Hikari Mitsushima, Ryoko Yonekura, Juri Ueno, Jun Kaname… “Treasured Images” of Popular Actors and Actresses Who Became Free

I will continue to aim for new heights as an actor, and I will face my work with even more sincerity.

Actor Kaname Jun (42) updated his Instagram on April 1 to report that he has become independent from Flip Up, the entertainment agency to which he has belonged for 22 years since his debut. The website of the office also included a statement informing Kaname of his departure,

We respect Kaname’s wish to expand his activities overseas and will continue to support him in achieving his goals.

The report stated, “Kaname has been a member of the Kaname family since 2001.

Kaname made his debut in “Kamen Rider Agito” in 2001 and attracted a lot of attention. Kaname, who had a strong desire to go abroad from a young age, auditioned for the Hollywood movie “The Last Samurai” the following year and was accepted, but Kaname himself has said in the past that he had to turn it down because it conflicted with the filming of the daytime drama “Shin Ai no Arashi” (Fuji TV). It seems that Kaname cannot give up his dream of going abroad as an actor,” said an entertainment agency executive.

Kaname has appeared in the drama “Fixer” (WOWOW) starring Toshiaki Karasawa (59), which will start airing in April, and the movie “TOKYO MER: Running Emergency Room,” which will be released in April, and it is believed that he will gradually save his domestic work for overseas expansion in the future. In the past few years, many actors who are considered big names or veterans have gone independent, but what kind of activities are they doing now?