<figure id="attachment_262813" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 682px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-262813"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="e6711182"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2022/09/e3f01affb102f0b7fa9693166565ef94.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-262813" class="wp-caption-text">Kagawa will continue to be the &#8220;face of Toyota&#8221; until the end of the year, but his favorite car is not a Toyota but a luxury foreign car. Photo: Getty/Kyodo News Images</figcaption></figure>
<p>Actor Teruyuki Kagawa (56), who was reported to have allegedly sexually assaulted a female hostess at an exclusive club, has had his commercials terminated. Kagawa had appeared in TV commercials for seven well-known companies, including Toyota Motor Corporation, but as of February 2, five companies have announced that they will suspend the broadcasts or expire his contract.</p>
<p>The unexpected true face of the successful actor has been revealed, but it is not only in the drinking scene that Kagawa changes.</p>
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<p><strong> It&#8217;s driving. Kagawa used to drive his manager&#8217;s car to TV stations and other places, but he drove his own luxury Range Rover to the Kabuki-za Theater, which he was accustomed to going to. We shared the same direction of return several times, but he was quite a speed freak. He never slowed down at all, even on narrow alleys where children might run out. When I grabbed the steering wheel, he drove as if he was telling me to get out of his way. One time, we were driving on a rainy highway when Kagawa&#8217;s car passed us at a very high speed. Considering our speed, he was driving at more than 120 kilometers per hour.&#8221; (A source from a pear orchard)</strong></p>
<p>Before the ugly incident, Kagawa had been extremely busy as an actor, MC, and CM, so one might think that he had been pressed by his schedule.</p>
<p><strong>&#8220;But I don&#8217;t think so,&#8221; he said. Even though he had to repeatedly interrupt his work to get to the next site, Mr. Kagawa would get out of the car and leisurely enjoy several cigarettes. I guess his personality comes out in his driving. I was wondering if he would be able to drive like this even though he was appearing in a commercial for an automobile company.</strong></p>
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<p>Toyota Motor Corporation and Saison Automobile &amp; Fire Insurance Co. for both companies, their cancellation of his contract may have been a blessing in disguise.</p>


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