It was discovered on the 29th that a SoftBank commercial video featuring former SMAP member Nakai Masahiro has been removed from the company’s gallery site. Nakai appears in SoftBank’s commercial “Paytoku Manager.” They dressed up as various professions and performed magnificent dance moves, but… As of the morning of the 29th, the Paytoku commercial featuring Nakai, which had previously been on SoftBank’s commercial gallery page, was no longer viewable, with the message “There are no movies currently available” displayed. Regarding Nakai, the Josei Seven magazine released on the 19th reported that some sort of sexual trouble had occurred between him and a woman, and that Nakai had paid the woman a huge sum of 90 million yen as settlement through his agent. In response to this, the recording of TBS’s “Nakai Masahiro’s Friday Smiles”, where Nakai serves as MC, was canceled at the last minute, and there are also reports that the same network’s “THEMC3”, which was scheduled to air in the new year, has also been postponed. On the 27th, Nakai himself posted on the paid membership website, “I am very sorry for the inconvenience. I’m sorry,” he apologized. “We are now working sincerely and diligently on the issues we must face,” the company said in a statement. Tokyo Sports web.
>>1 Commercial companies and sponsors using Nakai Timee Softbank Paytoku Saturday Club sponsor Bic Camera Sato Pharmaceutical Amazing News sponsor Daihatsu P&G Paloma Comtec Saran Wrap (Asahi Kasei Home Products) Suzuki Hitachi Building Systems Nitori Art Moving Center MC3 sponsor Doggyman KinSuma sponsor Nissin Foods Dareka to Nakai Kao Kinoshita Group Lion Paradise City Life Net Insurance Earth Chemical Kirin Suntory Nakai’s Window Revival Special (12/27) Sponsored by Fortnite and Money Doctor, only the first 39 minutes.
Nakai, it’s all over. He’ll probably retire, but will he properly apologize before retiring or will he run away from that like Matsumoto? That will call into question his humanity.
The Japanese entertainment industry should also form a proper labor union. A while ago, the agency would protect us, whether it was right or wrong, but in this day and age, we have to protect ourselves. You could say that this is now the price he has to pay for doing whatever he wanted up until now, but it’s a shame that he is in such a weak position as a celebrity.
Even though Timee is a temporary staffing agency, I wonder if they don’t think anything of Nakai’s tribute system for women. I guess it’s a pretty dodgy company.
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