Yuya Tegoshi’s Comeback to ‘Itte Q’: Navigating the Challenges of Returning to Television After Four Years

On the September 29 broadcast of “Itte Q to the End of the World!” (NTV), a preview clip of former “NEWS” member Yuya Tegoshi’s appearance was shown, announcing his return to the show.

Tegoshi had appeared regularly on the show until May 2008, but left the show upon his departure from Johnny’s. It is said that his departure from the show was triggered by the COVID-19 crisis, when he was in the mood for self-restraint and was reported to have gone out drinking with women at a “Tegoshi cabaret club.

Reports of “blind dates” during stay-home.

On March 29, 2008, when coronas began to spread, Ken Shimura passed away, and Kumiko Okae died in April. At the time, of course, vaccination had not yet begun, and the impression was strong that corona was a deadly disease, and there was a strong message from the public and private sectors to refrain from spreading the disease to others. In such a situation, Mr. Tekashi’s “drinking like a companion” was too bad an impression to make. At the press conference, Tekashi denied that it was a work meeting. ……

At the time, the former Johnny’s office was working together on a social contribution project called “Johnny’s Smile Up! Project” to support medical professionals and raise awareness about “stay-home” programs. The “Johnny’s Smile Up! It is likely that they decided that Tekashi’s actions were out of character.

At the time, MC Mitsuyoshi Uchimura was directly interviewed by Weekly Women.

I sent an e-mail saying that it would be nice if Miyagawa-kun and I could go to a festival in some other country together again,” he said.

However, even with Uchimura’s help, Tekashi was unable to return to work for four years.

There are no clear rules for returning from a scandal, but the bottom line is that there is probably some dislike of Mr. Tekashi’s “charlatan” character. On the other hand, on July 30, the month after Tekashi’s press conference, it was reported that Tomohisa Yamashita drank with a high school girl at a bar until morning and took her back to a luxury hotel. The woman lied about her age, but what she was doing was a much higher risk of infection than Mr. Togoshi. Mr. Yamashita also left Johnny’s at the end of October, but he is now starring in a terrestrial drama and appearing in commercials. I think the speed of his comeback depends more on his original image than on what he did.

Published an exposé book immediately after independence

Nowadays, people are talking about Tekashi on social networking sites.

Some people are asking, “Did Tekashi do something so bad?

Some people are asking, “Did Tekashi do something so bad?

It is true that many people say “not so much” about the content of the “scandals” because it is not like he was arrested or had an affair. However, the photo essay collection he published right after his independence was like a book of revelations about the inside story of Johnny’s and his relationships with women. Naturally, television and other media distanced themselves from him. The change in the structure of the Johnny’s office has no doubt encouraged him to come back.

The show’s direction of “Itte Q,” which used to tease the “flirtatious” Tekashi, was a specialty of the show, and all eyes are on him to see what kind of activities he will show us after his four-year “hiatus. –The show’s “dormancy” of 4 years has made it a popular program.