<figure id="attachment_398539" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-398539" style="width: 999px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="2d284c86"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/a242193c3751a102636015dcdb9b98f4-e1730875314258.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-398539" class="wp-caption-text">Nakamaru getting into his car in April &#8217;20. When Masahiro Higashide&#8217;s affair was reported that same year, he commented, &#8220;I think I could imagine what would happen if I had an affair these days. I wonder how he felt about continuing the affair for three years.</figcaption></figure>
<h2> He was &#8220;post-Sakurai.&#8221; &#8230;&#8230;</h2>
<p> Yuichi Nakamaru (41) of &#8220;KAT-TUN&#8221; announced the indefinite suspension of his entertainment activities after &#8220;Weekly Bunshun&#8221; reported his &#8220;secret meeting&#8221; with a female college student at the APA Hotel in early August of this year. Nakamaru had always maintained a scandal-free record, but his first scandal turned out to be fatal. There have been cases of male idols being reported for lewd behavior in the past, but Nakamaru&#8217;s return to the public eye is said to be doomed.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> In June 2006, Koyama Keiichiro (40) of NEWS, who was expected to be the next idol anchor after Sakurai Sho (42) of Arashi, voluntarily refrained from activities after a report that he had been drinking with minors, and he was dropped as anchor. After that, NTV and STARTO ENTERTAINMENT had high hopes for Nakamaru as the next &#8220;post-Sakurai. Despite this, Nakamaru&#8217;s problems with women came to light. Nakamaru had seen what happened to Koyama, who had caused a scandal, and he should have been warned by the station and the office. &#8230;&#8230;&#8221; (source from a key station)</span></p>
<p> In August &#8217;20, when Tomohisa Yamashita (39), then a member of the former Johnny&#8217;s s office, was reported to have called a high school girl to a hotel, Yamashita left the office after refraining from activities. Koyama remained with the office, but has not returned as a newscaster.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Koyama and Yamashita were single at the time, but Nakamaru was married, and newly wed. Nakamaru just announced his marriage to Rina Sasazaki (32), a former announcer for Nippon Television Network Corporation, in January of this year. He has been suspended indefinitely, but there is no possibility that he will retire from show business,&#8221; said a source at a major entertainment agency.</span></p>
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<h2>Hideyuki Nakayama is taking the plunge!</h2>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> His wife, Sasazaki, seems to be thinking about transferring to a certain major firm as a way to make a comeback. Nakamaru and Sasazaki first met when they appeared together on &#8220;Shuichi&#8221; (Nippon Television Network), a program hosted by Hideyuki Nakayama (57), and Nakayama has been paying close attention to Nakamaru and his wife both publicly and privately. Also, just before the Nakamaru scandal broke, Sasazaki was MCing a program hosted by Nakayama&#8217;s major agency for the first time since becoming independent. There is a possibility that Nakayama, after receiving Sasazaki&#8217;s plea, will take the initiative and take Nakamaru under his wing.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_398520" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-398520" style="width: 2919px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="9c25d111"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/f5edbfa77e8c797fca1090d07b81df23-e1730871348141.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-398520" class="wp-caption-text"> Sasazaki (left) as a rookie and her classmate Risa Ozaki (31) as an announcer. Sasazaki, who has now left NTV and gone freelance, has been discussing the possibility of joining Nakayama&#8217;s agency first in order to pave the way for Nakamaru&#8217;s transfer and to increase her own work.</figcaption></figure>
<p> On &#8220;Shuichi&#8221; immediately after Nakamaru&#8217;s suspension, Nakayama confessed that he went to see Nakamaru and his wife out of concern for them. While telling him how they were doing, he casually expressed Nakamaru&#8217;s remorse on their behalf. Are they actually talking about transferring to another company? To find out, we contacted &#8220;STARTO ENTERTAINMENT&#8221; and received the following response.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> There is no fact that he is transferring offices. He is prepared to bury his bones in his current office.</span></p>
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<p> It is unusual for him to so clearly deny leaving an agency. It shows the strength of Nakamaru&#8217;s will. However, Nakamaru&#8217;s regular appearances on &#8220;Shuichi&#8221; and &#8220;Asada! Nama de Tabisada&#8221; (TV Asahi), and &#8220;Kaji-Yaro! (TV Asahi), and other TV programs, and Takahisa Masuda (38) of NEWS and other actors and celebrities from other agencies have been appearing in Nakamaru&#8217;s place.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Ino no Satoshi (34) of &#8220;Hey! Say! JUMP&#8221; is already being tapped as the new &#8220;post-Sakurai&#8221; for wide-ranging TV shows.</span></p>
<p> The only channel that seems to be gearing up for Nakamaru&#8217;s return is the YouTube channel &#8220;Yonino Channel,&#8221; where Kazuya Ninomiya (41) of &#8220;Arashi&#8221; and Fuma Kikuchi (29) of &#8220;timelesz&#8221; are teasing Nakamaru&#8217;s suspension. &#8230;&#8230; It seems that misogi will not be completed for some time yet.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_398602" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-398602" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="2e466a33"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/e3595028ea1aa588cc67564af315a9d6.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-398602" class="wp-caption-text"> The location shooting in Shibuya ended around 4:30 pm, and I left the beef cutlet shop where I was shooting with a tapioca in my hand. As he stepped out onto the street in front of the restaurant, he was vigorously sipping tapioca, wrinkling his brow as he did so!</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_398603" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-398603" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="bdf65fec"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/9e25cdb60e88b22103cb1bbbd39b897e.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-398603" class="wp-caption-text"> Many young women passed by, but few stopped even when they realized it was Nakamaru.</figcaption></figure>
<figure id="attachment_398604" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-398604" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="5a620585"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/11/6dd9c56e0a01114faed0c86f82388297.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-398604" class="wp-caption-text"> KAT-TUN&#8221; was a six-member group when it debuted in 2001. Since Nakamaru was suspended from the group, they are now a &#8220;duo&#8221; of Kazuya Kamenashi (38) and Tatsuya Ueda (41).</figcaption></figure>


 Yuri Adachi Tetsuko Takemoto

 Yuichi Nakamaru, 41, of "KAT-TUN," who was reportedly "secretly meeting" with a female college student at the APA Hotel in early August this year and announced indefinite suspension from performing activities, is now facing a theory that he will transfer to a certain major agency.

Nakamaru is suspended for &#8220;secret meeting&#8221; with a college girl at APA Hotel despite being newly married&#8230; KAT-TUN&#8217;s Nakamaru&#8217;s office responds to the theory that he is leaving the group in an unusual manner.

Nakamaru is suspended for “secret meeting” with a college girl at APA Hotel despite being newly married… KAT-TUN’s Nakamaru’s office responds to the theory that he is leaving the group in an unusual manner.

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