Big Bang's Seungri Caught Up in Sex Scandal

Article list of the Japanese weekly magazine FRIDAY's new issue posted on the official website [FRIDAY]

Big Bang member Seungri has been caught up in a sex scandal in Japan.

Seungri, who is in the middle of his band's world tour "BIG BANG ALIVE TOUR 2012," has been found on the September 14 issue of the Japanese weekly magazine FRIDAY.

The magazine states that Seungri has allegedly spent a night with a 21-year-old woman living in Japan, and the woman revealed photos of Seungri sleeping and his habits on the bed.

While his agency YG Entertainment is not issuing any public statement, the artist's name is atop the list of most-searched key words on major portal websites' real-time search engines, including NAVER and Daum, as of Thursday afternoon.

The scandal is expected to hit hard on his bandmate G-Dragon, who is just two days away from releasing his first solo mini-album "ONE OF A KIND" online.

On Wednesday, G-Dragon began rolling out preview clips for the new release and posted the second teaser on the firm's official blog at 2 p.m. KST, about when the scandal began to spread fast online.

Should YG Entertainment admit to the rumor, this will be another major blow for the top boy band after G-dragon's illegal drug use and Daesung's car accident happened last year.

Seungri, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, is the vocalist and rapper of Korea's highly popular five-member boy band, discovered and trained by YG Entertainment.

Lee Tae-ho (myenclaves@10asia.co.kr) contributed to this article.

※ Any copying, republication or redistribution of 10Asia's content is expressly prohibited without prior consent of 10Asia. Copyright infringement is subject to criminal and civil penalties.