Taisuke Fujigaya of the boy band Kis-My-Ft2 said he caused a car accident while driving in Setagaya Ward on October 31, apologizing for the collision on his members-only blog on Wednesday. No one was injured, he said.
According to people connected to the matter, Fujigaya was driving on a road in the ward when his car struck another vehicle that was also moving. The collision was a property-damage accident, with no injuries reported.
In the blog post, Fujigaya confirmed the reports and took responsibility. "As has been reported, due to my carelessness I caused a traffic accident (a property-damage accident)," he wrote.
“No one was injured, and after it happened the police responded promptly. I sincerely and deeply apologize to the other party for the enormous trouble I have caused.”Taisuke Fujigaya, Kis-My-Ft2 member, writing on his members-only blog
The post gave no further detail on the circumstances of the collision, and the people connected to the matter did not say whether police took any action beyond responding at the scene.
A short statement, and what it leaves out
The apology ran to a few lines on a blog that only paying members can read. That a celebrity addressed the accident himself at all, rather than leaving it to his agency, is the notable part; the account stops short of describing how the collision happened or what, if anything, followed.
Fujigaya is a member of Kis-My-Ft2, a group formed under the talent agency Starto Entertainment, formerly Johnny & Associates. The band's name is pronounced "Kiss-My-Foot-Two."