Masahiro Nakai is “holed up” at home… He has driven Fuji TV to the brink of ruin and is now “banned from the entertainment industry”.

Branded as “You are a person who should not be on TV.

His illustrious career as the “leader of SMAP” has been shattered in an instant. ……

The female troubles of TV personality Masahiro Nakai (52) have developed into a major scandal covering the entire TV world. In June of the year before last, he was in serious trouble with a female victim, Xko, and is said to have paid a large sum of money, said to be 90 million yen, to settle the matter through his agent.

Late last December, “Josei Seven” reported the trouble. At this point, Nakai was in shock, but when contacted by a concerned entertainment-related person, he replied, “I’ll do my best again.

I will do my best again.

Nakai replied, “I’ll do my best again.

The situation worsened after the new year, when two commercial companies and six regular TV and radio programs were replaced one after another, forcing the cancellation of broadcasts. Among them, NTV’s “The! The World’s Greatest News” cut all of Nakai’s scenes, which was fatal to her as a TV personality.

It would have been better to replace the program or suspend the broadcast. To have a scene cut from a pre-recorded video is like being branded as someone who should not be on TV.

(A TV station official) Around this time, Nakai began to complain of mental illness and hinted to those around him that he was going to retire.

However, in the “letter of apology” released on January 9, he emphasized that he had already settled with Ms. X and added

“I will be able to continue my future entertainment activities without hindrance.

This is the exact opposite of retiring. However, this sentence added fuel to the fire, and some have pointed out that this was a strategy to avoid the penalty, but in any case, it failed to put out the fire and put Fuji in a further predicament.

The worst part is that the commotion has engulfed Fuji Television Network and has become the most critical situation since the station’s inception.

The Shukan Bunshun (weekly magazine) and other media reports have suggested that the trouble between Nakai and Xko may have been triggered by Mr. A, a senior programming executive who has long used female station employees as companions, and by the corporate culture of the station.

In a panic, Fuji President Koichi Minato held a press conference, but gave virtually no response. He repeatedly stated that he would refrain from giving an answer, citing an investigation by outside attorneys, and he only expressed his wish that there was no such thing. As a result, sponsors have fallen away, and the situation is getting out of hand.

Nakai must be thinking, “I never thought it would become such a big deal.

Nakai’s six regular TV and radio programs, five on TV and one on radio, have all been terminated.

According to a source in the entertainment industry, Nakai is currently holed up in his apartment in fear of the media. His contact with the media is limited to a few acquaintances.

Nakai may still have a “yankee” look about him, but in reality he is the type of person who “pays attention to details. This case is beyond the level he can endure alone. People around him are recommending that he be taken care of at a medical facility.

If the situation continues as is, it is certain to become a “major incident” that will go down in entertainment history. In order to gain the understanding of viewers and sponsors, the TV industry has eliminated all regular programs with the name “Nakai” in them, including TBS’s “Masahiro Nakai’s Friday Smile Tatakashe” and TV Asahi’s “Masahiro Nakai’s Saturday Night Club,” as well as five TV programs and one radio program. The show was also announced as “Nakai-san’s return?

Nakai’s return?　It is not all his fault, but there is no place to use a person who has caused so much turmoil and driven Fuji Television into a ruinous predicament. There is no one to use him, either.

Some within Fuji Television are angry at Mr. Nakai for allegedly “underreporting” the trouble with Ms. Xko. In effect, he has been banned from the entertainment industry. Now it remains to be seen whether he will make a final farewell comment.

The glory of the SMAP era has been drowned out. Nakai will be unable to repent for his actions.