Def Tech's Micro given 2-year suspended term over 3.517 g cannabis, drug use
On 11 June 2026, the Tokyo District Court gave Yuki Nishimiya, known as Micro of the duo Def Tech, a two-year prison term suspended for four years under the Narcotics Control Act. Arrested on 2 February over 3.517 grams of dried cannabis at his Shibuya home, he was also convicted of using cocaine and MDMA in a car in Chiba.
🇯🇵 Tokyo District Court, Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo · Japan
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Agencies
Narcotics Control Department, Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office +1
On 11 June 2026, the Tokyo District Court sentenced Yuki Nishimiya, 45, known as
Micro of the music duo Def Tech, to two years in prison suspended for four years
for violating the Narcotics Control Act.[1]The court also ordered the
forfeiture of two cannabis items, matching the two-year prison term and
confiscationprosecutors had requested.[2]Judge Hideki Murohashi said
Nishimiya possessed multiple illegal drugs and used them selectively for casual
motives such as staying awake while driving, indicating dependence and weak
respect for the law.[3]
According to the ruling, Nishimiya possessed 3.517 grams of dried cannabis at
his home in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, on 2 February 2026, and used cocaine and other
substances in a car in Chiba Prefecture around the same day.[1]The drugs
ingested in the Chiba vehicle were cocaine and MDMA.[4]Agents of the
Narcotics Control Department of the Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Bureau of Health and
Welfare found the dried cannabis during a search of his home and arrested him in
the act.[3]Tokyo District Public Prosecutors indicted him in the Tokyo
District Court on 20 February for violating the Narcotics Control Act.[5]By
13 March, the Narcotics Control Department had referred an additional allegation
to prosecutors accusing Nishimiya of cocaine use.[6]He was released on bail
and attended counselling to prevent drug dependence under supervision from
family members living with him.[7]
At his first hearing on 1 June, Nishimiya admitted the charges while his defence
asked for a suspended sentence.[7]During questioning, he testified that he
used cannabis brought from Hawaii to escape excessive expectations and pressure
ahead of Def Tech’s 20th-anniversary events.[7]His arrest six days before a
scheduled 20th-anniversary concert at Nippon Budokan forced the show to be
cancelled.[7]The court suspended the term because Nishimiya admitted the
indictment, showed remorse, was attending a medical clinic, and lived with his
mother, who checked his mobile phone history.[3]On the day of the verdict,
his management agency announced the termination of his artist contract, and
Nishimiya posted an apology on Instagram.[8]He said he would base his future
work at his personal company, Wergshire, and continue both Def Tech and solo
activities after leaving 2VOX.[8]
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Arrested
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Charged
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Convicted
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Cannabis
3.517 g
Prison
2 years (suspended for 4 years)
Agencies
Narcotics Control Department, Kanto-Shinetsu Regional Bureau of Health and Welfare; Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office; Tokyo District Court
Agency type
Anti-narcotics agency, Prosecutor, Court
Cannabis
Herbal cannabis (3.517 g)
Activity
Possession, Use
Setting
Home
Charges
possessing dried cannabis under the Narcotics Control Act; using cocaine and MDMA under the Narcotics Control Act
Jiji Press described the seized cannabis as about 3.5 grams rather than the 3.517 grams cited in other accounts of the judgment, which the report uses.
Accounts of the judgment varied on the non-cannabis substances used in Chiba Prefecture, describing them as cocaine and other drugs, cocaine and MDMA, or cocaine or MDMA; none are included in cannabis figures.
Although Nishimiya testified that he had obtained the cannabis in Hawaii, no separate smuggling or importation charge was reported.
No fine was imposed alongside the suspended prison term.
Whether either side appealed the 11 June District Court verdict or whether the sentence has become final was not reported.
The two-year suspended prison term covered both the dried cannabis possession and the non-cannabis drug use, with no separate penalty breakdown reported.
Japan's Ground Self-Defense Force dismissed a 19-year-old private second class at the Kaita garrison in Hiroshima Prefecture on 6 November 2026 for using cannabis and other drugs at a friend's home in Hiroshima City in August. He had been arrested in September with two friends on suspicion of cannabis use.
The Kochi District Court sentenced Fui Ashida to five years in prison and a 1 million yen fine for repeatedly selling cannabis and cocaine in Kochi and for credit-card fraud. Presiding judge Yoshitake Tanaka called the offences malicious, citing sales to 17 customers at least 33 times.
The Yamaguchi District Court sentenced a 31-year-old man to three years in prison and a 500,000-yen fine for confining two men in a Shimonoseki flat in December 2024 and, in October 2025, holding about 172 grams of cannabis for profit and using it. The court called the confinement malicious and said the cannabis carried a high risk of spreading the harm of illegal drugs.
A 21-year-old convicted of defrauding an elderly person of 1.5 million yen and possessing cannabis in Okayama Prefecture was sentenced to 4.5 years in prison and a 300,000-yen fine. The Hiroshima High Court's Okayama branch vacated the May verdict on 28 October 2026 after prosecutors appealed its failure to set a workhouse detention term for the fine.
