NHK’s NHK drama series starting in April is reported to be cancelled by Yoko Maki…but she is still “flooded with offers” and her “popularity” is unexpectedly high.

Yoko Maki (41) was reportedly hospitalized in early March after falling ill.

It all started with the February 18 broadcast of “Dareka to Nakai” (Fuji TV). Maki, who appeared as a guest on the program, said of Arata Mackenyu (27), who appeared as a guest with her,

Maki made some sexually harassing remarks about his guest, Arata’s 27-year-old son.

Maki made a series of sexually harassing remarks about her guest, Arata Kensuke (27), including, “It’s erotic. Yoshimasa Iwahashi (45) of the comedy duo “Plus Minus” (at the time), who was watching the announcement of the show, said, “Oh, he shot me with an air gun,

Oh, that’s the guy who shot me with an air gun!

The search for the culprit began on social networking sites. However, before he could be identified, Iwahashi himself confessed that the person was Maki. This caused a huge uproar.

Naturally, Maki responded, “It wasn’t me,” and it seemed as if a battle with Iwahashi would break out. However, on February 22, Yoshimoto Kogyo, to which Iwahashi belongs, announced on its official website that the contract had been terminated. The duo was dissolved, and his partner, Takashi Kanemitsu (45), was to work as a pin comedian for the company.

Iwahashi then delivered an apology video on his SNS and apologized for the series of posts. It seemed as if the furore would be settled, but the criticism of Maki on SNS did not subside, but rather increased.

On February 25, Hollywood Zakoshisho (50) posted an “exaggerated” video making fun of Maki. At first, the video seemed to be a big hit, but in March, Maki confessed on SNS that she had been hospitalized. Zakoshi also came under fire when he wrote that he had become anorexic. As a result, he was forced to delete the video and apologize.