Despite two previous affairs and allegations of infidelity… Junichi Okada’s surprising reputation in the industry for being “safe and sound even after becoming independent.

The “quitting-japanese allergy” of some fans does not seem to be going away anytime soon. Like Yuta Kishi, who joined TOBE, Junichi Okada (42) is still facing criticism for announcing on his SNS just two hours after his press conference at the Johnny’s office on October 2 that he would be leaving the group on November 30. The exquisite timing of the announcement was greeted with the following comment on SNS: “Okada left his friends behind,

Okada left his friends and ran away.

“Okada ran away without his friends,” and “He quit when the office was in trouble. …….”

Okada ran away without his friends,” and “How could he quit when his office is in trouble?

Some sports papers had reported Okada’s departure as a scoop before October 2, and when the question was raised on the day of the press conference, Vice President Yoshihiko Inohara said, “Let him make the announcement himself. It is easy to imagine that it was a race.

I think it was someone from the office who leaked the story to the sports papers, and the reporters in attendance were stunned, wondering, ‘Are they still controlling the media like that at this stage of the game? It is a common practice to give a scoop story to a sports paper and in return, they soften their questions or make them not ask any questions.

On the same day, Johnny’s released a comment.

The decision was made because of the late Janie Kitagawa’s sexual assault issue. We feel a great deal of social responsibility not only to Okada, but also to his fans, business partners, and all other stakeholders.

Many people concerned wonder why Okada announced his resignation at this time, given that the reason for his departure was due to “Janie Kitagawa’s sexual assault.

If he had wanted to quit early, he would have left at the time the BBC broadcast was decided or when rumors of the broadcast first appeared. I think the younger members and Hideaki Takizawa, who left one step ahead of the others, could have predicted this would happen. It seems that Mr. Okada did not expect such a big uproar.