<figure id="attachment_467622" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-467622" style="width: 1112px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="157737e9"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2026/05/64ea9877350a50b2a89533d0f8673a9b.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-467622" class="wp-caption-text">Shigeo Takahashi of &#8220;Savanna&#8221; apologized for Kota Nakayama&#8217;s &#8220;bullying accusation.&#8221; &#8230;&#8230;</figcaption></figure>
<h2> There is a senior who was bullied.</h2>
 How did things get so complicated?
 Shigeo Takahashi (50) of the comedy duo &#8220;Savanna&#8221; has admitted to &#8220;bullying&#8221; R-1 champion pin comedian Kota Nakayama (45) in the past and apologized. In response, Nakayama also decided to &#8220;let bygones be bygones,&#8221; but the uproar has not completely subsided.
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 It all started with ABEMA&#8217;s &#8220;Naokiman&#8217;s Urban Legend Wide Show&#8221; distributed on May 5. During a talk on the theme of people with dual personalities, Nakayama said, &#8220;There are comedians, too.
 There is also a senior comedian who was bullied for about 10 years.
 There is also a senior comedian who bullied me for about 10 years. Although his actual name was withheld, he said, &#8220;He&#8217;s a very successful guy.
 He&#8217;s selling like hotcakes.
 I think everyone has a good image of him.
 The &#8220;search&#8221; for the culprit became heated on the Internet. The person who worked hard to put out the fire was Masumi Yagi (51), Takahashi&#8217;s partner.
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 After talking with Nakayama on the phone to settle the matter amicably, the duo apologized for Takahashi&#8217;s excessive behavior. Late in the evening of October 10, Takahashi also looked back on their past collaboration on &#8220;X&#8221; and said
 I apologized for the way I talked to him and for the way I made him feel. I was really immature and didn&#8217;t give proper consideration to the audience.
 He reflected on his words and actions.
 I hope to be able to work with Kota again. I apologize for the trouble I have caused you.
 He apologized.
 Even so, there are concerns about Takahashi&#8217;s &#8220;image deterioration. She is well-liked, and she has even voiced the chair character Cossy in NHK E-television&#8217;s children&#8217;s program &#8220;Miisutsukette! a children&#8217;s program on NHK E-television, in which she voiced the character Kossy, a chair. She also appeared in a commercial for Lion&#8217;s Stoppa anti-diarrhea medicine.
 So far, nothing major has come of it,&#8221; said an agency official.
 said an agency official. Nakayama&#8217;s revelation came out during a variety show.
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<h2>The expression &#8220;I was bullied.</h2>
 Moreover, his actual name was drowned out by a &#8220;beep&#8221; sound. Therefore, some people say they are glad that Takahashi did not go through the trouble of coming forward. &#8230;&#8230;
 A person involved in the comedy industry who responded to an interview with this site said
 Kota made an unnecessary comment in X. If it weren&#8217;t for that, the seriousness of the situation would have increased to this point. If not for that, the severity of the situation would not have increased so much.
 He pointed out, &#8220;If it weren&#8217;t for that, the seriousness of the situation would not have increased so much.
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 The &#8220;unnecessary comment&#8221; occurred on August 8, just as the search for the culprit was underway on social networking sites. Nakayama said of the comedian&#8217;s real name in X
 Nakayama said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t tell people who they are. The reason is that it would cause trouble for the person in question,&#8221; he explained.
 Nakayama explained, &#8220;I won&#8217;t tell you who the comedian is because it would cause trouble for him. On the other hand
 On the other hand, he declared, &#8220;If you tell people that I didn&#8217;t do such a thing, I&#8217;ll show you proof.
 I&#8217;ll show you the proof. He added, &#8220;It&#8217;s absurdly frustrating, but it&#8217;s very interesting.
 I&#8217;m so disappointed, but he&#8217;s a very interesting person. He is talented to death. You can&#8217;t win. I will surpass him only with hard work, so don&#8217;t run away when I do.
 He even declared a declaration of war.
 The unexpected happened and Kota may have panicked, but the belligerent post made it difficult for him to make a tea. The netizens were quickly on the lookout for the culprit, and this must have put a lot of pressure on Takahashi. In fact, Yoshimoto seemed surprised by Savannah&#8217;s apology.
 As a result, Yagi made a move and Takahashi apologized. Nakayama also realized the gravity of the situation. When he realized that Takahashi&#8217;s work might be affected, Nakayama posted a lengthy explanation on X on May 12.
 The expression &#8216;I was bullied&#8217; that I said in the program was completely inappropriate. I apologize for that. （I should have said &#8220;a comedian I used to dislike&#8221; instead of &#8220;a comedian I disliked&#8221; as I said in the variety show.
 I should have said &#8216;a comedian I used to dislike&#8217; as a statement made in a variety show. The only thing that can be said is that it was a &#8220;post-fest.
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 The program production side was also horrified by the uproar. A director of a variety show told us, &#8220;Revealing talk is a part of program production,
 Revelation talk is an ironclad part of program production,&#8221; he said. However, it is frightening to think that from now on, we will have to conduct more rigorous pre-screening in anticipation of the &#8220;search for culprits&#8221; on the Internet, even if it is anonymous. If a performer makes an unexpected post like Ms. Nakayama&#8217;s that adds fuel to the fire, we will be at our wit&#8217;s end. It makes casting even more nerve-wracking.
 Nakayama is at a loss.
 Savannah Takahashi was well-liked, with many regular programs and appearances on E-television. Therefore, the impact of this incident is unknown.

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