Scene of Streamer Mogami Ai’s Murder Defiled as Details of Her Life Emerge

The site of a livestreamer, murdered by a man to whom she owed money, has become a scene for angry incels to pay their final disrespects.

Picture: Ryuji / PIXTA(ピクスタ)

By Jay Allen

22-year-old livestreamer Mogami Ai, real name Sato Airi, was murdered last week in cold blood by 42-year-old Takano Kenichi. The backdrop of the murder, which stemmed from money that Sato borrowed from Takano without ever paying back, has led many online to claim Sato had what was coming to her. Not content to let her rest in peace, some are even going so far as to pay their final disrespects at the scene where she died.

A brutal murder over money

An ad for Girigiri Streamer Bar (their motto: “No doubt we’ll be closing next month”), where Sato, under her streamer name, Mogami Ai, served as “manager for a day” — a common event at bars and concept cafes in Japan.

As we previously wrote, police arrested Takano after he stabbed Sato multiple times in the upper body and face. She died shortly thereafter.

Takano was angry because he’d lent Sato some 2.5 million yen (around USD $16K) despite having little money himself. He had a court judgment against Sato but didn’t pursue collecting the money through legal means, with some saying he felt he couldn’t afford it. (Takano apparently had never heard of…