Downtown” Masanori Hamada announced his leave of absence… TV stations were “in a panic” over the response, saying that they learned of it at the same time as the release.

Hamada, who has a total of eight regular programs including those as a duo.

The TV stations are being hit hard by an earthquake.

On March 10, Masanori Hamada (61) of the comedy duo “Downtown” announced that he would be taking a leave of absence due to poor health.

According to the official website of Yoshimoto Kogyo Co,

Hamada has been feeling unwell since around the end of last year, and as a result of a visit to a medical institution, the doctor has advised him to take a rest for the time being, and he will be taking a rest from Monday, March 10.

He said, “I have decided to take a rest from Monday, March 10.

His wife, celebrity Natsumi Ogawa (62), updated her blog on the same day and wrote

My husband has been running for decades. Even though he has been tired, he has had little time to get in shape, so it is a great relief for me and our sons that he will be able to take a rest this time.

He wrote in a letter to his partner, Hitoshi Matsumoto (61).

His partner, Hitoshi Matsumoto (61), is also on a de facto hiatus. It is an unusual situation for a duo that represents the world of comedy to all disappear from the stage together.

The TV stations are flabbergasted.

Hamada is a successful comedian with a total of eight regular programs, including those as a duo, and the TBS stations “Wednesday’s Downtown” and “Hamada Song Festival★Wolf Boy” have already been recorded and will be broadcast, but the stations are “considering what to do” after that. NTV’s “Downtown no Gaki no Tsukasa ya Aahende! on NTV has already been recorded up to the April 20 broadcast and will be broadcast as usual.

In addition, Yomiuri TV, which produces “Downtown DX” and “Hama-chan! and “Gobugobu” produced by Yomiuri TV and MBS TV. and “Gobugobu,” which are produced by Yomiuri Television and MBS Television, will also broadcast their already-recorded programs, and the company is still considering what to do after that.