<figure id="attachment_452768" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-452768" style="width: 1080px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="b09ead95"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2026/01/27165d635c146e6dd45aa0ab03d10cf1.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-452768" class="wp-caption-text">Yuya Takagi of &#8220;Hey! Say! JUMP&#8221; was worried about his facial scar during the live-streaming on Instagram. Fans voiced their concerns at &#8230;&#8230; (Photo from Hey! Say! JUMP&#8217;s official Instagram)</figcaption></figure>
<h3> Viewers voiced their concerns about his appearance in the live-streaming.</h3>
<p> Yuya Takagi (36) of &#8220;Hey! Say! JUMP&#8221; opened his personal Instagram account on July 9, &#8217;25. Recently, he has been enjoying his private time, frequently conducting Instagram live shows and conversing with fans through comments.</p>
<p> However, during a live-streaming session in early April, he reported that he had scratches on his forehead and nose and that he &#8220;got drunk and hurt himself. Viewers voiced their concern.</p>
<p> On April 2, Takagi started a live broadcast on Instagram before the live radio show &#8220;Yuya Takagi&#8217;s YOU YAKAI&#8221; (FM Osaka), for which he is a radio personality. Then, he revealed with a laugh that he &#8220;got drunk and hurt himself,&#8221; as if a question had been asked because he saw what appeared to be a scar on his forehead.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> Takagi also revealed the scar under his eyebrow while shifting the position of his sunglasses, saying, &#8220;Look, look. He said, &#8216;It&#8217;s bad,&#8217; but didn&#8217;t seem to take it too seriously.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> On his Instagram live after the live radio broadcast, he also touched on the subject of the scar, this time jokingly replying, &#8220;We had a fight! he replied jokingly. He also responded to the &#8220;screencap time&#8221; when viewers took screenshots of him. He posed with both hands on his face to hide the scars.</span></p>
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<p> On March 10, &#8220;Gin Rock Rhyme,&#8221; a play in which Takagi plays the lead role, opened. He had a Hiroshima performance on April 4-5 immediately after the live-streaming, and was scheduled to remain on stage until Fukuoka on April 25-26. While it is unclear whether the situation of &#8220;drunken injury&#8221; is true or not, his fans responded to his statement, saying, &#8220;Yuya, take care this time,</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Yuya, I&#8217;m glad it didn&#8217;t turn out to be serious this time, but your face is a tool of your trade, so take good care of it. You&#8217;re on stage, after all.</span><br>
<span class="strongInContent"> I thought he probably got hurt when he was drunk, but he&#8217;s onstage at &#8230;&#8230;, so be careful!</span><br>
<span class="strongInContent"> I can&#8217;t believe you got drunk and hurt your face. &#8230;&#8230; You should drink in moderation.</span><br>
<span class="strongInContent"> When I saw Yuya&#8217;s in-laws, his face was more scarred than I expected. What about an idol&#8217;s face covered in scars?</span></p>
<p> Some were concerned and others were dismayed.</p>
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<h3>Takagi&#8217;s case reminded us of the drinking troubles of former Johnny&#8217;s talents.</h3>
<p> This time, Takagi was not injured to the extent that it interfered with his work, and the stage in which he starred reached its final performance in autumn without incident. Nevertheless, excessive drinking could have led to big trouble.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> There have been many instances since the days of the old Johnny&#8217;s when the talent from the same agency got drunk and caused problems,&#8221; he said. The most notorious cases are those of Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (51), then a member of SMAP, and Tatsuya Yamaguchi (54), then a member of TOKIO.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> In April 2009, Kusanagi was caught red-handed in a park in Minato Ward, Tokyo, on suspicion of public indecency for being drunk and making a scene in the nude. The charges were later dropped (prosecution suspended), and he returned to work after about a month.</span></p>
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<p> On the other hand, it was discovered in April 2006 that Yamaguchi had been sent to prosecutors on suspicion of indecent assault of a female high school student (the charges were later dropped). He left TOKIO and the former Johnny&#8217;s on May 6 of the same year due to this scandal.</p>
<p> However, in September &#8217;20, he caused a stir with the shocking news that he was caught red-handed driving a motorcycle after drinking alcohol and violating the Road Traffic Law (driving under the influence of alcohol). Since then, Yamaguchi has been dealing with his &#8220;alcoholism&#8221; and is currently giving lectures at risk management seminars and other activities to &#8220;eradicate drunk driving.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> In addition, Yusho Nakajima (32), who left JUMP on August 28, 2013, was scooped by &#8220;Shukan Bunshun&#8221; (Bungeishunju) about a &#8220;drunken 110&#8221; incident in May 2004, when he was still a member of the group. In the early morning of April 1 of the same year, he was arrested by the police.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> In the early morning of April 1 of the same year, a female office worker in her 30s called 110 to report that she had been hugged by a man on the street. Although no damage report was filed, the office responded to an interview, saying that Nakajima himself was deeply sorry and apologized to those involved.</span></p>
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<p> The former Johnny&#8217;s was reborn as STARTO ENTERTAINMENT in April 2012 and began full-scale operations. In October of last year, Kusama Riyo, a member of the &#8220;Ae! group&#8221; member Richard Keita Kusama (30) was arrested on suspicion of indecent exposure of the lower half of his body on a street in Shinjuku, and was reportedly &#8220;drunk&#8221; at the time. As a result, he was given a summary order (100,000 yen fine), but he has left the group and is now working as a solo artist.</p>
<p> If you get into trouble because of drinking, there is a heavy price to pay. I hope that he will exercise self-discipline and drink in moderation.</p>


 In April, Yuya Takagi held a live-stream on his personal Instagram account. There, he confessed that he "got drunk and hurt himself." The past drinking troubles of the talents of his Johnny's's agency are once again in the spotlight.

Yuya Takagi of “Hey!

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