<p>Akihiro Nishino, 44, of &#8221;King Kong,&#8221; now has a stronger image as a picture book author and businessman than as a comedian. There is a woman who has been supporting his activities for more than 10 years. The following is a look back at the details based on an article we published on July 10, 2012.</p>
<figure id="attachment_406734" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-406734" style="width: 1714px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="110c228b"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/12/6c22206f1f6f734bfea9a91eea8e8a74.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-406734" class="wp-caption-text"> They enjoyed a date for about two hours. Ms. A, who has been in love with him for &#8220;10 years,&#8221; seemed to have gotten used to Nishino&#8217;s routine.</figcaption></figure>
<h2> Nishino&#8217;s sudden display of &#8220;eccentric behavior</h2>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> He&#8217;s a famous YouTube star, isn&#8217;t he?</span></p>
<p> In mid-afternoon in mid-June 2012, Akihiro Nishino of &#8220;King Kong&#8221; fame was walking down a street in Tokyo, so unprotected that passersby involuntarily looked at him twice. Nishino, dressed in his training clothes, was staring at everyone around him as he headed for a personal gym. After working out there for about an hour, he met up with a brown-haired woman. The two began walking, chatting and laughing.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> The woman with Nishino was his girlfriend, Ms. A. As Nishino himself revealed, they met at a cabaret club where she worked and started dating around &#8217;11. They have been open about this &#8220;10-year love,&#8221; and Nishino has mentioned it several times at events&#8221; (sports newspaper entertainment reporter).</span></p>
<p> After stopping at a convenience store on the way to get hot snacks, the two headed for a park crowded with couples and families. After stopping at a convenience store to get some hot snacks, they headed to a park that was crowded with couples and families.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> He started walking in a circle around the 500-meter perimeter of the park, touching his phone as he went. Meanwhile, the woman who was with him was kept waiting on a bench at a distance&#8221; (a student at the park).</span></p>
<p> One lap, two laps &#8230;&#8230;. Nishino&#8217;s &#8220;walking&#8221; lasted about an hour. What was that all about? Is he and his &#8220;love of 10 years&#8221; on track to make it to the finish line? Later, we directly interviewed Nishino himself.</p>
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" Nishino&#39;s favorability rating increased after the direct interview with the magazine."></div>
<h2>It&#8217;s usually ″she″!</h2>
<p> &#8211; the other day, I was circling the park while leaving her alone, but &#8230;&#8230;.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> (Laughs.) &#8220;What? (Laughs) Oh, I walk there all the time. I have an online salon, and I was writing an article to post on the salon on my phone while I was walking.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> &#8211;The girlfriend waiting on the bench is your long-time girlfriend, isn&#8217;t she, Mr. A?</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Yes.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> &#8211;In March &#8217;21, in your own blog, you gave several reasons as to why &#8220;Nishino can&#8217;t get married,&#8221; such as &#8220;I often work at home, so I don&#8217;t want to put unnecessary things in the house.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> Do you still feel the same way? I work at home a lot, and I don&#8217;t want to clutter it up (with more furniture and other things due to marriage). &#8230;&#8230;&#8221;</span></p>
<p> &#8211;Are you and Mr. A married in fact?</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> No, not really.</span></p>
<p> &#8211;I guess you must be very compatible for a love affair to last 13 years.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I suppose it could be.</span></p>
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<p> &#8211;What kind of person is Ms. A?</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> She is a normal &#8220;girlfriend.</span></p>
<p> &#8211;What is your occupation, Mr. A?</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> She helps me with my daily life.</span></p>
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<h2>I&#8217;d like to ask Matsumoto-san once again: &#8230;&#8230;&#8221;</h2>
<p> &#8211;Mr. Nishino, what are you doing these days? Are you moving forward with your goal of a Broadway production of &#8220;Pupel&#8221;?</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> You might think I&#8217;m on a roll if I say so myself, but I&#8217;m making good progress.&#8217; We did a show for investors in January of 2012, and we raised the money. So I think I can take the next step.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p> &#8211;Do you have any desire to go back to being a comedian?</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The other day, he appeared on &#8220;Ametalk! (TV Asahi, aired June 27, 2012), and it&#8217;s a lot of fun to go to the field of comedian work sometimes. But I am so busy with &#8216;Pupel&#8217; and other work I have that it is difficult to have a regular show.&#8221;</span></p>
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<p> &#8211;What do you think of Hitoshi Matsumoto&#8217;s allegations of sexual assault?</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I don&#8217;t think you&#8217;ve heard that I was drinking with the Minato Ward girls, but I&#8217;ve never participated in a drinking party like that. So I don&#8217;t really know the groove. But personally, I would like to see Matsumoto-san (on TV) again. &#8230;&#8230;</span></p>
<p> In the middle of the interview, the cab that picked us up left, and Nishino said, &#8220;Please give me a ride to Shibuya! A FRIDAY reporter gave a lift to Nishino, who said, &#8220;Please give me a ride to Shibuya! In the car, Nishino complained, &#8220;I get beaten up for being a miser,&#8221; but she was happy to answer questions.</p>
<p> It is probably because of her understanding of his special view of marriage that Nishino continues to be active.</p>
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<h2>Nishino discusses Matsumoto&#8217;s plans to return to &#8230;&#8230;</h2>
<p> On October 31, 2012, Nishino appeared for the first time in eight months on the morning information program &#8220;Lavit! (TBS) on October 31, 2012. 28-year-old Mako Tamura, the MC of the program, told the audience that Nishino had not appeared on the program for a long time because the other contestants had teased him so much that the negotiations for his appearance had been difficult. The message, &#8220;Absolutely no teasing,&#8221; was prominently displayed on the TV screen. Nishino looked flustered,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> No, no. Let me say something. Let me say it. I did tell the staff. The staff here are idiots. They put &#8216;NG&#8217; on the message.</span></p>
<p> He explained. The studio was then filled with excitement as an electronic billboard, a banner, and glasses saying &#8220;Please don&#8217;t ever tease Nishino-san&#8221; appeared.</p>
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<p> Nishino, who also expressed his feelings for Matsumoto in a direct interview with this magazine, updated his voice platform &#8220;Voicy&#8221; on December 26, &#8217;24. He expressed his personal opinion on the fact that Hitoshi Matsumoto (61) of &#8220;Downtown&#8221; fame is launching his own platform this spring and is aiming for a comeback.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> He said, &#8220;I personally think it&#8217;s insanely good. After all, it is too dangerous in this day and age to have a person with that much talent having a sponsor at the helm of his activities.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> As for the turmoil, he added, &#8220;I am not sure about the pros and cons of the trouble, or whether he will return,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I don&#8217;t intend to comment on the merits or demerits of the trouble, or on the timing of his return,&#8221; he said.</span></p>
<p> I&#8217;m not going to say anything about the merits of the trouble or the timing of my return,&#8221; he said,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> &#8220;However, I think that having one pay-per-subscribe channel as a way to get back to work is a very good idea in this day and age.</span></p>
<p> He expressed his support for the idea. Many people on SNS commented favorably on this, saying, &#8220;Nishino-san has established himself as a comedian who gets teased and is as versatile as ever,&#8221; and &#8220;Nishino is a genius after all. Nishino used to be a regular on the top of the list of comedians that we disliked, but it seems that he has come full circle and is becoming more likable.</p>
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<figure id="attachment_380682" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-380682" style="width: 1848px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="b45ee370"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/07/6fd7b4448d79ca391fad126573e7c299.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-380682" class="wp-caption-text">Two people walking in a natural way.</figcaption></figure>
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<figure id="attachment_380679" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-380679" style="width: 1667px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="b5ff0803"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/07/51ae25d962566459ac8cbd105cccf49a.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-380679" class="wp-caption-text"> Nishino responds to a direct question from FRIDAY about his relationship with Mr. A and his views on marriage, to which he smiles and says, &#8220;I&#8217;m embarrassed.</figcaption></figure>
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