Johnny’s’s new president, Yoshihiko Inohara, “What I really wanted to tell you” in an interview with a “Bunshun Gun” rival magazine.
Johnny’s s was hit by a series of earthquakes last year.
Hideaki Takizawa left his affiliated company, Johnny’s Island, and Shiyoh Hirano, Yuta Kishi, and Yuta Jinguji of the popular King & Prince group announced that they would leave the group by the end of the year. In addition, Mariusuba of “Sexy Zone” retired from the entertainment industry after the countdown concert on last year’s New Year’s Eve.
The Johnny’s sons office, which is known for its iron-clad unity, is no doubt in turmoil, as the Internet is abuzz with speculation about who will be the next to leave the office.
In the midst of all this, an interview with former V6 member Inohara Yoshihiko published in “Daily Shincho” on January 1 has become a hot topic.
Inohara succeeded Tackey as president of Johnny’s Island. In his first appearance in a suit in the Shincho, he confesses without concealment everything from a series of exits to the current state of Johnny’s office.
First of all, it should be noted that the interview with new president Inohara was in Shincho. Shincho is known as the rival magazine of Weekly Bunshun, which has the same release date as Shincho.
Bunshun published a series of articles questioning the words and actions of Johnny’s president Keiko Fujishima Julie (“Julie”) in the wake of the departure of Tackey and Kimpuri members. The two have been at each other’s throats, with the Johnny’s’s office announcing that it is considering legal action.
Shincho has so far made no mention of the Kimpli story. Johnny’s has other media outlets that are friendly to Inohara, but it seems as if they dared to “get back at” him by publishing his story in the Shincho, which is the opposite of Bunshun.
In the Shincho, Inohara revealed that Tackey had left the office without much of a handover, that he would continue to support the three members of Kimpuri who are leaving the group, and that all members of the seven-member group “IMPACTors” would be leaving the office.
He also stated that all seven members of the IMPACTors would be leaving the group. After all, the enthusiastic fan “Tiara” is probably a big factor. The content of the article cleared up any doubts about Tiara and emphasized that there were no conflicts with the three members who were leaving the group.
That is not the only story about Inohara that caught the media’s attention. As an extension of the Kimpuri story, Inohara refuted reports that the talents were “rebelling” against Mr. Julie.
I’ve never really heard of it,” he said.
He denied that he had ever heard of it.
If it were an “empire” that had been built up by interfering with someone else, it would have collapsed long ago,” he said.
He emphasized the “monolithic” nature of the company.
Another interesting point is that toward the end of the interview, he mentions a rumor that Takizawa, who resigned from Johnny’s, has started a new agency and is pulling the strings for the departed members. Inohara’s answer was not too bad, but the reporter from a sports newspaper said, “Takizawa’s establishment of his own office is a big deal.
Takizawa’s establishment of an office is denied by Takizawa himself, and there is no information about the “pulling out” of the retired group. It seems as if they are trying to restrain Takizawa’s side by daring to mention it.
In the Shincho article, Inohara pledges to ensure compliance and to communicate with his talent more than ever. It looks like the center of the entertainment world will continue to be the Johnny’s’s office in 23 years–and the world of entertainment will continue to be dominated by the Johnny’s’s office.
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