NHK recently reported that the 35-year-old game and anime composer, Hidekazu Tanaka was arrested in Tokyo on the charges of attempted forced indecency. Hidekazu Tanaka is most well-known for composing the song “Star!!” for the IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls anime
What did he do? Well, it appears that Tanaka was shouting obscene words at a teenage girl and even grabbed her hand outside of a bicycle parking area by a train station earlier in August. The incident was filed by the girl to the police, and then officers found footage from the security camera of that train station.
Tanaka has yet to be sent to trial for the assault but is currently under custody.
▍About Hidekazu Tanaka
Hidekazu Tanaka is a video game and anime music composer that worked at the studio MONACA. He composed several songs including music for Nyaruko: Crawling with Love!, Aikatsu!, Servant × Service, THE IDOLM@STER MOVIE: Kagayaki no Mukōgawa e, The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls, Sword Oratoria: Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Hitori Bocchi no Marumaru Seikatsu, and Idoly Pride.
His contract with the company expired last year, and he is also credited for composing the opening theme song for season two of Uzaki-chan Wants to Hang Out!
