Masahiro Matsuoka, the “big brother” of the “Matsuoka Brothers,” is now drinking buddies with timelesz and Snow Man.

Matsuoka’s “Han spirit” and affectionate nature

On the October 12 broadcast of the radio program “Matsuoka Masahiro’s Saori Saiki Saiban” (NACK5), former “TOKIO” member Matsuoka Masahiro (48) talked about an episode in which he went out to eat with “timelesz” member Fuma Kikuchi (30) and “Snow Man” member Watanabe Shota (32). Matsuoka has a strong public image as a “big brother,” but in fact he is “known as a senior who takes good care of not only debutants but also younger juniors,” according to a reporter from a sports newspaper.

Matsuoka says that he and Kikuchi used to go out to eat together often. They had not met in a while, and Watanabe, who is good friends with Kikuchi, was also present at the meeting. He told me that he had heard “many stories from Shota,” including episodes of the nine-member group Snow Man, and that “he is a very cheerful guy and a funny guy. He is a funny guy.

The next day, Watanabe contacted Kikuchi with his LINE contact information, and he immediately contacted me to thank me. to which he replied, “Call me whatever you like. Matsuoka said that it was “refreshing” to hear from “people who are active now,” and he must have been inspired by his junior colleagues.

In fact, Watanabe also wrote in his personal blog on FAMILY CLUB web, a membership site (dated October 3), “Yesterday, I went out for sushi with Fuma and Matsuoka-kun, and we drank until unusually late lol” and “It was fun lol,” so it seems that they had a good time together.

Although he has already left STARTO ENTERTAINMENT, he was active as an individual actor when he was at the former Johnny’s office, and Matsuoka was able to meet with members of “Arashi” including Masaki Aiba (42) and Jun Matsumoto (42), Tadayoshi Okura (40) of “SUPER EIGHT,” and “Hey! He is loved by many junior members, including Masaki Aiba (42) and Jun Matsumoto (42) of Arashi, Tadayoshi Okura (40) of SUPER EIGHT, and Satoshi Inoo (35) of Hey! When he had dinner with Tobiki Ukisho (23) and Yuto Nasu (23) of the junior unit ACEes, they exchanged lines (they belonged to a unit called “Bishonen” at the time). He even said on the radio that he couldn’t go to the concert because of his own schedule.

Matsuoka, who is very considerate of his juniors, “is so attentive that he even contacts actors who are co-starring in dramas with his juniors,” according to the same reporter. The drama “Midnight Yatai: La Bonnoyo” (Fuji TV), which aired in April this year, starred Tomohiro Kamiyama (32) of West. and also featured Kaito Nakamura (28) of Travis Japan.

Actor Susumu Terashima (61) played Kamiyama’s father. In an interview with “Mezamashi media” distributed on May 23, Terashima said, “Before we started filming, I received emails from senior members of Kamiyama’s office, including Matsuoka of TOKIO, who I am close with, saying, ‘He is a very nice guy, so please take care of him. I received an e-mail saying, ‘He’s a very nice guy, so please take good care of him. Perhaps because of this, Terashima was able to immediately get along with Kamiyama, who played his son.

Matsuoka also said that he has not given up on former member Taichi Kokubun (51), with whom he shared many years of hardship, and that he cares about him. Speaking of Kokubun, he decided to suspend all activities indefinitely from June 20 of this year because he was found to be in non-compliance. This led to the announcement of TOKIO’s dissolution on the 25th of the same month. In a sense, Kokubu pulled the trigger for the breakup of the group that had lasted for 31 years. ……

Matsuoka referred to Kokubu in his YouTube video (released on September 17). He confides, “I’m not mad at him in the slightest,” and says things like, “Kokubu-san is my comrade-in-arms. Suggesting that he would continue to be involved in some way in the future, netizens commented, “Matsuoka is so kind. He may look flirtatious, but he is a serious person,” and “Matsuoka is dependable. That must be how affectionate Matsuoka is.

Matsuoka’s manly spirit should now be inherited by his juniors.