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<h3><span class="strongInContent"> Cowcon&#8221; will not be held again this year.</span></h3>
<p> Even though expectations were high among fans for the event to be held for the first time in two years, &#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p> It was announced on November 30 by STARTO that &#8220;Johnny&#8217;s Countdown Live (Cowcon),&#8221; a New Year&#8217;s Eve live event featuring all the talents from the former Johnny&#8217;s Office, will not be held again this year. JUMP&#8221; will hold a countdown concert at Tokyo Dome.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> JUMP&#8221; will hold a countdown concert alone at Tokyo Dome. Last year, however, the company was in turmoil due to the sexual assault of the late Johnny&#8217;s founder, Janie Kitagawa, who changed the name of the company, making it difficult to hold Cowcon under the circumstances.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> It was hoped that Cowcon would be revived this year. However, before it was known that it would not be held, Fuji announced that this year, like last year, &#8220;Escape from Tokyo &#8211; Omisoka SP Odaiba Kessen! ~&#8221; will be broadcast from 8:52 p.m. on December 31 until midnight at the new year&#8217;s end. Apparently, they were not actively negotiating with STARTO to hold and broadcast Cowcon&#8221; (TV station source).</span></p>
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<p> As for other groups belonging to STARTO other than JUMP, &#8220;Snow Man&#8221; will hold &#8220;Snow Man Special Live~Enjoy New Year&#8217;s Eve with Everyone. 2024-2025~&#8221; live on YouTube on the 31st! 2024-2025~&#8221; on YouTube on the 31st. This live distribution program on YouTube was also held last year and set a new Japanese record with the maximum number of simultaneous connections of 1,330,063. Many fans are more pleased with the YouTube live show than with &#8220;Cowcon.</p>
<p> However, the fact that Fuji easily decided to broadcast &#8220;Escape from Japan,&#8221; which did not earn that many numbers last year, is questionable. Looking back on this year, Fuji was one of the stations that placed particular emphasis on the activities of the individual members of &#8220;Snow Man.</p>
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<h3><span class="strongInContent">Fuji Television Network, where Snow Man was a constant guest star.</span></h3>
<p> In the station&#8217;s drama series, Ren Meguro (27) starred in &#8220;Umi no Hajimari&#8221; (The Beginning of the Sea) in the July season of the Geki 9 series. Tatsuya Fukazawa (32) also appeared in &#8220;Spring Comes&#8221; and the currently airing &#8220;My Treasure&#8221;. Koji Mukai (30) not only appears in &#8220;Living Room Matsunaga-san&#8221; and &#8220;Mountain Doctor. He has also appeared in the variety show &#8220;Entertainers Really Thought About It! As the character &#8220;Massaman,&#8221; which was created from the variety show &#8220;Surprise GP,&#8221; he was the main character in the station&#8217;s annual summer event &#8220;Odaiba Adventure King 2024.</p>
<p> That&#8217;s not all. Raoul (21) also appeared on &#8220;FNS 27 Hours TV&#8221; as a cheering supporter of the dance competition. Furthermore, Shota Watanabe (32), along with TV personality Koji Higashino (57), has been the MC of the variety show &#8220;Kono Sekai wa 1 Dafuru,&#8221; which became a regular program in October.</p>
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<p> It is a bit puzzling that Fuji Television, which has valued &#8220;Snow Man&#8221; to such an extent, had no interest in the annual &#8220;Cowcon,&#8221; but it seems that there was more to it than meets the eye. A Fuji Television source revealed the following.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Fuji had approached STARTO, saying, &#8216;We would like to broadcast Cowcon with Snow Man alone,&#8217; and they were trying to get Snow Man to go on the air. However, since the talks did not proceed at all, it seems that they decided to broadcast &#8220;Escape from Japan&#8221; again this year.</span></p>
<p> Meanwhile, on November 29, the office announced that leader Teru Iwamoto (31) had undergone surgery to remove a benign tumor in his nose, and that he would be restricted from certain activities until he recovers. This has led to renewed concern about the members&#8217; physical condition.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> In August, Meguro suspended his entertainment activities due to poor health. Furthermore, in mid-November, it was reported that he cancelled filming just before the crank-in of a movie starring him, scheduled for release next summer, due to his poor health.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Currently, they are working too much, appearing in a series of music special programs on various stations, even though they are in the midst of a dome tour with five stops throughout Japan until the end of the year. The members are definitely worn out. If we don&#8217;t give them some time off, they will probably fall apart.</span></p>
<p> The &#8220;Cowcon&#8221; event was to be held at the Tokyo Dome and broadcast live on terrestrial TV, which must have placed a considerable burden on the members. Considering the physical condition of the members, who have been overworked recently, it may have been better for them to concentrate on the YouTube live.</p>

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 Kazuhiko Nakamura (1st and 3rd), Yoshito Murata (2nd), Takero Shigurou (3rd)

 It was announced that the annual "Cowcon" will not be held on New Year's Eve this year. Fuji Television, which has broadcast the event every year, will continue to air "Escape from Japan" as it did last year. However, this may turn out to be good news for Snow Man.

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