<h2>The number of &#8220;exposés&#8221; may decrease drastically.</h2>
<figure id="attachment_468834" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-468834" style="width: 1986px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="de0576e1"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2026/05/6b2b22758aaa8ec7f9f026006d354a22.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-468834" class="wp-caption-text"> Takahashi reconciled with Nakayama through the mediation of his partner Masumi Yagi (51). Both apologized in X, but the bashing did not stop as past remarks were cut out and uploaded.</figcaption></figure>
 Kota Nakayama (45) appeared on &#8220;Naokiman&#8217;s Urban Legend Wide Show&#8221; broadcast on ABEMA on May 5. His statement that he was bullied for 10 years by a senior colleague caused quite a stir.
 Although his name was withheld, Takahiro Ogata (49) of &#8220;Panther&#8221; appeared in a YouTube video by popular You Tuber Kanoxtor at the same time. He revealed an episode about a senior colleague who had been violently attacked in the past and whom he hated, leading to a &#8220;Could it be the same person? ″ and the search for the culprit began.
 Later, it was revealed that the &#8220;senior&#8221; to whom Nakayama referred was Shigeo Takahashi (50) of &#8220;Savannah. Although a settlement was reached, the incident has begun to affect his work, as evidenced by the deletion of commercial videos and images of Lion&#8217;s &#8220;Stoppa Anti-diarrhea EX&#8221; in which Takahashi appeared.
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 On the other hand, a director of a production company confides, &#8220;There is a reason why the Ogata case is subsiding.
 The &#8220;senpai&#8221; he mentions has become a half-truth, and most people who have worked with Ogata know about it. Moreover, the &#8220;senpai&#8221; is rarely seen on TV now. It is not worth mentioning his name and pursuing him, which is the reason why the situation soon calmed down (laugh).
 (Laughter) Like the Nakayama case, most of the cases where comedians dare to name &#8220;haters&#8221; in their programs or live performances are those who would get a laugh even if they were exposed or those who have already made peace with their dislike. They do not mention those whom they have an ongoing dislike for.
 When Nakayama made his &#8220;bullying accusation,&#8221; he hinted that he was &#8220;selling like hotcakes&#8221; and had a &#8220;good public image,&#8221; and the name of another comedian was also mentioned as a candidate in the industry.
 A, who has his own show, has a great likability, but not a few of the younger comedians and staff don&#8217;t like him.&#8221; He is said to be unusually harsh in giving out bad advice at the drinking table and to ignore backstage those junior comedians whom he doesn&#8217;t appreciate. I have seen a producer who removed &#8220;A&#8221; from a casting meeting because he didn&#8217;t want to work with him, even though he is very talented,&#8221; said a director of a production company.
 A producer at a key station says that B, a successful comedian with an image of always giving his all and making people laugh, &#8220;has another face.
 He is very low key when he works for a key station, but when he works for a local station, there are times when he is clearly out of touch. Of course, it&#8217;s tough to give your all to every job, but with more and more staff coming to Tokyo from the provinces these days, information about talent with a bad attitude or cutting corners at local stations spreads in an instant. They may be hung out to dry in the not-too-distant future.&#8221;
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 Exposure stories are easy to become the topic of clipped videos and Internet news, and they are the ironclad content of distribution and late-night programs, but broadcasters fear that &#8220;Savannah&#8221; Takahashi&#8217;s latest flare-up could lead to a sharp decline.
 However, the broadcaster fears that &#8220;Savannah&#8221; Takahashi&#8217;s flame may cause a drastic decrease in the number of programs. We&#8217;ve been burned so much on ABEMA&#8217;s show, not on terrestrial TV. &#8230;&#8230;&#8221;
 In Reiwa, where a single flare-up can be fatal, aggressive talk is a double-edged sword.
 From the June 5-12, 2026 issue of FRIDAY

 Yuri Adachi

 Savannah's Shigeo Takahashi under fire for saying he was bullied for 10 years by Kota Nakayama. In an age when even those who have already made peace with their problems are under fire, there is a possibility of a sharp decline in the number of revealing stories that are a staple content of late-night and distribution programs.

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