NHK Does Not See Adultery Allegations as a Problem” World-Renowned Pianist Nobuya Kiyotsuka and Former Ginza Hostess Dated “After That Hot Scoop

Nobuya Kiyotsuka, 42, is a world-renowned pianist who has been featured not only on music programs but also on variety shows and information programs. FRIDAY witnessed the whole affair. The following is a recap of the details based on an article distributed on May 24, 2012.

He had a reputation as a loving wife and caring father to his children.

On a drizzly early May evening, a man dressed all in black emerges from an apartment in a prime Tokyo location. Holding an umbrella in his right hand, he escorts a woman beside him out of the rain. They got into a cab that was waiting for them near the entrance and headed for a new landmark in Tokyo, a five-minute drive away – a new landmark in Tokyo.

On that day, enjoying a date with a beautiful, stylish woman was pianist Nobuya Kiyotsuka.

Kiyotsuka, who has been trained as a gifted piano player since he was about five years old, won first prize at the “First International Chopin Piano Competition in Asia” in 2000. He studied at the Moscow Conservatory, one of the world’s three major music conservatories, and has since won numerous awards in domestic and international competitions.’ In ’19, he became the first Japanese male pianist to perform at the Nippon Budokan.

In addition to music, he made his acting debut in the movie “Sayonara Debussy” in ’13, and has been active in a variety of other roles, such as in “Sake no Tsumami ni naru Hanashi” and “Wide Nasho” (both on Fuji Television), where he enlivens the shows with his comedian-like talk. Combined with her sweet mask, she is also known as the “noblewoman of the classical music world” (source from a TV station).

In his private life, he married actress Eri Otoguro (42) in 2012. They have two daughters.

On his SNS, Kiyotsuka frequently posts scenes of him on dates with his wife and playing games with his daughters. People have the impression that he has a loving wife and caring children.

He is suspected of having an affair with a woman other than his wife. So who is this other woman? A music industry insider who knows Kiyotsuka lurks in the background.

A beautiful woman in Ginza who works as a hostess

This is Ako, who used to work as a hostess at a high-class club in Ginza. I heard that she and Kiyotsuka have been close friends since January of ’24. Kiyotsuka often goes to the apartment where Ako lives, and sometimes accompanies her when he has concerts in the provinces.”

Let us return to the scene at the beginning of this article, where Kiyotsuka and his friends came out of Ako’s apartment together and headed for “Azabudai Hills Tower Plaza”. It is a new celebrity spot in Tokyo with high-brand stores and high-end restaurants.

They got off the cab at the porte-cochere and headed for the café on the fourth floor, glancing around the apparel stores. They spent a little less than an hour there, perhaps having a long conversation. It was an imposing date, not unlike that of a man with a wife and child.

After leaving the restaurant, Kiyotsuka and Ako moved to the adjacent Azabudai Hills Garden Plaza. Perhaps they had been there many times, the two walked without hesitation through the complex structure of the building. There were times when they could not hide their intimate relationship, such as when Kiyotsuka started taking pictures of Ms. A with his smartphone on the grassy plaza, as if he was wary of his surroundings and walked at an unnatural distance of about 5 meters.

After that, the two went their separate ways and rejoined each other. After enjoying their date at Azabudai Hills for a total of one and a half hours, they returned together by cab to the apartment where Ms. Ako lives.

He denies the affair, but ……

What does the world-renowned pianist have to say about this intimate date and his own alleged affair? Kiyotsuka himself later responded to FRIDAY’s interview.

–Is he having an affair with Ms. A?

No, I am not. I am not having an affair with her.

–What kind of relationship do you have with her?

I met her at a club in Ginza at the end of 2011. There, I heard many stories about her tumultuous life. She said she wanted to work in the beauty business in the future, and the Ginza job seemed to be a way for her to save money for that purpose. So I began accompanying her to local concerts and other events, leaving her to do her own makeup and secretarial work. Some time after meeting me, she quit her job at the club.”

–About our date at Azabudai Hills?

I had a meeting that night, and she helped me pick out a souvenir to take there. There were a lot of things I had bought at Azabudai Hills, so once we got back to her place, we divided them into smaller portions. And I was out about 15 minutes after entering her apartment.”

–Does your wife know about Ako’s existence?

Yes, she knows. I know that she accompanies me to concerts as a beauty staff, and I have introduced her to everyone around me.

Although Kiyotsuka denied having an affair, there is no denying that the relationship could be misunderstood. The charismatic classical musician may have stretched his wings a little too far.

NHK E-television continues the program.

On May 16, ’24, when this magazine first reported this article, Kiyotsuka updated his SNS twice. He posted that he had appeared as a guest at a charity concert by Chisako Takashima (56) and that he was promoting “Classic TV.

Kiyotsuka has been the MC of NHK E-television’s “Classic TV” since ’19, and classical music fans were interested in NHK’s response after the FRIDAY report. The program has been on air continuously since then, and it seems that NHK did not see the report as a problem” (classical music insider).

On July 12, 2012, he appeared on “Sake no Tsumami ni Naru Hanashi” (Fuji Television Network). On July 12, 2012, he appeared on “Sake no Tsumaneru Hanashi” (Fuji Television Network) and gave his usual light-hearted talk, which could be described as “Kiyotsuka bushi. However, until now, Kiyotsuka has never mentioned the magazine’s report.

After the magazine’s report, his appearances on variety shows and talk shows have decreased, but he has been actively appearing on music programs. On “Music Station SUPER LIVE 2024” broadcast on December 17, 2012, “Part of Your World,” a song from the Disney movie “The Little Mermaid,” was sung live by voice actress Mayumi Suzuki (64), who voiced Ariel in the movie. Kiyotsuka accompanied her. This collaboration was praised on SNS with comments such as “Dreamy collaboration,” and “This alone is a god episode of MSTE!　This collaboration was met with a string of praise on social networking sites.

Fans are eagerly awaiting not only Kiyotsuka’s interesting talk, but also this kind of performance. We hope that Kiyotsuka will continue to show us more of the pianist Kiyotsuka for the sake of his fans.