Asaka Seto’s Comeback Intervened After Appointment of Husband Yoshihiko Inohara as Johnny’s Vice President.

Actress Asaka Seto (46) is said to have been unexpectedly “hit” by the appointment of her husband, Yoshihiko Inohara (47), as “number two” at the Johnny’s office.

At the second press conference held by the Johnny’s Office on October 2 in response to the sexual assault issue of its founder, Johnny Kitagawa, it was announced that Inohara, president of the subsidiary ‘Johnny’s Island,’ will become vice president of a new agent company that will be established in the near future to handle the talents of the office. Inohara has risen to the second highest position in the Johnny’s group after Higashiyama Noriyuki, but this has made it difficult for Seto to resume her career as an actress, which she had been aiming for.

 

“Seto made her acting debut in 1992 and starred in a number of serial dramas, including ‘Miss Diamond’ (Fuji TV) in 1995 and ‘Summer Vacation for 27 Years Old’ (TBS) in 2005. She became one of the top actresses. However, in September 2007, she married Inohara, whom she had grown close to through their drama collaboration. After becoming a mother with her first son in March 2010 and a daughter in November 2013, she cut back on her acting career to raise her children. After the birth of her second child, she appeared in only a few dramas, the most recent being a one-shot appearance in the eighth episode of ‘Doctor X’ (Tele Asahi) in December 2021. Before that, she appeared in a special TV Tokyo drama in January 2019, so her activities had been rather limited.”

Last year, which marked the 30th anniversary of her debut, Seto just started her “fresh start”. At the end of May of the same year, she became independent from Foster, the entertainment company to which she had belonged since her debut, and established her own private agency. In December of the same year, she held an event to celebrate her 30th anniversary. Recently, she has often expressed in the media her desire to revive her acting career now that she has finished raising her children.

 

“I hope to increase my activities on the occasion of becoming independent. I love this job, so I want to do it as long as I can,” she said in an interview with Nikkan Sports last November, revealing her strong desire to become an actress. In an article published on the official website of the fashion magazine ‘LEE’ in March of this year, she stated that she would like to resume her acting career as well.