Wanting to hold on to Sho Sakurai… Nippon TV’s programming executives were “first in line” to open the office of “SMILE-UP.

Nippon TV’s inability to come out strongly against Johnny’s is said to be due to a report on the 13th of this month on “ZIP!

When the show’s entertainment section reported that “Hey! Say! JUMP” would not sing their debut song “Ultra Music Power” in the future, the reason for this was that the song’s title included the words “Johnny’s” as in “J! JUMP” means “Johnny’s” in “Hey! Say! In the VTR that followed, a video from the “Hey! Say! JUMP” fan club was quoted and edited as if the members agreed with this intention,” said a TV station official.

As it turns out, this was a misleading move on Nippon TV’s part. The origin of “JUMP” was said to be a message that “we want this group to jumpstart the Heisei era.

The Nippon TV viewer center was inundated with complaint calls and e-mails from fans over this one incident. I also heard that, unusually, the former Johnny’s office also complained.

Nippon TV has already announced its fall program lineup, including “130 Million People’s SHOW Channel” with Sakurai, “Monday to Night Fakashi” with Shingo Murakami (41) of “Kanjani Eight”, “Kintore” with “King & Prince”, “Aha! Minna no Zoo”, “Nino-san” with Kazuya Ninomiya (40) and Fuma Kikuchi (28) of Sexy Zone, “TOKIO” and others in “The! DASH! DASH!” and other programs. On the same day as the press conference, we asked NTV about the visit to “SMILE-UP.” on October 17, which gave the impression of a connection between Nippon TV and the former Johnny’s office, and received the following response.

After the October press conference, we have continued to exchange opinions and engage in dialogue with the office, focusing on the written offer we have already made. On October 17, the day the company name was changed to SMILE-UP, which happened to be the same day, executives from the organization visited the office and pointed out and confirmed specifics, including details, so that the efforts announced and those required by the public would be implemented promptly and surely.

After the second press conference held by the former Johnny’s office, Nippon TV’s news bureau produced and aired a self-examination program. By investigating the sexual assault by the former Johnny’s office, the news station may be trying to appeal to its sponsors and maintain its relationship with the former Johnny’s office.