PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide Aspergillus sp. which can efficiently inhibit the scattering of spores from the malted rice in a process for producing a malt or the like, and to provide a method for utilizing the same.SOLUTION: There are provided the Aspergillus sp. which lacks the function of a gene encoding subtilisin-related protease alpB, has a remarkably lower spore-forming ability than that of a parent strain, has total protease activity equal to or larger than that of the parent strain hardly scattering spores, and is therefore extremely practical for the production of fermented seasonings; and the method for utilizing the same.