<figure id="attachment_407434" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-407434" style="width: 1856px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="36581342"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/01/7b3ba2f7d899f96c185e4fe3d9fe737d-rotated.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-407434" class="wp-caption-text">Former SMAP member Masahiro Nakai, whose regular programs have been replaced by other programs one after another.</figcaption></figure>
<p> A &#8220;star&#8221; seems to be on the verge of dying out.</p>
<p> The trouble between Masahiro Nakai, 52, a former member of SMAP, and Xko, a woman who worked at Fuji Television Network at the time, is said to have cost 90 million yen in settlement. The TV industry is &#8220;withdrawing&#8221; from Nakai one after another.</p>
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<p> TBS&#8217;s &#8220;Masahiro Nakai&#8217;s Friday Night Smile Tatakas&#8221; scheduled to air on January 10 was replaced with a new year&#8217;s special, and Fuji TV&#8217;s &#8220;Dareka to Nakai&#8221; scheduled to air on January 12 was replaced with another program, and Junichi Okada (44) was scheduled to appear as the new MC for the first broadcast of the new year, but was However, it has been put on hold.</p>
<p> The news program &#8220;Nakai Masahiro&#8217;s Saturday Meeting&#8221; (TV Asahi), in which Nakai serves as anchor, was also scheduled to air on the 11th, but the program list said that it would be replaced by &#8220;Gekirea-san wo Bukitaitaeru. Masterpiece Selection&#8221;.</p>
<p> On the other hand, Nippon Broadcasting System&#8217;s &#8220;Masahiro Nakai ON &amp; ON AIR,&#8221; in which Nakai serves as a personality, will be broadcast as usual on January 4, and on January 7, NTV&#8217;s &#8220;The! The World Oyoten News&#8221; New Year&#8217;s 4-hour special on January 7, which Nakai will be the MC of, is also expected to be broadcast as scheduled.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The broadcast of &#8220;Gyoten News&#8221; will be unavoidable because it has already been recorded. However, on the day of the broadcast, NTV announced that the program would be re-edited so that Mr. Nakai would not be shown. Even if this is enough to get by this time, the next episode is still uncertain. There is a possibility that the program will be reworked or even cancelled during the changeover period. In addition to the extremely popular and long-lived program, a bad ending would cause a great deal of trouble for the senior master, Shofukutei Tsurube.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> On the other hand, it would be difficult to continue with radio and other programs because they have to speak in their own words. If the program remains, there is a segment of the population that will thoroughly complain to the sponsors and the broadcasting station. For the station, complaints to the sponsors are the most painful,&#8221; said a TV station official.</span></p>
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<p> The fact that the matter was so serious that they had to pay a huge settlement of 90 million yen tells us that this is no ordinary scandal.</p>
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" What &quot;would have happened&quot; if the old Johnny&#39;s office was still in good standing"></div>
<p>This trouble of Nakai&#8217;s has been reported in weekly magazines, sports papers, and some Kansai local programs.</p>
<p> When Nakai disappears from regular programs and commercials to this extent, many viewers may wonder, &#8220;Why aren&#8217;t they reporting it?&#8221; Many viewers may wonder.</p>
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<p> Nakai, a former SMAP idol and a first-rate presenter, can be fatally damaged by a single scandal.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> If President Janie Kitagawa and Chairman Merry were still alive, there is a possibility that Mr. Nakai&#8217;s scandal would not have caused such a fuss,&#8221; said another TV station official.</span></p>
<p> Another TV station official said, &#8220;If President Janney Kitagawa and Chairman Merry were still alive, Nakai&#8217;s scandal might not have caused such a fuss.</p>
<h2> The former Johnny&#8217;s had influence over TV stations and the commercial industry.</h2>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The former Johnny&#8217;s had such a strong influence on the media. Even if a scandal involving a former Johnny&#8217;s celebrity appeared in a weekly magazine, it was rarely reported in the sports papers or on a wide-ranging TV show at the time. The former Johnny&#8217;s had great influence in dramas, movies, variety shows, singing programs, commercials, and all kinds of places.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Mr. Nakai is now with a private agency, but back then, the sports papers would certainly not have reported it, and if they had done so, it would have been &#8220;unscathed&#8221; and covered up by the TV. And if the TV station had replaced the regular program, they would have been &#8220;insulated&#8221; from the incident.</span></p>
<p> In fact, 24 years ago, a monthly magazine called &#8220;Rumor of Truth&#8221; (ceased publication in 2004) reported Nakai&#8217;s &#8220;pregnancy and abortion&#8221; scandal, but the major media outlets all ignored it. Even reports of infatuation were not covered by the wide variety of media outlets.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> Nakai may have been overconfident and &#8220;king of the naked&#8221; by taking advantage of the precedents set by the media. Although he posted an apology on a paid membership site, he has remained silent so far, perhaps thinking he could get away with it. However, even if he still had the power of an office like the old Johnny&#8217;s, there is no way he would be able to suppress this kind of trouble with women in today&#8217;s age of social networking.</span></p>
<p> Nakai has been asked to cancel many TV programs and commercials. What kind of response will Nakai give?</p>


 Shinji Hasuo

 Masahiro Nakai, a former member of SMAP, has been replaced by other programs one after another. The "90 million yen trouble" with a woman shows no sign of abating as the year goes on. Nakai continues to keep a low profile. ......

Masahiro Nakai&#8217;s &#8220;silence&#8221; over the 90 million yen trouble is due to his &#8220;experience of success at the time of the old Johnny&#8217;s.

Masahiro Nakai’s “silence” over the 90 million yen trouble is due to his “experience of success at the time of the old Johnny’s.

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