Former President of Johnny’s WEST, Kiriyama, Criticized by Fans for “Connection TIckets”

Nevertheless, Kiriyama apologized, saying, “I am truly sorry if anyone was offended in the slightest by the news,” and appealed to them to avoid “verbal attacks, etc.” on the other party (Mr. X).

 

To begin with, tickets related to the former Johnny’s are basically in a fierce competition, and fans are sensitive to so-called “connected tickets”. For example, in 2017, a screenshot of the LINE account of Yuya Tegoshi, then a member of NEWS, circulated on the Internet, and it was revealed that he had invited several friends to a concert.

One of the images that spread was a timeline from March 13, 2015, which read, “To those who I invited to the NEWS concert or those who said they wanted to go,” “I’m really sorry, but the office made a rule of 40 tickets per person from this tour, which is incomprehensible, and I can’t allow everyone to see the show.”

 

“In the MC for the concert held in Wakayama in the same month, Tekashi explained that his family and friends had also paid to see the show. He stressed that there was no such thing as a “free ticket” in Johnny’s (at that time). In addition, the Internet was also ablaze last November when the three-member YouTuber group “Hella Hella Musketeers” were alleged to have attended a concert of Naniwa Otoko with a “ticket from a friend”. The TV personality Matt, who co-starred with the members in a TV show and entered the venue on an invitation-only basis, posted a commemorative photo of himself with the girls on his Instagram, which caused an uproar. However, Matt later responded to a fan’s comment by saying, “Hella Hella usually buys her own tickets and came separately, and I just happened to meet her on my way home.””

We hope that the Osaka performance of “Camelot” will go off without any trouble.

 

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