Aiyuke Badminton Network reported on April 7 that early this morning, the Japanese police verified that Japanese men's singles player Momota Kento and his senior Kenichi Tianji engaged in group gambling at an illegal underground casino in Sumida District, Tokyo, Japan in March. As a result, the person was urgently summoned to return home.
After holding an emergency meeting today, the Japan Badminton Association decided not to recommend Momota Kento to participate in the Olympics. This actually excluded him from the Rio Olympics and was removed from the national team.
When this underground casino was sealed by the Japanese police, the top management of the casino said during police interrogation: Momota Kento was introduced by Kenichi Tianer, and the two of them often visited this casino.
In the casino, the two people's gambling capital was extremely huge. Kenichi Tianer even gambled in units of one million yen, while Kento Momota gambled in units of hundreds of thousands of yen. By the time the casino was seized, the two had lost at least 20 million yen. Japanese media also said: This is an extremely bad thing, and Momota Kento will not be able to participate in the Rio Olympics.
Currently, the Japanese police are conducting further investigation on this matter.
In the 1/8 finals of the Malaysian Badminton Open today, Momota Kento temporarily announced his withdrawal due to gambling scandal.
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