Producer Arrested Following Support of Maika Yamamoto’s Smooth Transfer Amid Comment Controversy

On July 31, actress Maika Yamamoto announced on the company’s official website that she would be leaving her former agency, Incent.

The agency reported the transfer in an unassuming and simple manner, saying, 《I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all the fans who have supported me and to everyone concerned who has given me tremendous support》. Yamamoto, on the other hand, said , “I have learned many things over the past 13 years. I would like to make the most of what I’ve learned and work more and more like myself. Rather than expressing gratitude to the agency that had taken care of him since his debut in 1999, Yamamoto seemed to be filled with excitement about the new future he was going to pursue, giving the impression that the two were somewhat at odds with each other, even though they both said they were leaving the agency “amicably.

At that point, Yamamoto had not yet mentioned his new affiliation. Then, on her Instagram page on the 1st of this month, the day after she announced her departure, she announced that she would be transferring to Agea Promotion, an entertainment agency to which actor Maryjune Takahashi (36) and model and TV personality Chihiro Kondo (34) belong.

On July 24, just before announcing her departure, the news site Bunshun Online reported that Yamamoto had started dating Hiro (30), vocalist of the rock band MY FIRST STORY, in May of this year and that they were living together in a luxury apartment in Tokyo.

She is currently in a relationship with Hiro, but discussed the move with him when she was dating her ex, Kentaro Ito (27). According to some reports, Taku Hosokawa (41), a producer who was arrested in July on suspicion of inducing a woman in her 20s to take sleeping pills and sexually assaulting her, was the one who supported Yamamoto’s transfer after being introduced by Ito” (entertainment reporter).

At the time of his arrest, Hosokawa was engaged in management work as a contract employee of a major record company, Sony Group, and was also known to have been the manager of Akihiro Nishino (44) of the comedy duo King Kong. Before that, he had been a director of an affiliate of Tristone Entertainment, which is headed by actor Shun Oguri (41), and he had a wide range of contacts in the entertainment industry.

He had a close relationship with the company to which Yamamoto was being transferred, and since Yamamoto was also a successful actor, the transfer seemed to have gone smoothly. At the time of Hosokawa’s arrest, it seems that the transfer talks had already been finalized, but if the talks had not been finalized, the transfer might have been scrapped.

Yamamoto’s transfer was made possible through various relationships, but what was apparent from the comments of Yamamoto and his former agency was a “difference in temperature. However, it seems that the current situation surrounding both parties had a lot to do with it.

Yamamoto is a successful actress and model, and it would be a big blow to the agency if she left, but she is a type of person who does not hide her original yankee temperament in her words and actions. Although this is the reason why she is supported by the same sex, it will become more difficult as she gets older. In addition, the news reports with Ito and Hiro have highlighted the fact that he has a romantic nature that has a great impact on his work.

Furthermore, in the same agency, young actress Natsuki Deguchi (22) has grown up rapidly and now earns more than Yamamoto. Therefore, there is not much damage. Yamamoto’s decision to transfer may have been a blow, but it may also have been a “godsend.

On the other hand, it has been said for some time that Yamamoto disagreed with the agency about the direction of his work. Furthermore, as long as he was with his former agency, the “absolute ace” was Mizuki Yamamoto (33), who also shares Yamamoto’s surname. However, Asia was originally a modeling agency. Currently, the ace actor is Mary June Takahashi, but since they share the same lineage, there is a possibility that Yamamoto could become the next generation’s ace,” said a TV station official.

Is this a “developmental dissolution,” so to speak? In any case, it was a win-win situation for Yamamoto and his former agency.

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