Masahiro Nakai: “It’s not to return to the stage.” …… “The real aim” of “starting a counterattack” after all this time.

Hiring a New Lawyer and Denying “Sexual Violence” Found by Fuji’s Third-Party Committee

Do they have an agenda other than restoring his reputation?

It was a sudden counterattack.

On May 12, Masahiro Nakai (52), who retired from show business because of the trouble with a former female announcer at Fuji Television, released a document through his proxy lawyer. He denied the investigation report released by Fuji Television’s third-party committee, saying, “No violent or forced sexual acts were confirmed.

Even after his retirement, Nakai continued to insist to his close business associates and others that “it was not sexual violence. He said it was a love affair. It is said that he had been secretly asking a certain key station to give him a place to explain himself, but this never happened.

He seemed to feel abandoned by Fuji Television, with which he was a close friend, and he told people around him that ‘the producer who was such a good friend of mine has stopped contacting me.

Nakai is reported to have told those around him that this counterattack was never “for the purpose of returning to the public stage. Then, why did he decide to launch a counterattack now, even with a new lawyer?

A producer at a key station who has been in contact with Nakai confides, “It may be to rehabilitate his reputation, but it’s the best thing to do.

A producer at a key station who has been in contact with Nakai confided, “Although there may be a need to restore his reputation, I think the main purpose is to avoid financial compensation, such as penalty fees.

Fuji Television has announced that it has already incurred a loss of 20.1 billion yen as a result of sponsors suspending commercial placement one after another. Although not as huge as Fuji, other stations have also been forced to deal with Nakai’s sudden retirement by terminating programs and other actions, causing damage. The same is true for sponsors such as “Softbank” and “Timey,” which had used Nakai in their commercials until just before his retirement.

Now that the third-party committee has found Nakai responsible for the sexual violence, there is a possibility that the TV stations and sponsor companies will be asked to pay huge penalties and compensation. In order to avoid this, he may have started claiming that he did not commit sexual violence.

Another factor behind the accusations is anger toward Fuji.

After the third-party committee’s report was submitted, Nakai is said to have expressed his anger to a close acquaintance, saying, “Why are the problems at Fuji Television not being addressed and only I am being made to look bad? Since he has no intention of returning to show business, he might just take the opportunity to expose Fuji’s dark side, as if he would die for it.

Four months after his retirement, what kind of future awaits Nakai, who has once again caused a public uproar, and even humiliated himself by fighting back?

From the June 6-13, 2025 issue of “FRIDAY