Yuko Ogura rejects NISA, Ryoko Hirosue saves in dollars, and Taizo Sugimura declares himself a professional… The “investment situation” in the entertainment industry revealed by the stock market plunge.

The Nikkei Stock Average’s wild swings have brought cries of distress from the entertainment industry as well.

On August 5, the Nikkei Stock Average fell 4,451 yen, the largest drop in its history, on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Haruka Kodama, a former “HKT48” member who manages her assets through NISA and other means, took to X (formerly Twitter) to voice her dismay, “Today’s Nikkei has dropped too low.

Today’s Nikkei is so low that I’m crying.

(I’d like to think it’s just an adjustment),” he posted. Former table tennis gold medalist Jun Mizutani, who is reporting on the heated Paris Olympics, posted an image of the plunging Nikkei Stock Average.

Jet lag?

he mused. TV personality JOY also posted an image of the Nikkei Stock Average on X

The Nikkei closed down 4,451 yen. How many stocks were at S-low? My holdings are… Don’t ask me. I’m feeling well, but I’m starting to get a fever,” he lamented.

I’m feeling well, but I’m starting to get a fever,” he lamented.

The recent plunge was triggered by a variety of factors, including fears of a recession in the U.S. economy and the yen’s appreciation following the Bank of Japan’s interest rate hike (which was later followed by a softening of its stance). Japanese equities had been on a steady rise since last spring, and the damage caused by the reaction was significant.

What further widened the wound was the new NISA, which was recommended by the government in a concerted effort.

The historic plunge of 4,451 yen was in part spurred by panic selling by the “NISA people.

In the midst of all this, Yuko Ogura was “deified” by some.