<h2>How do three former members feel? Comments made at solo concert draw fire</h2>
<figure id="attachment_392181" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-392181" style="width: 788px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="9fbda1d1"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/09/a92dafb9b554e8d5f1a7d1a085ec1199.png" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-392181" class="wp-caption-text"> Some fans said, &#8220;He may be aiming for a flame war.</figcaption></figure>
<p> Takuya Kimura (51) held &#8220;TAKUYA KIMURA Live Tour 2024 SEE YOU THERE&#8221; at Yokohama Arena on October 13 and 14.</p>
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<p> This was Kimura&#8217;s first solo concert in two and a half years, but his comment on stage that <span class="strongInContent">he was &#8220;about to get rotten&#8221;</span> caused a stir because it reminded people of the sexual assault problems of Mr. Kitagawa, the founder of the former Johnny&#8217;s office (now &#8220;SMILE-UP.&#8221;). Kimura is a former member of the &#8220;16th</p>
<p> Kimura resumed his solo singing career in 2008, four years after SMAP broke up at the end of 2004. He held his second solo concert from February to March 2010. At the time, there were still various restrictions in place to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, and with the world in a difficult situation, Kimura was calling out to his fans, &#8220;Don&#8217;t be rotten.</p>
<p> Now, Kimura is reportedly causing an uproar by confessing that <span class="strongInContent">he &#8220;almost went rotten</span>. An entertainment writer adds.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Fans who went to see the performance transcribed Kimura&#8217;s comments and posted them on the Web, and the story spread. The post read, &#8220;That Kimura said he was on the verge of rotting for the first time in his life during the past two years, and he was so bitter and frustrated that he couldn&#8217;t stop crying.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> This has become a big topic of conversation among current STARTO ENTERTAINMENT fans.</span><span class="strongInContent"> Some of the talents had left the company due to the sexual assault issue, so they expressed their gratitude, saying, &#8220;We are thankful that Kim Taku is still with STARTO,&#8221; and &#8220;I think it is really encouraging for the younger members that Kimura-san stayed with the company.</span></p>
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<p> On the other hand, SMAP fans had a series of serious opinions.</p>
<p> The following words were posted, as if the &#8217;16 breakup fiasco and the three former members (Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori) who left the office were on their minds.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Takuya Kimura disappointed me. &#8230;&#8230; He shouldn&#8217;t have said that considering the victim and he was fine with it 8 years ago. I thought it was insensitive on all fronts.</span><br>
<span class="strongInContent"> Isn&#8217;t it naive to say that Kimura&#8217;s situation &#8216;was rotten&#8217;?　If that situation is so hard for you, just leave the office.</span><br>
<span class="strongInContent"> How can you say that Mr. Kimura was &#8216;going to rot&#8217; when the three of them haven&#8217;t even been allowed to appear on terrestrial TV for the past eight years, let alone promote their movies and plays. &#8230;&#8230;</span></p>
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<h2>Nagatado, who has been accused of sexual assault, complains&#8230; &#8220;His character has been turned upside down.&#8221;</h2>
<p> Speaking of Kimura, he has a history of being the subject of an Instagram post that caused a huge firestorm. On September 7 of last year, the former Johnny&#8217;s held a press conference in which they acknowledged the sexual assault by Johnny Kitagawa as fact and apologized.</p>
<p> After the press conference, Kimura posted on Instagram, &#8220;show must go on! This meant &#8220;the show must go on,&#8221; a phrase that had been passed down from generation to generation as one of Mr. Janney&#8217;s most cherished words.</p>
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<p> However, Kimura&#8217;s timing of sending out the phrase that reminded him of Mr. Janney was met with a flood of criticism for <span class="strongInContent">his &#8220;lack of consideration for the victims.</span> The post was later deleted.</p>
<p> And now, Kimura&#8217;s comments at the concert. The news site &#8220;Shukan Josei PRIME&#8221; (Weekly Women&#8217;s PRIME) published an article titled &#8220;&#8216;I feel like I&#8217;m the only victim&#8217; Takuya Kimura makes another &#8216;KY remark&#8217;; his words at a live MC session add fuel to the fire&#8221; (original text in Japanese, same as below). Koji Nagawatari, a former junior member of SMAP, who had accused Janney of sexual assault, posted a link to the article on his X (formerly Twitter) page and complained, &#8220;I used to admire SMAP and I am a fan of theirs.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I joined SMAP because I used to admire them, and no one has turned my image upside down like this.　I don&#8217;t know if this is inadvertent or not, but how many times have you done this? There are many other victims who are still suffering from their wounds.</span></p>
<p> I can only hope that the day will come when the victims can live in peace.</p>
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 Shu NISHIHARA

 Takuya Kimura has often come under fire for his comments on social networking sites. This time, his comments at his own solo concert have been flamed again as a result of the buzz on social networking sites. This magazine article explains how it happened.

How many times has this happened? &#8230;Takuya Kimura&#8217;s comments at his solo concert drew fire on social networking sites for his &#8220;lack of consideration for victims of sexual assault&#8221;.

How many times has this happened? …Takuya Kimura’s comments at his solo concert drew fire on social networking sites for his “lack of consideration for victims of sexual assault”.

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