Ryutaro Nonomura

After graduating, he was employed as a public employee at Kawanishi City Hall for 15 years, a job he left in order to pursue politics.

[12] When he was asked by a reporter to explain the allegations against him, Nonomura started crying and "uttering nonsensical phrases and banging on the desk".

[13][14] Video of his crying went viral, being played repeatedly by multiple Japanese television stations and being viewed by more than 730,000 people on YouTube.

[20] He made his first appearance in court on January 26, pleading not guilty and denying making false statements in his funding reports.

[22][23] That same year, his crying outburst was parodied by the anime Gintama, where Gintoki Sakata apologized for the series not ending properly and announced that there would be a new season.