<figure id="attachment_411570" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-411570" style="width: 3033px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="29e8dcbd"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2025/02/5b3045df574871a566a21db612df4483.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-411570" class="wp-caption-text">Shofukutei Tsurube reportedly attended Masahiro Nakai&#8217;s (left) barbecue party.</figcaption></figure>
<p> Sushiro, a major conveyor-belt sushi restaurant, removed the image of Shofukutei Tsurube (73), who is featured in its commercials, from its official website by January 30.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The company said it made the decision based on a comprehensive review of customer feedback.</span></p>
<p> The company says it made the decision based on the feedback from customers, but the Internet and other media have been asking why the company removed the image.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> &#8220;He was just attending a BBQ, so why?</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Isn&#8217;t this too harsh?</span></p>
<p> The question is growing in popularity on the Internet.</p>
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<h2> Hiromi, who attended the BBQ with the guests, explained on live TV</h2>
<p> According to what Hiromi revealed on NTV&#8217;s &#8220;DayDay.&#8221; on January 28, they were originally supposed to play golf, but Tsurube had a back strain and they suddenly decided to have a barbecue at Masahiro Nakai&#8217;s house from noon. In addition to Tsurubei, Nakai, and Hiromi, Fuji Television&#8217;s programming executive Mr. A and Ms. Xko, who would later have trouble with Nakai, were also there, he revealed.</p>
<p> Hiromi said that she was making a fire and did not remember Ms. X&#8217;s presence clearly, and that she and Tsurube quit the barbecue and went home when it became cold in the evening.</p>
<p> The following month, trouble broke out between Ms. Xko and Nakai.</p>
<p> With this much information, it appears that both Tsurubi and Hiromi had a good time barbecuing and left quietly in the evening. Why did it develop into such an uproar that the commercial was removed?</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> The Weekly Bunshun reported that Mr. A ordered the women to go to Mr. Tsurube&#8217;s side. The women felt that it was like a cabaret and were very uncomfortable. However, there was no mention of any sexual harassment by Mr. Tsurube. If Mr. Tsurube had been in a situation where women were being treated as if they were in a cabaret club, he could have said, &#8220;You don&#8217;t have to do that,&#8221; and refused, but many women&#8217;s magazine reporters say that it is indeed harsh to drop a commercial just because of that.</span></p>
<p> On the other hand, as Tsurube himself often says in interviews, his current wife is his &#8220;first love,&#8221; and they were married when he was 22 years old. He is a &#8220;single-minded man&#8221; who knows no one but his wife.</p>
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<h2>Negative factor for sponsors</h2>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> There is no doubt that she is one of the most &#8220;likable&#8221; personalities in the entertainment industry. He has no scandals and is always smiling. But the reports of a barbecue at Nakai&#8217;s house and the fact that he had a woman with him are definitely a negative factor for sponsors. He is a good person, so the more gaps there are, the more damaging it is.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Even if it is not enough to end the program, it is certain understandable that the company thought it was not worth it to pay a high price to have her continue to play a commercial character, so they removed her. Well, in this case, it was for the convenience of the company, so there would be no penalty or fee recovery,&#8221; said an advertising agency official.</span></p>
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<p> If there had been no trouble between Nakai and Xko, at least Tsurubi&#8217;s barbecue would not have been considered a problem, and the commercial would not have been removed. That is how nervous companies are about the &#8220;Nakai-Fuji TV problem.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> The fact that more than 70 sponsors left Fuji Television all at once was a big shock in the entertainment industry. That is why many celebrities were shaken when they heard that Mr. Tsurubi had dropped his commercials because of the barbecue report. When the public became so nervous, even a slight report of sexual harassment raised the possibility of a drop from the board. Furthermore, the celebrities who shared a drinking party with Mr. A, a well-known executive in the entertainment industry, are probably scared that their names will be mentioned.</span></p>
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<p> An avalanche of celebrities have been hit one after another, but Nakai has quickly retired and gone into hiding without any explanation. But the shock he has left on the entertainment world is likely to continue.</p>


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