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.