Ryuji Harada Five years after the affair, Ryuji Harada is now “a popular figure for his good personality” and responds to female fans waiting for him by bowing low and being a gentleman.
He has a great personality.
Just after noon in mid-December, Ryuji Harada (54) came out of a live radio show from Nippon Broadcasting System, Inc.
On that day, Harada appeared on “Fumio Takada’s Radio Beverly Lunches” (Nippon Broadcasting System). He was co-hosting with Akiko Matsumoto (58), the wife of actor Yasukaze Motomiya (52), who is also his own brother and a TV personality on the program.
Harada was approached by fans who had been waiting for her to come out after learning that she would be appearing live, and with a big smile on her face, she agreed to sign autographs and take pictures.
In May 2007, the Shukan Bunshun (weekly magazine) reported on Harada’s “4WD affair,” in which he had an affair with a female fan in his car. Immediately after that, he had to cancel a stage performance he was scheduled to appear in and suspend his semi-regular travel show, but he continued to appear on regular TV and radio programs. While some male celebrities have been unable to return to terrestrial broadcasting after the affair, he has been able to continue working with little impact, and it is said that this is due to his good character.
He held an apology press conference immediately after the news report and answered all the questions, but he is a very straight and good person. Once you work with him, you will want to use him again.
After the news report, he co-starred in a commercial with his wife, a former actress. He is also known as a lover of hot springs and haunted places, and is a favorite for travel programs. On this day on the radio, he talked about his three monthly visits to haunted places and his recent visit to Niigata, where he had a terrifying ghostly experience.
Harada is also doing very well as an actor, appearing for the first time in 11 years in the stage production of “Mito Komon” (Gion-za), which was performed in March and November of ’24. In “Partners season 23: New Year’s Day Special” (TV Asahi), which will be broadcast on New Year’s Day in 2013, Harada’s popular character, Investigation Section 2 Detective Kohei Jinkawa, will appear for the first time in about a year.
Harada came out of the radio station and looked a little surprised to see the fans waiting for him, but seemed to smile naturally when he was approached. After signing autographs and taking pictures, he bowed his head and mouthed the words “Thank you very much! and thanked him. Indeed, such a gentlemanly attitude is sure to make fans want to see him again.
