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Female Celebrities (actors, television personalities, idols) deepfake (Oct 2025)
Hiroya Yokoi, 31, was arrested for producing and displaying nearly 20,000 AI-generated explicit images of 262 female celebrities. He earned 1.2 million yen ($8,000) by selling them between October and September. He…
- Incident date
- Oct 2025
- Target
- Female Celebrities (actors, television personalities, idols)
Updated May 6, 2026 · 1 min read
Hiroya Yokoi, 31, was arrested for producing and displaying nearly 20,000 AI-generated explicit images of 262 female celebrities. He earned 1.2 million yen ($8,000) by selling them between October and September. He admitted to creating the images for financial gain to cover living expenses and repay a student loan.