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The story
In the early hours of November 6, the official X (Twitter) account of idol group “Akumade Tenshi” announced that a theft had occurred in the dressing room at Shinjuku ReNY. The group revealed that they had filed a police report, disclosed the total value of what was stolen, and even offered to pay 1 million yen to whoever comes forward as the culprit. On 5ch, theories clashed between “this has to be an inside job” and “maybe the whole theft is just a publicity stunt,” with users trading theories about everything from who did it to why the group went public instead of handling it quietly.
Girl idol group files police report: “Today, a theft occurred in our dressing room” — total damages also disclosed
The official X account of idol group Akumade Tenshi posted an update in the early hours of the 6th, reporting that the group had suffered a “dressing-room theft.”
The official post began: “[Announcement] Today, a theft occurred in the dressing room at Shinjuku ReNY.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Can outsiders even get into a dressing room?
If it's not someone connected to the group, maybe it's a venue staffer?
That's exactly why the "inside job" theory tends to win out in cases like this.
Did she think she'd never get suspected?
Also, I have zero idea who any of these people even are.
Telling the culprit "come forward and I'll give you a million yen" makes zero sense either.
Pwease gimme da 1 million yen~ (written in deliberately babyish, misspelled Japanese)
If it was cash or pricey valuables that got taken rather than personal belongings, does that make a fan being the culprit less likely?
She's not a grade-schooler — she's working, so carrying roughly her age times 1,000 yen isn't that strange.
Guess that rules out a 197cm, 120kg guy like me as a suspect.
Might as well just give that million to the theft victims instead.
The "I'll give you a million yen" line sounds fake — kind of transparently so. If that's the attitude, don't make a big public deal out of it in the first place.
Who's it even aimed at?
Just put up a notice in the dressing room and be done with it.
Background and Key Points of This Story
It’s unusual for a dressing-room theft to be announced on an official X account rather than handled quietly, which is exactly why so many commenters questioned the motive behind going public. Even when a police report is filed, prosecution often doesn’t proceed if the victim later withdraws it — one commenter’s question (res26) reflects that basic point of criminal procedure. Several posters also noted that the offer of “1 million yen to whoever comes forward” has little practical teeth, since coming forward would still leave someone open to questioning or prosecution — a skepticism that lines up with how these legal mechanics actually work. Meanwhile, the “inside job” theory remains pure speculation about venue staff or internal crew; the official announcement doesn’t specify anything about the suspect’s identity, so readers could easily mistake thread speculation for confirmed fact. The total damages and exactly what was stolen were never detailed in the original report either — the figures floating around the thread are purely guesswork.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou Sports Hou+) thread “[Entertainment] Girl idol group files police report: “Today, a theft occurred in our dressing room” — total damages also disclosed.”
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