Japan's popular kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizo has apologized for his involvement in a bar fight but denied he used violence during the clash. The kabuki theater operator says Ebizo's stage appearances will be cancelled for an indefinite period.
In the November incident, the 33-year-old actor suffered serious facial injuries from the brawl.
After he left a hospital on Tuesday, Ebizo appeared at a news conference, packed with 500 media crew, for the first time since the incident.
With a bloody left eye and puffy eye lids, he bowed deeply and apologized for troubling Kabuki fans and others concerned, while at moments choking with tears.
Ebizo said he met the people he was drinking with, and his assailants, for the first time that night. He stated that he was hit after trying to help his drinking friend who fell down. The actor said he thought he would die while being beaten and running away from the attackers.
The police have an arrest warrant for a 26-year-old man on charges of inflicting injury to the kabuki actor.
The kabuki theater operator president, Jun-ichi Sakomoto, said Ebizo's drinking habit is one of the reasons for the incident and banned him from appearing on stage indefinitely.
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