On November 24, 2005, Motoya was arrested by Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department on suspicion of violation of the Road Traffic Act based on the fact that he had illegally parked a car six times in two years and had not appeared at the police in spite of the notice of appearance.
2005年11月24日、元彌は、2年半の間に計6回にわたる駐車違反の出頭要請に応じなかったとして、道路交通法違反の容疑で警視庁に逮捕された。