<figure id="attachment_300092" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-300092" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="6b4d22a9"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/03/89efa141749b94bda2461eab456339bb.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-300092" class="wp-caption-text">Un-jash&#8217;s Ken Watabe still reeling from the affair&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
 Un-jash&#8217;s Ken Watanabe will be returning to terrestrial TV for the second time. Will this accelerate his return to key stations? &#8230;&#8230;
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 The special program &#8220;Excavation!　Un-jash&#8221; will be the host of the special program &#8220;Rai-ba~☆river&#8221; to be aired on &#8220;TOKYO MX&#8221; on April 30. Watabe, who had refrained from his activities due to the affair in June 2008, resumed his entertainment activities last February with his return to TV on Chiba Television&#8217;s &#8220;Un-jash, Black and White&#8221; program, albeit on a local station.
 The public was in a more or less &#8220;let go&#8221; mood, and it was expected that he would follow this trend by returning to work for a terrestrial key station, but things did not turn out that way.
 The Tokyo key stations seemed to have been trying to decide how to respond to &#8220;B&amp;W&#8221; based on the public&#8217;s reaction to it, but the criticism of Watabe was not weak at all. Even TOKYO MX, which decided to use Watabe for this program, decided to discontinue the broadcast of &#8220;B&amp;W~&#8221;.
 After that, his publication of a business book and his appearance on an Internet program with the support of fellow comedians became the talk of the town, but it is true that public interest in him was gradually waning. Rather than &#8220;I can forgive him now,&#8221; more and more people are saying, &#8220;I don&#8217;t care about Watabe anymore&#8221; and &#8220;I don&#8217;t want to see him anymore.
 A producer at a key station said that the reason for this is Watabe&#8217;s words and actions when he appears on network programs and the &#8220;relief articles&#8221; that appear from time to time.
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 A producer at a key station said, &#8220;It&#8217;s been two years, but the viewers still don&#8217;t sympathize with him when he talks about how hard it was for him at the time. The overwhelming majority of people say, &#8220;But you had it coming. I know you can&#8217;t refuse an interview offer, but you shouldn&#8217;t talk about things that make you feel like a victim.
 Also, the extremely condescending attitude is too heavy-handed and difficult to watch. If he is too flirtatious, he will be a disgrace, but I think he should just act normally now.
 Still, the possibility of appearing on a key station seems to have increased with the decision to appear on &#8220;TOKYO MX&#8221; (&#8230;&#8230;).
 However, the possibility of appearing on a key station seems to have increased with the decision to appear on TOKYO MX, but the situation is the same as with Chiba TV. At that time, the wind was stronger than expected, so all of them gave up. A year has passed since then, and I think we should be okay this time.
 However, for other reasons, the chances of appearing on a key station seem to have decreased.
 In the past, there were staff members who planned Mr. Watanabe&#8217;s appearance because he could get good numbers (viewer ratings), but now the public&#8217;s interest has waned, so it is unlikely that he will get any numbers. Sponsors are not going to shake their heads, and perhaps we will receive complaints. I don&#8217;t think there is any need to take that risk with Mr. Watanabe.
 I think it is still too early for Mr. Watanabe to appear in a &#8220;redemption variety show&#8221; such as &#8220;Shikujiri Sensei,&#8221; and I can&#8217;t find a show that would allow him to appear in the first place.
 (The same producer) &#8220;TOKYO MX&#8221; has come up with a good idea.
 He will appear with his partner Kazuya Kojima as Un-jash. The criticism would be lessened, and since Watabe himself would not be the star of the show, he would not be exposed to the controversy, so even if there were complaints, they would not be too many.
 Depending on the success of this program, there is a great possibility that he will have an opportunity to appear on a key station as &#8220;Un-jash.
 When one thinks of a duo that broke up after their partner was involved in a scandal, &#8220;Ameagari Kesshitai&#8221; comes to mind. If the duo had remained together, Hiroyuki Miyasako&#8217;s return to show business might have been realized. Watanabe will never be able to thank his partner Kazuya Kojima enough. &#8230;&#8230;

 Born in Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Hiroyuki Sasaki became a reporter for FRIDAY at the age of 31, reporting numerous scoops during his time at FRIDAY and later working mainly for weekly magazines. Recently, he has been appearing on TV and radio as a commentator.

 Hiroyuki Sasaki (Entertainment Journalist)

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