another retarded Otaku I see.. it's because scums like him that Otaku is getting a more worser treatment. Not that it's not bad enough.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:45 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I think piss poor grammar is the real reason why otaku have a bad public image.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:33 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    No just being an Otaku has a bad public image. I mean look at America and their Otakus. Randomfags that dress up as fat narutards and think they are cool.

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:31 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Cool if they stab themselves with a kunai or bury themselves in sands

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:02 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Otaku shouldn't have a capital unless at the start of a sentence...
    Gays and lesbians don't get capitals so neither should otaku

    Comment by Tex_Arcana
    05:55 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Unless it's the Hellenic sort of Lesbian.

    Like Xena, I guess.

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:02 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Or someone who's nationality is Lesbian

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:52 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I too will protect her.... with my reproductive organs

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:17 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Are you a shapeshifting Tanuki? If so, I imagine you are using your testicle shield to protect out precious Seiyuu.

    Many thanks Good Tanuki!

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:21 19/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    >Are you a shapeshifting Tanuki? If so, I imagine you are using your testicle shield to protect out precious Seiyuu.

    That reminds me of Shaman King

    Comment by Pandemonia
    23:37 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    i'll teal the guy limb from limb >O

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:37 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Yes, those otaku can be pretty terrifying!

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:33 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    why can't they just admire them from afar and focus all the fapping to their 2D counterparts?

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:32 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    because that's just not enough to contain them. Have you forgotten how twisted their brain could be once they've crossed the line of being a sane to mega-maniac otaku?

    Comment by Pandemonia
    23:37 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    tear too... as many tjings as i can

    Comment by Pandemonia
    23:37 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    tear too... as many things as i can

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:45 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    then why dont you go japan yourself

    Comment by xKItaoji
    23:48 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    You're no better than the threat. Instead, kill yourself and all obsessors. That's how you circumvent this.

    Comment by Gantz_Playboy
    15:55 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    LOL....meanwhile No One was pissed enough about "Endless Eight" to 'Intimidate' Kadokawa- lol.

    I don't get it - she's not that hot.

    Comment by FALLEN_GOD_BAKALOID
    04:21 05/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I'm pissed with the soul's window - 5cm per second shit.

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:07 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Does the boyfriend=slut mentality apply to 3D, too?

    Comment by Pandemonia
    23:38 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    definitely, it seems

    Comment by nocturne
    01:06 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    So the Japanese otaku mentality is more or less the same as someone who practices acid throwing in some backward Middle Eastern or Southeast Asian country. Am I missing something here?

    Comment by Chrouya
    23:10 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Rorona no Atelier = Win.
    She doesn't deserve to get intimidated by otaku rage, :/.

    People should rather threaten Kadokawa instead, slandering them with words like: "Your company has entered an endless recursion of rage". Would benefit a lot more.

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:14 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    oh yeah, they are. Well, more like silent anger / threat... through the sale of the merchandises / DVDs of anime Kadokawa is involved in. Or any product that Kadowawa markets for the matter

    -nvsds

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:14 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    An organization should be formed to protect seiyuus!

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:17 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I suggest we form a Sentai group. Alpha, recruit a team of teenagers with attitude.

    Comment by Icy-nee-san
    23:22 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I shall play the opening on air guiter!

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:24 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    then with 2ch as intelligence? think i understand

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:41 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Ay yai yai!

    Comment by Anonymous
    01:49 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I see what you did thar

    Comment by Pandemonia
    23:39 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I want to be the red one

    Comment by Pandemonia
    23:41 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    actually... make that purple instead

    Comment by Dash
    10:53 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    i wanna be the one in the big mecha

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:24 19/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    It's Morphin Time!

    Comment by Anonymous
    14:34 07/10/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I think I'll wait for now before I join in. I've heard it pays off if you wait...

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:19 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    lolwut?

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:31 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    OMG!
    why is he trying to kill my mother in law??

    Comment by SnooSnoo
    23:32 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Another obsessed and delusional soul.
    Amen

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:40 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Delicious megane! I'd totally lick the frames of her glasses!

    Comment by Pandemonia
    23:40 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    you can have the glasses, i'll have the rest :3

    Comment by the envoy
    00:11 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Ah, meat!

    Comment by Anonymous
    23:42 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    +1

    Comment by PrincessCherry
    23:45 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Stalkers are idiots in general.

    Comment by MelancholyMomo
    00:26 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    wouldn't say idiots.. they just have bigger hearts than most.. and due to that, their love can cause them to overlook certain things..

    'That's right, I'm a stalker of justice, and love is my quarry!' - Kondo..

    Comment by Anonymous
    20:18 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    +1
    Why you changed your gravatar? Why not Holo the Wise?

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:27 19/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Its not stalking, it's deep love!

    Comment by msgundam2
    23:47 02/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    how dare he threaten Mimi-chan

    Comment by MaidNiac
    00:41 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Rin is so going to blackmail him..

    Comment by Reboot
    00:14 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Is she really the drawer of Mari-tan??!

    FUCK!

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:24 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Her parents... Kiritsuku Emiya?

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:56 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    In that case, both her parents are already dead.

    Comment by MaidNiac
    00:38 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    What an idiot, Sanya should blast him to ashes with her rocket launcher.

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:39 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    And another disgraces our noble interest...

    No wonder otakus are looked down in Japan...

    Comment by Tiedupinknots
    00:45 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I just don't understand it.....I have NEVER been the fan af a celebrity or rockgroup to the extent of going to see them at an event or a signing. Nor have I ever wrote to said types "I love you" letters or any crap like that. Guess I will never understand the need to place groups or individuals on a pedistal from which they will inevitablely fall. Fans (the obsesive kind) are extremely idiots...IMHO.

    Comment by nocturne
    01:10 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Would a switch to contact lenses bring down the number of potential stalkers, or just increase the number of threats?

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:06 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Was he TRYING to get arrested <<; ?

    Comment by Fonzer
    02:08 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I don't understand this cheating connects to someone must be killed.

    But 26-year-old unemployed seiyuu fan,he has to have a high depression level to think so unrational.

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:31 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Whom she married or is dating?

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:50 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    So what does that book she's holding *really* say?

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:35 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    "I like you. Come over to my house and fuck my sister."

    Comment by Anonymous
    02:55 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    She is so cute! I'm in love!

    3D>2D!!!! FUCK YER PEOPLE!!!

    Comment by Fonzer
    03:53 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    gotta agree on this one anon

    Comment by Anonymous
    08:15 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    seconded

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:17 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    ...and all is wrong with the world

    Comment by J
    03:25 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    -26 years old
    -unemployed
    -stalker

    I'm not surprised...

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:28 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    She's pretty cute. But threatening to kill her parents was just uncalled for.

    Comment by Anonymous
    03:36 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    This one of Japan Quality? Overly obssessed Otakus?

    Comment by Bokusatsu Tenshi
    03:50 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Who's that fucking bastard? I will kill him for threatening Usa Mimi

    Comment by Anonymous
    04:31 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    man, ALL the boys threaten Mimi...

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:26 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    FUCK?

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:42 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    "I love you so much, I want to kill you~"

    And that, my friends, is the peak of sexual insanity...

    Comment by Anonymous
    05:56 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    "known for her appearances in Doraemon, Kodomo no Jikan..."

    better reword that to 'roles'

    Comment by Fonzer
    06:03 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Anonymous said:
    More of a genetic thing, I think.

    I've been playing video games all my life and I'm the only one in my family that doesn't need corrective lenses

    ever heard the fact that shooting games focus and train your eyes?

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:05 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    That's Mimi Usa's seiyuu. I'm going to fap extra hard next time I watch Kodomo no Jikan.

    Comment by Yurlungur
    06:12 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    I agree with Tenshi! We must protect Mimi! >.<

    Comment by Anonymous
    06:41 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Dang she's cute...

    Comment by Yurlungur
    06:56 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    +1

    Comment by Anonymous
    07:11 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    +2

    Comment by Anonymous
    09:13 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    She is _very_ cute, though.

    Comment by Anonymous
    10:54 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    dont people these days know how to send a mail to threaten?

    Comment by Anonymous
    11:23 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    she not hoy why

    Comment by Anonymous
    20:11 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    she IS hot, that's why

    Comment by Anonymous
    18:30 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    that is pretty interesting that they matched his prints with his fan mail.

    i wonder if they all do that.
    all fan mail is scanned for fingerprints into a database matching the sender address so they can find stalkers.

    Comment by Strawberry Suicide
    22:54 03/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Poor woman...
    And she even looks quiet decent - though she's not my type...
    But defenetly a nice-to-look at meganekko :D

    I can't stand stalkers&Co...
    Doesn't matter what gender, they all need to be locked away > >

    I'm an obsessed fan of Miyavi and as the rumors - now facts - first appeared on the net that his wife is Melody, some girls went crazy and posted stuff like : 'How could Miyavi choose her, she's so ugly', 'F**ck Melody, I hate her'...etc...o_O

    I was shocked!!
    And said thx to God I'm not like them...I actually listen to Melody too now XD

    Comment by Strawberry Suicide
    00:36 04/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Poor woman...:(
    And she is quiet a decent looking meganekko - not my type but still...
    Shame on stalkers&Co!! They should get execution for making the reputation of otaku culture even worse!!

    Normal otaku should strike back : "If you once again treaten a seiyuu, we'll go to your house and break your loli figurine collection into pieces and delete all your eroge!!"

    You just need a fitting punishment and they will learn out of it^^

    Comment by Anonymous
    00:56 04/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    there are alot more nice kadowaki maii pictures on the net. i really like her.

    Comment by Anonymous
    15:03 04/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Fuck this! She did ecchi loli shit therefore she should be punished! WTF? Yeah GOD says so!

    Comment by Anonymous
    21:38 04/09/2009 # ! Neutral (0)

    Even without a glasses fetish, she is insanely cute! Perfect asian girl next door look that is elegant and charming without looking slutty and easy like a fraternity girl.

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