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First up was Nakai Masahiro’s huge sex assault settlement that nearly took down a television network<\/a>. I made a post about this earlier in the year. This broke at the end of last year but it sets the tone for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n Since that post Fuji has announced that it will sue the former excutives and president that were involved in the cover up<\/p>\n Fuji Television Network said it will file a lawsuit against the former president and former executive vice president over the broadcaster’s response to alleged sexual assault by former TV star Masahiro Nakai. https:\/\/t.co\/4ptZQlM8Jk<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Japan Times (@japantimes) June 6, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Also this blog does a really great job translating the third party investigation if you’re really interested<\/p>\n Third-party Investigation Committee’s Report on the Nakai Masahiro sexual violence case & FujiTV’s role in it – Part 1: The Committeehttps:\/\/t.co\/JYdNzPmL46<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/vpzrZ3KYNv<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Chiaki @ Dorama World \u30c9\u30e9\u30de\u30ef\u30fc\u30eb\u30c9 (@doramaworld) April 1, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Next is boy band member and BL actor Kenshin\u00a0Kamimura\u00a0getting arrested for sexual assault in Taiwan.<\/p>\n \u9999\u6e2f\u3067\u65e5\u672c\u306e\u82b8\u80fd\u4eba\u902e\u6355\u3068\u5831\u9053https:\/\/t.co\/UCslfBseFH<\/a><\/p>\n \u9999\u6e2f\u8b66\u5bdf\u304cONE\u3000N\u2019ONLY\uff08\u30ef\u30f3\u30a8\u30f3\u30aa\u30f3\u30ea\u30fc\uff09\u306e\u5143\u30e1\u30f3\u30d0\u30fc\u4e0a\u6751\u8b19\u4fe1\u5bb9\u7591\u8005\u3092\u902e\u6355\u30023\/1\u306b\u9999\u6e2f\u3067 \u2014 ORICON NEWS\uff08\u30aa\u30ea\u30b3\u30f3\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\uff09 (@oricon) March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Kenshin was a member of a mid level boy group that had been building up some amount of popularity in recent years, last year he was cast in the BL drama\u00a0Miseinen: Mijukuna Oretachi wa Bukiyo ni Shinkochu and that seemed to be his break out moment. There was even set a fan meet tour for him and the other lead actor in several countries in Asia. Suddenly at the height of it all his agency announced he was no longer with them because of a contract violation and he would be leaving his group, he was quickly erased the agency website and all social media. There was a lot of confusion about it until his arrest in Taiwan was entered in to public record:<\/p>\n \u88ab\u544a KAMIMURA,KENSHIN pic.twitter.com\/xuYzMSPmlk<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 \u1d0b_\u1d0d\u1d00\u0280\u1d1c_\u1d05\u1d00\u1d1c_\u0299\u1d00\u0299\u028f (@k_maru_dau_baby) March 5, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n He was released on bail after his court date in April where he plead innocent and cried a bit. His trial will take place at the end of July so stay tuned!<\/p>\n It’s not just boy band members, women can also be messy!<\/p>\n Agency confirms Hirosue Ryoko’s arrest following car crash, announce hiatushttps:\/\/t.co\/8KYkcVtYbE<\/a>#\u5e83\u672b\u51c9\u5b50<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/kJ5fwvVObf<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 NANTE JAPAN (@NanteJapan) April 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Actress Hirosue Ryoko, who’s life has sadly been on a downwards slide since having an affair two years ago got in a minor car accident and the attacked one of the nurses at the hospital. Afterwards she revealed that she has been diagnosed with bipolar disorder and hyperthyroidism. Supposedly no drugs were involved and she was not charged.<\/p>\n Speaking of affairs the major one this year was 25 year old Nagano Mei and 40 year old married actor Tanaka Kei.<\/p>\n Bunshun’s latest scoop on the alleged extramarital affair of Tanaka Kei & Nagano Mei + her rumoured relationship with “Caster” co-star Kim Mu-junhttps:\/\/t.co\/uCadjmdHHP<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/DYvaUQ52sF<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Chiaki @ Dorama World \u30c9\u30e9\u30de\u30ef\u30fc\u30eb\u30c9 (@doramaworld) April 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Some interesting details are:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/ul>\n At the very same time bunshun was breaking the KeiMei news they also had a scoop on actor and BE:FIRST member RYOKI<\/p>\n BE:FIRST\u2019s RYOKI secretly accepted \u00a5100 million from fianc\u00e9e, reports Weekly Bunshun https:\/\/t.co\/TlzCtGkuQs<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 tokyohive (@tokyohive) April 23, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Interesting details here are:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/ul>\n RYOKI has announced a hiatus from BE:FIRST after their world tour wraps this month:<\/p>\n [BE:FIRST] Regarding RYOKI’s future activities pic.twitter.com\/vjpQoouerl<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 BE:FIRST Updates (@BEFIRSTupdates) May 24, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n In even more disgraced boy group member news, JO1 member Shion admitted to using illegal overseas online casinos.<\/p>\n JO1\u9db4\u623f\u6c50\u6069\u3001\u904e\u53bb\u306b\u30aa\u30f3\u30e9\u30a4\u30f3\u30ab\u30b8\u30ce\u5229\u7528\u306710\u65e5\u9593\u306e\u6d3b\u52d5\u81ea\u7c9b\u767a\u8868\u300c\u672c\u4eba\u306e\u53cd\u7701\u306e \u2014 ORICON NEWS\uff08\u30aa\u30ea\u30b3\u30f3\u30cb\u30e5\u30fc\u30b9\uff09 (@oricon) May 31, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n He went on a ten day hiatus to reflect on his actions. Surely withdrawing from public activities for ten whole days should be enough punishment for breaking the law right? Turns out it’s not…<\/p>\n Tokyo police have referred Shion Tsurubo, a member of boy band JO1, to prosecutors on allegations of engaging in illegal gambling on an online casino website. https:\/\/t.co\/RapgqOtRLi<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Japan Times (@japantimes) June 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Shockingly the police have different ideas. This was announced after he had already returned from his hiatus and the company was silent for days about it before announcing that he would be going on another hiatus. According to him he didn’t know it was illegal and also he lost over $49K.<\/p>\n Now it’s time to come full circle with the scandal that made me decide to make this post. I started with an old sexual assaulter from Johnnys Entertainment and now I’m ending with one. Kokubun Taichi from TOKIO has been a mainstay in Japanese television for decades, suddenly on June 20th he was fired from his main television show for committing “multiple compliance violations”<\/p>\n Nippon Television Network will remove Taichi Kokubun, a member of the pop group Tokio, from its popular TV show “The Tetsuwan Dash” as he has been found to have committed compliance violations. https:\/\/t.co\/Su9dKBjnyO<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 The Japan Times (@japantimes) June 20, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n Although the violations have not been publically revealed, you can pretty much guess<\/a>.<\/p>\n His group, TOKIO who’d only just been hanging on with three members left have decided to disband.<\/p>\n The Japanese pop band TOKIO has announced it is breaking up on Wednesday, after breaches of compliance rules by member Kokubun Taichi came to light.https:\/\/t.co\/w1Dsq541WW<\/a><\/p>\n\n
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