A Deadly Obsession: The Live Stream That Ended in Blood

Part 1: The Rise of Ai Mogami

At around 9:15 AM, in the quiet streets of Tokyo's Shinjuku district, a young female streamer named Ai Mogami was setting up her IRL (In Real Life) live stream. The chill of winter was just leaving the city, and most people were already at work or school, making the streets unusually empty. She had attached her phone to a tripod and logged into her streaming app—HuWatch—a popular Japanese platform similar to Twitch or YouTube Live.

Ai Mogami, known online as "I-Mogami," started streaming at the age of 17. Unlike her peers, she wanted to make people smile with her kind and bubbly personality. Over the years, she went from having just 5–10 viewers to thousands watching her live streams regularly. Through interactive chats and fun challenges, she became one of the top creators on the app and even earned a prestigious Platinum Badge, the highest rank awarded on the platform.

With growing popularity came growing income. By 2024, Mogami was earning between ¥300,000 to ¥400,000 per month in viewer donations (about INR 1.7 to 2.3 lakhs). One of her most dedicated fans was a man who went by the username "MajiLove", meaning "True Love" in Japanese.

Part 2: The Obsessive Fan – MajiLove

Behind the username was Kenichi Takano, a 42-year-old man from Oyama, about two hours from Tokyo. Kenichi was a loner—shy, quiet, and struggling socially since his school days. He worked by selling anime figurines and spent most of his time gaming or watching Mogami's streams.

What started as admiration soon became obsession. He began donating all his earnings—sometimes ¥100,000 per month—to Mogami. Eventually, she noticed him. Surprised by the huge donations, Mogami sent him a personal message. This made Kenichi feel special, seen, and valued. They began chatting privately on the LINE app. Their communication continued, and Kenichi never stopped donating.

Part 3: Manipulation and Financial Abuse

As their relationship grew, so did Mogami’s requests—financial requests.

In September 2022, she claimed she had forgotten her wallet and asked Kenichi for money, promising to return it soon. He agreed. Later that same month, she said she was forced to buy champagne worth ¥100,000 at her job as a hostess in a club, where young women are hired to entertain customers. Again, Kenichi paid without hesitation.

Over time, her excuses grew more dramatic. She said her sister had run away with her money, then claimed she was vomiting blood and feared having cancer. Despite knowing Kenichi’s limited financial condition, Mogami allegedly urged him to take loans—including from dangerous loan sharks.

Kenichi, trying to support her, burned through his life savings of ¥1.5 million, took multiple loans, and was now buried in debt. At one point, all he could afford to eat daily was rice and soup.

Part 4: The Breaking Point

In early 2023, desperate and betrayed, Kenichi filed a legal case against Mogami, not for the donations, but for the ¥2.5 million he had lent her (about $20,000 USD). He won. The court ordered Mogami to return the money.

But she didn’t.

Instead, she blocked him, vanished from his life, and continued flaunting her luxurious lifestyle on social media—living in a fancy apartment, traveling, and eating expensive food.

Even then, Kenichi didn’t ask for much. He pleaded that she return just ¥10,000 per month to help him repay the loan sharks, but Mogami either ignored him or made new excuses. On March 7, 2025, just days before her murder, he sent her a final message begging for his money, saying he could no longer survive like this.

She never replied.

Then, he saw Mogami’s HuWatch post announcing her March 11th IRL live stream in Shinjuku—and something in him snapped.

Part 5: The Murder – Live and Unfiltered

On the morning of March 11, Mogami went live. She greeted her viewers, laughed, and walked around the streets of Shinjuku, excited for her new streaming format. Over 6,500 people tuned in to watch.

But among them, one viewer was different—Kenichi Takano, watching from Oyama.

He tracked Mogami’s exact location in real-time using landmarks shown in her live stream. At around 9:50 AM, he reached her.

Dressed entirely in black, wearing a hat and a white mask, he stood in front of her.

Before she could speak, react, or even fully comprehend who was standing before her, Kenichi pulled out a knife—one he brought from home—and began stabbing her.

He stabbed her 30 times, including in her head, neck, and chest. Blood began to splatter across the screen, horrifying thousands of live viewers.

People initially thought it was a prank or a challenge—until they saw the blood.

Mogami begged for her life. She screamed for help. But the street was nearly empty, and her virtual audience could do nothing but watch in horror.

As she lay on the ground, bleeding, Kenichi stabbed her again and again, and then turned to the camera and said:

“Are you dead yet?”

Part 6: The Arrest and Divided Opinions

Witnesses heard her screams and rushed to the scene, but by the time they arrived, it was too late. Kenichi didn’t flee. He stood calmly beside her body, watching. When police arrived, they saw the bloody knife near his feet and arrested him.

When asked if he had committed the crime, Kenichi confessed instantly, repeating only one line:

“Things weren’t going well between us. She didn’t return my money.”

The Japanese public was initially outraged and mourned Mogami. But soon, the truth of their toxic relationship emerged. As details of Mogami’s manipulation and financial exploitation of Kenichi surfaced, public opinion began to divide.

Many continued to condemn the brutal murder, while others—shocked by the emotional and financial abuse Kenichi had suffered—began to sympathize with him.

Final Thoughts

Yes, Kenichi was manipulated. Yes, he was emotionally used and financially exploited.But does that justify taking a life?

Absolutely not.

Mogami didn’t deserve to die like this. And Kenichi now awaits sentencing—forever haunted by the choices that pushed him over the edge.

This wasn’t just the story of a crime. It was the story of obsession, loneliness, and a parasocial relationship that spiraled into tragedy.

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