Mahoto Watanabe

Career On November 7, 2007, when Watanabe was in middle school, he posted on Niconico under the username . Watanabe began uploading to YouTube in 2010. By June 2019, he had over 2.7 million subscribers on his main channel.

On January 22, 2021, Uuum announced that Watanabe had been dismissed from the agency after confirming he solicited nude photos from an underage girl. Following the events, on March 2, 2021, Watanabe issued an apology on Twitter and also announced he was retiring from YouTube.

Since his retirement from YouTube, Watanabe started editing videos for Gardman, a YouTube channel with 2 million subscribers, earning him a million yen a month.

Personal life On January 21, 2021, Watanabe announced that he was marrying actress and former Keyakizaka46 member Yui Imaizumi and that they were expecting a child. The child, a daughter was born in June 2021. Following Watanabe's 2021 arrest, Imaizumi announced in July 2021 that she would not be registering their marriage and that she would be raising the child herself with support from her family.

Legal troubles On June 2, 2019, Watanabe was arrested on suspicion of battery. He had reportedly beat a female acquaintance and stomped on her face during an argument while he was intoxicated. On June 19, 2019, he issued an apology and also claimed he reconciled with the victim. Instead, he would be doing clerical work within the agency until December 31, 2019, though there were no immediate plans of him returning in January 2020. On January 22, 2021, Uuum announced that Watanabe confirmed the reports and was dismissed from the agency. The victim later contacted the police, which resulted in Watanabe being arrested on suspicion of forced child prostitution and possession of child pornography on March 17, 2021 after investigation. He was released on April 2, 2021 and indicted by the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on April 22 of the same year. On June 14, 2021, he was fined .

On March 22, 2024, Watanabe was arrested on suspicion of allegedly assaulting his ex-wife, including pushing her to the ground, on March 21.

Discography Studio albums + List of studio albums, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Year Title Details Peak chart positions SalesJPN 2016 Released: Label: Neo Kinder Records Format: CD — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected chart positions, sales figures and certifications Year Title Details Peak chart positions SalesJPN 2016 (with Yukon)Released: Label: Neo Kinder Records Format: digital download — — "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.

Singles As featured artist YearTitleOther artistsAlbum 2013 Flower Aimi Sekiguchi Sakasama/Flower 2016 Ryoji Takarabe Season 1 Stalking VampireKokomoSeason 2 Hella Saguwa Scramble Still Full Tune U-kon Jin KawaguchiSaguwa, Soma Transistor, Hekiho and Jin Kawaguchi 2018 Higashitoumi Toshimitsu Scramble Vol.2Show CaseSho TakeyakiPump Me UpLittle (from Kick the Can Crew) and Oma

Filmography Movies

Dramas

Publications Year Title Publisher ISBN 2015 Kadokawa 2016 Kadokawa 2017 Kadokawa Kadokawa