<figure id="attachment_383184" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-383184" style="width: 652px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="fc668e1f"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/07/d12bfb6ce1c3e409af0a3f41f8fd78c7.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-383184" class="wp-caption-text">Matsumoto Hitoshi (left), who resumed X, and &#8220;Samara-zu&#8221; Masakazu Mimura, who immediately got involved with him. &#8230;&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
 The comments of Masakazu Mimura of the comedy duo &#8220;Samara-zu&#8221; about Hitoshi Matsumoto of &#8220;Downtown&#8221; are causing controversy.
 Mimura said that Matsumoto, who is on hiatus, told him on July 14 at X
 I&#8217;m thinking of doing 《posting and reposting normally》. It&#8217;s a natural right.
 Mimura responded to Matsumoto&#8217;s post on X on July 14, saying, &#8220;I&#8217;m going to post and repost normally. Without further ado, he responded
 Let&#8217;s drink normally.
 The topic of conversation turned to &#8220;Let&#8217;s have a normal drink. On the following day, the 17th, Mimura posted the following message on X
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 People tend to think that Mimura and his friends are commenting on the return of Downtown&#8217;s Hitoshi Matsumoto, but if he comes back, it will be a terrible thing. I&#8217;ll lose my job! Nerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Ah, not much to do with us, eh?
 And the post. He wrote about his &#8220;view of the world&#8221; after Matsumoto&#8217;s return.
 Mimura, who respects Matsumoto, may have been simply expressing his honest feelings, but Matsumoto has been accused by the Weekly Bunshun of forcing Ako, a participant in a drinking party, to perform sexual acts on him. However, Matsumoto is currently in dispute with Bunshun.
 Matsumoto denies the allegations, but the road to a verdict is long and arduous. Mimura&#8217;s post under such circumstances has been met with mixed reviews on the Internet.
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 Matsumoto&#8217;s return to show business is conditional only on the allegations being &#8220;completely clean. Mr. Mimura belongs to Horipro, and his affiliate, Horipro.com, has Kazutaka Ozawa of &#8220;Speed Wagon&#8221; who reportedly attended to Ms. A. to Mr. Matsumoto.
 As the court decision has not yet been issued, he is in a position where he should have paid close attention to the case. It is no wonder they say we are not paying enough attention.
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Akashiya Sanma said on his radio program &#8220;Young Town Saturday
 I&#8217;m being told by the people at the other side of the company not to contact Ozawa&#8217;s office,&#8221; he said.
 The &#8220;Matsumoto problem&#8221; has made the Hollypro staff very nervous.
 Perhaps because of this situation, Matsumoto announced that he would resume posting, but the only comedians who responded were the aforementioned Mimura, rakugo storyteller Shiraku Tachikawa, and Masashi Kumada, which is a bit sad for the &#8220;king of comedy. A person involved in the field of comedy adds, &#8220;The comedians who are close to Mr. Matsumoto are the ones who are the most popular.
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 All of the comedians who are close to Mr. Matsumoto are concerned about his future. If it were possible, we would like to see him return to the entertainment industry. However, it is risky to touch this case under the current circumstances.
 In particular, comedians from other companies are not allowed to touch the matter even if they want to. There are even comedians who have been told by their managers not to talk about it.
 Furthermore, Matsumoto and the Weekly Bunshun are engaged in an off-the-cuff battle over the report of Ms. Ako&#8217;s &#8220;obstruction&#8221; of her court appearance.
 Matsumoto&#8217;s attorney, Masahiro Tashiro, contacted Mr. X, who is in contact with Ms. Ako, and suggested that she refrain from appearing in court. In response, Mr. Tashiro admitted to contacting Mr. X, but denied any attempts to talk him out of it.
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 The Bunshun side is expected to make a statement about the series of obstructive actions at the trial with Mr. Matsumoto. Mr. Matsumoto&#8217;s side is also expected to refute this and claim legitimacy. Which side of the argument will be accepted by the public?
 The fact that Mr. Matsumoto resumed X at this time is probably irrelevant, since X has more than 9 million followers and has tremendous power to spread the word. The other side of the coin is that the battle is now in full swing. He probably wants to go to trial with public opinion on his side.
 Will Mimura&#8217;s wish for a &#8220;world where Matsumoto comes back&#8221; come true?

 Yuri Adachi (Mimura) and Ippei Hara (Matsumoto)

 Downtown's Hitoshi Matsumoto has been involved in an out-of-court battle with the Weekly Bunshun, which reported the allegations of sexual assault, and the "obstruction of court appearances" against Ms. A. The timing of the battle was such that Matsumoto resumed his social networking service. He resumed his social networking service at the same time. ......

Matsumoto Hitoshi declares &#8220;Post and repost are normal.&#8221; &#8220;Creating public opinion&#8221; on SNS begins with the reaction of Mimura and others.

Matsumoto Hitoshi declares “Post and repost are normal.” “Creating public opinion” on SNS begins with the reaction of Mimura and others.

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