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<h3><span class="strongInContent"> The &#8220;reason&#8221; why she started her singing career in earnest.</span></h3>
<p> Ryoko Hirosue (44), who went independent last February after being suspended indefinitely by her agency following reports of her affair with famous chef Shusaku Toba (46) in June 2011, appeared on the YouTube program &#8220;Short Hope&#8221; to talk about &#8220;the way of life. The video in which Hirosue appeared is a video of her on the YouTube program &#8220;Short Hope.</p>
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<p> The video in which Hirosue appeared was shown five times from the end of last year to the 11th of this month. When asked by a listener about the W affair, Hirosue said while fighting back tears, <span class="strongInContent">&#8220;I don&#8217;t think I should just open up and say, &#8216;I&#8217;m happy with the way things turned</span> out.</p>
<p> She continued, &#8220;It&#8217; <span class="strongInContent">s important to do my best from now on, but I think it&#8217;s okay to cut down on the parts where I was overreacting.&#8221;</span> Wiping away tears, she smiled and <span class="strongInContent">said, &#8220;I want to live my life a little more as an actress, not as an ideal actress.</span></p>
<p> Although Hirosue was an actress at the forefront of her former agency, her acting career has been on hiatus since she became independent. However, since she divorced her ex-husband in July &#8217;23 due to adultery, she must earn money for the sake of her three children, of whom she has custody. Last December, she held her first live concert in 25 years in Tokyo, and it has been announced that she will perform at the &#8220;Dagang Kaishang Megaport Festival&#8221; music festival in Taiwan on March 29 and 30.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Singer Hirosue&#8217;s debut songs &#8220;Maji de Koi suru 5 shinmae&#8221; (1997) and &#8220;Daisuki! (1997) and &#8220;Daisuki! She was also popular in Asian countries. In 2002, she stopped her music career to concentrate on her acting career, but at present, it is difficult for her to make money from her entertainment activities except by resuming her music career,&#8221; said a music industry insider.</span></p>
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<h3><span class="strongInContent">Not a few actors have returned to work after an adultery scandal&#8230;</span></h3>
<p> Last October, during an appearance on former broadcaster Osamu Suzuki&#8217;s (52) TOKYO FM radio program &#8220;Jump Up Melodies,&#8221; Hirosue confessed that &#8220;I had wanted to do live performances after I turned 30, but the policy of my office at the time prevented me from doing so.&#8221; She confessed that &#8220;I wanted to do live performances after I turned 30, but it didn&#8217;t happen because of the policy of my office at the time.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> Today, her former agency has a large number of popular actresses, including Erika Toda (36), Kasumi Arimura (31), and Honoka Matsumoto (27), who have all been with the agency since its inception, as well as Minami Tanaka (38) and Riho Yoshioka (32), who have transferred to the new agency. However, as she continued her acting career, she and the former agency president gradually began to have conflicts. The W affair and the suspension may have caused her to impulsively move to become independent.</span></p>
<p> However, although she became independent, she has not been asked to work as an actress. This is despite the fact that there are many actors who overcame their infidelity and returned to acting. Why is this?</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Masahiro Higashide, 36, was reported to have had an affair in January 2008, and although he has yet to appear in a terrestrial drama, he continues to receive offers for stage and screen roles. Apparently, directors and others who have worked with him since his early days as an underdog have been calling on him out of concern for his predicament. Of course, it is because of his ability, and Higashide says that he will not turn down even the smallest job.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> It was said that if Hirosue did not insist on working on terrestrial television, he would have no trouble finding work, but I guess that was not the case. Perhaps it was thanks to the extensive backing of her office that she had been able to accept large jobs in the past. Or perhaps he has been turning down low-paying jobs. As she got older, Hirosue was appreciated for her acting in supporting roles. &#8230;&#8230;</span></p>
<p> At any rate, it seems that the path that Hirosue has chosen for now is to &#8220;go as far as she can&#8221; with her singing career, which she was unable to do when she was with her former agency.</p>
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 Takayuki Ogouchi (1st), Keisuke Nishi (2nd), Takahiro Kagawa (3rd, 4th)

 Ryoko Hirosue, who gave a live concert last December, has announced that she will perform at a music festival in Taiwan in March. This is said to have revealed her reputation as an actress, but why?

Ryoko Hirosue’s resumption of her singing career reveals her “reputation as an actor.

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