The president of Pacific Ocean Television (太平洋テレビ Taiheiyou Terebi), Akira Shimizu (清水昭 Shimizu Akira), said to have been a politician's secretary, emerged as the ringleader.
Akira Shimizu, believed to have been a political aide and the president of Pacific Ocean Television (太平洋テレビ Taiheiyou Terebi), took charge as the main instigator in this scenario.