^ :rofl: He wouldn't be the first one, didn't Demi Moore get naked (well in a bikini) on Larry King, or was it on Jay Leno??
Takoyama wrote:
Bringing shame to yourself is not so easily tolerated in Japan. One strike is all it takes to ruin your reputation.
Yep that is true, the libertine value system I have been brought up forgives mistakes, even questions perfection. But this is also fairly new in European society (thanks 1968 and after :woot: :mrgreen: ).
Eyeyore wrote:
Wanna know how famous is SMAP? His news was reported in AFP, Reuters, london papers, German papers, American papers, Chinese papers......Do you think he might appear in Larry King next ?
I read about it on most serious European news websites - although most just copied the Reuters text and added some very light sarcastic flavor to it.
Eyeyore wrote:
One thing I'm curious. After all these years, other than KimuTaku, I never hear about those boys having steady girlfriends, esp Tsuyoshi.
Inagaki Goro and Kanno Miho have been dating on again/off again for years as well.
Eyeyore wrote:on a light note, i wonder who's the lucky public prosecutor interviewing him......
Well, there's this from FujiTV News
Authorities are investigating a message posted online threatening to hurl a hand grenade at the Akasaka police station in Tokyo in response to last weeks arrest of pop singer Tsuyoshi Kusanagi on public indecency charges.
[/list:u] Don't think I'll be going into any of the SMAP threads until I buy a helmet and flak jacket. :sweat:
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Eguchi doesn't have his own thread so I'll post this here:Actor Yosuke Eguchi (41) has just been hospitalized due to an unfortunate accident on his motorcycle.
At about 7:30pm on Wednesday night, Eguchi filled up his motorcycle at a Shibuya gas station and was making a left turn onto the street. He suddenly stepped on his brakes to avoid colliding with an approaching bicyclist, but it resulted in his motorcycle overturning. Eguchi was taken to the hospital and is said to have fractured his collarbone and a rib. The 36-year-old salaryman who was riding the bicycle was not injured.
Eguchi is set to co-star with Nanako Matsushima in the fourth season of Fuji TV's "Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji" drama series, scheduled to start on July 7. The severity of his fractures has not yet been reported, and it is not yet known how much the injuries will impact production on the drama. (Tokyograph)[/list:u]
I also read that he will go ahead with his role in Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji. His injury requires about 10 days stay at the hospital, and the first episode has been delayed by one or two weeks.
xploring wrote:I also read that he will go ahead with his role in Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji. His injury requires about 10 days stay at the hospital, and the first episode has been delayed by one or two weeks.
Maybe they could just do a quick re-write and use his accident as episode 1. [/list:u]
I thought he was popular back in the 90s. I'm just surprised he doesn't have a thread......
I read from JapanZone he had multiple fractures on his collar bone and ribs......dun't think 10days is enough to rehabilitate. He probably didn't think of a 'defensive fall' when he fell from his bike. According to Japanzone, he was trying to avoid a cyclist that ran onto his path as he was turning out from the petrol station. The whole motorbike probably 'crushed' onto him as he fell.
The family of actress/singer Sakai Noriko (38) have asked Tokyo Metropolitan police to try and track down her whereabouts. No one has been able to contact her since her husband was arrested on Sunday night for possession of stimulant drugs.
Aizawa Masahisa, president of the Sun Music management agency that represents Sakai, gave a press conference yesterday. He said she has not been seen at her home, which she also shares with her mother-in-law, and repeated calls to her mobile phone have gone unanswered. "I'm sure she is extremely distressed at recent events. But I would ask her not to try and deal with this on her own but to contact us as soon as possible." There had already been rumors of a split between Sakai and her husband, pro surfer and business owner Takaso Yuichi (41), who have a 10-year-old son. The couple married in 1998. Sakai took maternity leave after the birth of her child but returned to work and has become a "Mama-san" role model in TV commercials and dramas.
You guys probably have read about this..
Real life drama.
Manabu Oshio arrested for drugs, linked to woman's death
On Monday, Avex announced that it had dismissed actor/musician Manabu Oshio (31) for "violating his contract," but being let go by his agency is currently the least of his worries. Oshio was arrested on the same day for illegal drug use and is currently under investigation for his connection to the death of a woman.
At close to 9:30pm on Sunday night, the Azabu police department received a call from a man reporting that he had discovered a body. A woman, in her 30s, was found dead and naked in a bed at the Roppongi Hills Residences B, a high-class apartment building. It was determined that she had been dead for about 10 hours. She showed no external wounds, and the specific cause of death is expected to be identified within a couple weeks.
Oshio was apparently in the room with the woman at one point. He called his manager, saying that he felt something had gone wrong, but he left the apartment after that. Surveillance cameras showed that Oshio and the woman had entered the building separately that night.
On Monday afternoon, police called Oshio in for questioning. While listening to his story, they noticed that his hands were shaking and his face was pale. Suspecting drug poisoning, they gave him a urine test, which turned up positive for MDMA (also known as ecstasy). As a result, he was placed under arrest for violation of drug control laws. In his defense, Oshio claimed that he had taken some pills he received from a friend, not knowing it was an illegal substance.
Police are still investigating the case, searching Oshio's home and trying to identify the woman's cause of death and the source of Oshio's drugs.
The good-looking Oshio began acting in 1998, but was absent from the screen after leaving his agency Ken-on in 2005 until he signed with Avex in May 2008. He picked up a role in Spanish director Isabel Coixet's "Map of the Sounds of Tokyo," as well as Hideo Sakaki's "Yuukai Rhapsody" and Eiji Uchida's "Dakara Oretachi wa, Asa wo Matteita." Coixet's film already screened at Cannes in May, but has not yet opened in Japan. The other two movies are scheduled to open in December and February, respectively. However, Oshio's scandal threatens to affect the releases of all three pictures.
Oshio is also the leader of rock band LIV, which debuted in 2002. The group went inactive in 2007, but last August he declared that he was reviving the band with the addition of two members. They were reportedly working on material in preparation for a new album later this year.
Aside from his acting and singing careers, Oshio is also known for marrying actress Akiko Yada (30) in 2006. Yada gave birth to a son in November 2007. But in light of this incident, it is being revealed that Oshio and Yada have been living separately for several months, with little communication between them. Yada, who achieved her own return to acting earlier this year, now seems likely to move for an official divorce.