Geinokai Scandals
iyobe kiwa
kiyobe
Thu Jan 8 02:44:48 EST 2004
Kimura Takuya's dekichatta kekkon (marriage based on unplanned pregnancy)
to Kudo Shizuka, perhaps? This was not really a "scandal" (other than to
the millions of female fans who felt betrayed!) but was certainly BIG news.
It's also interesting from the angle of how the boy-idol industry
(monopolized by Johnnie's Entertainment) has in a sense adapted itself to
the evolution of SMAP and the Kimutaku persona. Before them, it was pretty
much unfathomable for idols to be in their 30's AND married-with-children.
I think he really paved the way for a lot of that kind of freedom within
the industry...
K. Iyobe
>From: Mark Nornes <amnornes at umich.edu>
>Reply-To: KineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>To: kineJapan at lists.acs.ohio-state.edu
>Subject: Geinokai Scandals
>Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 21:52:14 -0500
>
>Recently I posted a little tidbit from Mark West, our law scholar
>here. He is, as a matter of fact, working on a little project about
>scandals in the geinokai (and swears he's got a scholarly angle on
>this stuff). Here is his preliminary list of the top scandals of the
>last two decades (and I added a couple).
>
>Matsuda Seiko stealing Matchy, leading to Nakamori Akina's suicide
>attempt, and then the subsequent divorce to marry that Jeff guy
>Amuro Namie dekichatta kekkon to nyoronyoro Sam
>Tashiro Masashi arrested for peeping tom stuff and then again for
>drugs
>Goro Inagaki arrested for running over police woman
>Katsu Shintaro arrested for drugs
>Itami Juzo suicide (?)
>
>I don't know much about this kind of thing, but added:
>
>Tora Tora Tora & Kurosawa nervous breakdown, then suicide attempt
>(although this is a little earlier)
>Kadokawa Haruki's cocaine arrest
>Miyazawa Rie's Life
>
>Can anyone add any juicy ones to his list? He would be eternally
>grateful.
>
>Markus
>
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