<figure id="attachment_395673" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-395673" style="width: 710px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="0b3a700d"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/10/27dbc0e3d90b709ecf7516b0fe858453.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-395673" class="wp-caption-text">Speed Wagon&#8221; Ozawa is a key player in the trial between Hitoshi Matsumoto (left) and the Weekly Bunshun. &#8230;&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
<p> Kazutaka Ozawa of &#8220;Speed Wagon,&#8221; who has been on hiatus since January of this year, celebrated his 51st birthday on October 10, and the Internet has been filled with congratulations on his birthday and wishes for his return.</p>
<p> On the day of Ozawa&#8217;s birthday, his partner Jun Idoda (51) appeared as a guest on the radio program &#8220;Nights the Radio Show&#8221; (Nippon Broadcasting System). There, Idoda mentioned Ozawa, and on the morning of the broadcast, he said to Ozawa</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> He said, &#8220;With Doala&#8217;s stamp. Happy Birthday.</span></p>
<p> He revealed that he had sent Ozawa a line on the morning of the broadcast, &#8220;With Doala&#8217;s stamp.</p>
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<h2> The line &#8220;#MatsumotoReturns&#8221; started trending.</h2>
<p> Ozawa immediately replied to the message, but the Internet was not happy,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Happy Birthday, Ozawa-san! We look forward to your return as soon as possible!</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Happy birthday, Ozawa-san!　Please tell us your sweet words of wisdom again.</span></p>
<p> Many people were waiting for Ozawa&#8217;s return.</p>
<p> Hashtags such as &#8220;#Ozawa Kazutaka Returns&#8221; and &#8220;#Happy Birthday Ozawa-san&#8221; were attached to the comments congratulating Ozawa on his birthday, and &#8220;#Matsumoto Hitoshi Returns,&#8221; wishing for the return of &#8220;Downtown&#8221; star Hitoshi Matsumoto, who is also on an entertainment hiatus, was also added to the comments, trending on the X.</p>
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<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" Matsumoto&#39;s trial has been slow in coming. ......"></div>
<p>According to a reporter from a sports newspaper, &#8220;He is one of the parties to the &#8216;Matsumoto problem,&#8217; but the only thing that has been revealed is that he attended to a woman.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> According to a sports newspaper reporter, &#8220;He is one of the parties involved in the &#8216;Matsumoto problem,&#8217; but all that is known is that he attended to a woman. I am sure that there are fans who wonder if he did something so bad that he should be suspended. At the same time, it is also true that Matsumoto&#8217;s trial is progressing slowly, and as time goes by, the memory of the turmoil is fading.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Recently, people are getting bored with topics related to the entertainment industry. There are many people in the public who think, &#8220;I don&#8217;t care about her anymore. Rather than a longing for Ozawa&#8217;s return, I think they actually feel that it&#8217;s enough.</span></p>
<p> He analyzes that there are not many people who sincerely want Ozawa to come back as soon as possible. Another viewpoint can be found at &#8230;&#8230;.</p>
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<h2> The cost of announcing his own suspension</h2>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The &#8220;longing for his return&#8221; posts on social networking sites may be &#8220;observation balloons&#8221; from &#8220;close associates&#8221;. They may be keeping a close watch on how the TV stations will react to the social networking sites.</span></p>
<p> So, what do those in the TV industry think? According to a producer in charge of variety programs at a key station</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> According to a producer in charge of variety shows at a key station, &#8220;Mr. Ozawa had several regular programs on TV and radio. Since he announced his suspension before the station could make a decision, the station had to think about changing the structure of the programs he was appearing in, which caused trouble for the station. Regardless of the outcome of Mr. Matsumoto&#8217;s trial, it is unlikely that they will ask him to appear again. We have enough to make up for his absence.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> It is not limited to Mr. Ozawa, but he is not a &#8220;must-have&#8221; talent. I can&#8217;t take the risk of having him appear on the show, considering that there might be complaints.</span></p>
<p> If Ozawa had acknowledged the fact that he had attended the event and honestly apologized before that, the situation would not have come to this,&#8221; he said.</p>
<p> Although this was the result of his being righteous to Matsumoto, neither he nor his office can escape the blame for the error of judgment. It will be some time before we see Ozawa on TV again.</p>
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 Hiroyuki Sasaki (entertainment journalist)

 Shu Nishihara (Ozawa)

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