<figure id="attachment_290114" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-290114" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="4321ab7b"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/01/cf68a8aabcae14d74b24149253b946ef-1.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-290114" class="wp-caption-text">Former SMAP member Masahiro Nakai returned to work on January 14. The reason for this timing is&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
 TV personality Masahiro Nakai, who had been taking a rest since last November, is back.
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 Nakai appeared on the January 14 broadcast of the regular program &#8220;Masahiro Nakai&#8217;s Castor Na Kai&#8221; (TV Asahi) and on the radio program &#8220;Masahiro Nakai ON &amp; ON AIR&#8221; (Nippon Broadcasting System) in quick succession. Both were pre-recorded, but Nakai showed his recovery with light-hearted talk.
 Some media reported that Nakai was &#8220;seriously ill,&#8221; and there were concerns about his severely emaciated appearance on &#8220;Masahiro Nakai&#8217;s Professional Baseball Rare Play Good Play Award 2022&#8221; (Fuji Television) broadcast on December 11, 2011. Compared to that time, he looked a little plumper and his expression was brighter.
 Nakai himself made a joke about his serious illness. At the &#8220;Castor Na Kai,&#8221; he said.
 Nakai said, &#8220;I saw on the Internet news that I was going to die within the year. Did everyone think I was going to die?
 His co-stars immediately denied it, saying, &#8220;No, we didn&#8217;t! Nakai immediately denied it.
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 On the same day, Nakai also returned to his regular program, &#8220;Masahiro Nakai&#8217;s Friday Smile Tatsu&#8221; (TBS), and his exchange with announcer Shinichiro Azumi on TBS&#8217;s &#8220;Information 7days Newscaster&#8221; was aired. The Azumi announcer said
 When he came back for a while in October (last year), I wondered what was going to happen to him.
 Nakai also said, &#8220;I thought it was going to be bad.
 Nakai also confessed, &#8220;I thought it was bad.
 Nakai also confessed, &#8220;I thought it was a bad situation. Nakai continued, &#8220;I thought I was in trouble.
 I thought I was going to die, didn&#8217;t I?　Didn&#8217;t you think I was going to die?　Around November last year. You thought Nakai-san was going to die, didn&#8217;t you?&#8221;
 He laughed and pursued the question.
 It was very typical of Nakai to mention the &#8220;death theory&#8221; himself. I think he is trying to dispel the concerns of his fans and at the same time, he is trying to put a nail in the coffin of some of the media.
 There is some good news. It has recently been decided that Nakai&#8217;s regular TV program will continue after this spring. According to a source at a TV station.
 A source at a TV station said, &#8220;When Nakai took a leave of absence last November, there was talk in the TV industry about what to do with his regular TV program. As expected, the January episode was decided to continue, but what would happen after April this spring had not been decided.
 Some people at the station said that if Mr. Nakai, who has a strong sense of responsibility, was going to be overwhelmed, it would be better to end the program once and for all. However, the station has recently decided to continue the program because of Nakai&#8217;s return to the show and his enthusiasm.
 Nakai is also aware of the &#8220;conventions&#8221; of the TV industry, so it seems that his return at this time was also for the sake of his own show.
 Nakai&#8217;s true condition is known only to himself. However, Mr. Nakai loves the TV scene and enjoys working with the staff and co-stars as he has in the past. For Mr. Nakai, who has been recuperating alone in the hospital or at home, this may be a &#8216;good medicine&#8217; for him.
 Meanwhile, Nakai&#8217;s return to TV is said to be limited to taped programs at this time; the World Baseball Classic, which could be called his life&#8217;s work, will begin in March, but his appearance as official support captain of Samurai Japan for two consecutive tournaments has yet to be confirmed.
 Nakai is still in the process of recovering from his illness,&#8221; said Mr. Nakai, &#8220;but he is still in the process of recovering. As you can see on TV, I hear that he has applied a lot of make-up to his face.
 There were reports in women&#8217;s magazines that she did not take off her thick outerwear even in the station to avoid showing off her thin body. I think it would be better not to overdo it here.&#8221; (Another TV station insider)
 On the 17th, she also appeared on &#8220;The! Sekai Ohten News&#8221; on the 17th. Nakai has now returned to all of his regular TV programs, but his fans, who are well acquainted with his personality, seem to have a mixture of joy and worry about him, telling him not to work too hard.

 Shinji Hasuo

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