Industry Reactions and Fans’ Discomfort Over Kasumi Arimura & Kaito Takahashi’s Love Affair

This dating report may have an impact on Arimura’s future career.

She said, “The age of 30 is an important time for an actress to take the next step in her career.” As well as dramas and movies, the number of TV commercials is a barometer of popularity, and this winter, the only commercial featuring Ms. Arimura that was frequently seen was “Lulu” for Daiichi Sankyo Healthcare. She has appeared in these commercials consecutively since 2015, but there is a possibility that the recent reports might have an impact.

 

Furthermore, in recent years, there has been a change in the way companies are using celebrities. In many cases, they use them as characters for service talks at events such as new product launches, but Ms. Arimura’s relatively quiet image makes it difficult for her to please clients. In addition, it is absolutely prohibited to ask her about her relationship with Mr. Takahashi in public, which may create difficulty for those involved, according to a casting producer.

However, his ability as an actor is well known to everyone.

Even in the case of “Dou Suru Ieyasu” (NHK), NHK, which was suffering from low viewer ratings, relied on Shun Oguri, who had appeared in the Taiga drama for two consecutive years, and Arimura, who was supposed to have left the show early, for the final episode. Although his recent appearances in WOWOW and Netflix productions have been more prominent than in terrestrial drama serials, there is no doubt about his ability and popularity. It is true that many in the industry would like to see Arimura in a play rather than as a TV personality, said a commercial drama director.

Will her relationship with Takahashi Kaito turn out to be a good thing or a bad thing? We can’t take our eyes off of Arimura in 2024.