A man in western Tokyo is currently under police investigation due to his unusual living arrangements, the 57-year-old sharing his home with a staggering ten women. Yet despite all the ladies being in their 20s and 30s, officials have stressed that Hirohito Shibuya is not being pushed to divulge his phenomenal pulling power. Rather, they are looking into a claim that one woman was told not to spill the beans about the situation after she refused an invitation to join, Shibuya-san allegedly threatening her by saying, “You will be in danger if you tell this to anybodyâ€.
The group’s unusual set-up started in February 2000, when Shibuya divorced his wife and started living with several women. An incident he has never looked back from, as after a few more marriages and divorces he has continued to increase his number of partners, the majority of those who have divorced him opting to stay on at the house — most of them also choosing to retain his family name.
In a residential area where curtains must be continually twitching, neighbours maintain that shifty Shibuya stays at home every day, whereas the young women go out each morning — presumably to work. Although this is not to say that the 57-year-old is nothing but a lazy ladies man, as he claims to practice fortune-telling from the house. A profession that appears to have played a major role in creating this unconventional situation in the first place, the middle-aged mystic telling investigators that, “After starting fortune-telling at home, female clients have gathered around me, and now we lead a communal life, just like polygamy”.
Shibuya further added to his mystique — whilst at the same time hinting at a secret that could net him a fortune — by saying, “I realised that I can attract women by reciting a charm”.
A statement that going off appearances could well be true.
*Update: It has since been reported that during a search of the house investigators found a stun gun and tear gas spray, suggesting that Shibuya-san backed his charms and captivating good looks with rather more forceful measures.
englishman says
That’s incredible. What fortune did he tell these women? “You’re going to meet an ugly, bald, puffy-eyed unemployed oji-san whose house you will move into and share with nine other women.†Seems to have worked a treat. Might give it a try.
ka-ma says
Dear oh dear! Is that really him in the photo? His “magic” powers must be incredible…otherwise there truly is no way any woman would be attracted to him!
Lee says
Yep, that’s him Ka-ma. Quite a catch eh?
Ristac Make Money says
If he can pull 10 women I would like to see how rough they look !!
Ken Y-N says
He looks fair shagged out in that photo!
As it were…
keith says
What they don’t tell you is that before his new living arrangement, he was 6’4″ and nothing but muscle and charm. That photo is just the end result.
I said it once elsewhere: unless you are a shimmering golden god-sultan whose every whim demands the attention of heaven itself, then having ten wives just means you have ten more people complaining.
Shay says
Ya, he must have something great or special to offer if he can get that many women, but I don’t think I’m seeing it. 😛
Mark says
He looks like the fat thing from star wars.
Judge says
I think you all missed the point with your comments. You missed out words like: scoundrel, pimp, coercion, violence, threats, intimidation, punishments, soliciting.
Debster says
And ten mothers in law …
melina says
he looks like he has hep-c.