Japanese YouTuber Tenchim (てんちむ), real name Tenka Hashimoto, announced on X on October 14, 2026 that she had won her appeal in a long-running lawsuit tied to a night bra brand she had promoted, with a massive damages order against her reduced to zero.
The case dates back to claims that Tenchim had concealed her own breast augmentation surgery while marketing the bra, named Motefit, as a way to naturally enhance one’s bust. The manufacturer sued her over the alleged nondisclosure, and in December 2024 the Tokyo District Court ordered her to pay damages of approximately ¥384,574,504 (roughly $2.5 million), a ruling that was widely reported at the time.
According to Tenchim’s post, the Tokyo High Court overturned that decision on appeal. “The payment order of about ¥380 million placed on me has been entirely voided, and my payment amount is now zero,” she wrote, adding that the court instead ordered the manufacturer to pay her approximately ¥2.24 million. “I’m so glad I kept fighting without giving up,” she said, thanking fans for standing by her through years of uncertainty.
Even in victory, Tenchim struck a reflective note. The report notes that she said she still deeply reflects on her own past immaturity, acknowledging that it remains true that she betrayed the trust of those who had supported her. Her husband, entrepreneur Yuta Misaki — once known publicly as the “Aojiru Prince” for his green-juice subscription business — also offered her words of comfort following the ruling.
Who is Tenchim?
Tenchim is a prominent Japanese YouTuber and media personality known for beauty, lifestyle, and personal-brand content. She has built a large online following through her outspoken, often controversial public persona, and has used her platform to launch her own product lines, including the night bra at the center of this lawsuit. She is married to Yuta Misaki, an entrepreneur who gained fame and later notoriety for his green-juice subscription venture.
Author’s Comment
A multi-year, multi-hundred-million-yen legal nightmare just evaporated into a ¥2.24 million win, and honestly, I don’t know whether to applaud or just exhale on her behalf. Japanese courts moving an appeal through in under two years and flipping a verdict this hard is rare, and it says something that the original number was so eye-watering in the first place. But what gets me is that she didn’t just do a victory lap — she turned around and said, yeah, I still broke your trust, and I know it. That kind of unprompted humility is basically extinct in influencer-land, where the instinct is always to spin a legal win into total vindication. I’ll say this: surviving a scandal with your marriage and your fanbase intact is its own kind of plot armor, and she’s earned a little credit for not pretending the whole mess never happened.
