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Shocking Celebrity Scandals

Source: Girls Channel

1. [+1179 / -13]
What was a celebrity scandal that shocked you? Mine is Nori-pi's dɾᴜg and runaway scandal. During that scandal, I followed the TV coverage everyday!
*Sakai Noriko was caught taking dɾᴜgs in 2009, she went into hiding and then turned herself in after three days.
Timeline:
August 4th - Husband was arrested, Sakai goes into hiding with her son
August 5th - Sakai leaves son with unnamed friend, continues hiding
August 7th - Sakai turns herself in.


2. [+1311 / -39]

*Photo of Tegoshi Yuya (NEWS) and Kashiwagi Yuki (AKB48) together at a luxury hotel was released by Shukan Bunshun in 2015 (Photo said to be taken between late 2013 to early 2014).

3. [+1223 / -22]

*On May 29 this year, a tabloid newspaper reported that Harada Ryuji was committing adultery. He married an actress in 2001 and is the father of 2 kids. He is famous for being an indulgent parent. However, it was reported that he had affairs with numerous female fans. There have reportedly been testimonies from those women that he would do the deed with them in his car, a 4WD Toyota Land Cruiser, to keep his family from finding out.

4. [+1213 / -18]
Yamaguchi Tatsuya
*Indecent behaviour towards a high school girl

5. [+966 / -11]
Exposed Harada
*Harada Ryuji

6. [+521 / -7]
Taguchi
*Taguchi Junnosuke - Arrested on suspicion of cαnnαbis possession - Related article here.

7. [+1362 / -13]

*Miyazaki Rie and Takanohana's called-off engagement - Related article here.

41. [+320 / -21]
>>7
It's not a scandal because it was an official engagement and breakup.

8. [+823 / -12]

*Kago Ai, caught underage smoking in 2006, she was 18 at that time - was suspended from all activities within Hello! Project. She was put under house arrest. Her agency was preparing for her comeback in 2007 but in March photos of her going to an onsen with a man 18 years her senior and smoking again were released. She was dismissed from her agency soon after.

9. [+640 / -3]
ASKA
*Found guilty of dɾᴜg use in 2014.

10. [+150 / -11]
Shuwa-chan's illegitimate child
*Arnold Schwarzenegger

11. [+1295 / -10]
Ishihara Mariko exposed Tamaki Koji for domestic violence in her autobiography. Several years later Tamaki Koji got back together with Ishihara Mariko and appeared on TV smiling. I remember thinking, 'What the hell was that?'
*Tamaki Koji had an affair with actress Ishihara Mariko during his first marriage (1983-1986). In her autobiography, she revealed his domestic violence towards her during that time, which he admitted to. They reconciled in 2008, and tried to get married in 2009. The marriage application was rejected and they split up again.

12. [+674 / -65]

*Alleged NGT48 members involved in Yamaguchi Maho's assault.

13. [+1100 / -11]
Tiger Wood's s*x addiction.

14. [+924 / -15]
Fukushi Sota
Hugging an Instagram queen with a smug look on his face.

15. [+1067 / -10]
Shimizu Fumika
*Temporary retired from the entertainment industry to devote herself to the cult, Happy Science. She returned to acting under the new name Sengen Yoshiko with Happy Science's production company.

16. [+773 / -7]
Becky
*Had an affair with Enon Kawatani

17. [+662 / -10]
Gesu Adultery
*Gesu - means sleazebag or lowlife, is also the first word of the name of Enon Kawatani's band: Gesu no Kiwami Otome

18. [+1953 / -15]
Akina-chan and Moron

*Nakamori Akina and Masahiko Kondo started dating in 1985. In 1989, there were rumours that Matchy was cheating on her with Akina's main rival Matsuda Seiko. Akina broke into Matchy's apartment in July 1989 and attempted suicide. After her suicide attempt, they held a joint press conference where she apologised for her suicide attempt. It is believed that Akina was tricked into believing that they were going to announce their engagement in that press conference.

19. [+1606 / -11]
Becky's lies were more shocking than the affair itself.
*Becky publicly apologised in a press conference. Soon after, Shukan Bunshun released LINE messages between Becky and Enon (sent after their affair was publicised and before Becky's press conference) which showed no remorse over their actions.

21. [+1124 / -29]

*In 2012, tabloids published articles about Erika Toda and Ayano Go heading to Kobe by train.

22. [+1231 / -15]
Pillbug

*AAA member Urata Naoya slapped convenience store worker after she rejected his advances (2019).

24. [+2288 / -21]
Uehara Takako who made her husband commit suicide
*Uehara Takako's husband TENN committed suicide because Uehara Takako was having an affair with Abe Tsuyoshi who was also married.

25. [+1185 / -7]
Fun-mon Kato
*Funky Kato (married) of FUNKY MONKEY BABYS had an affair with his friend's wife (comedian Shibata Hidetsugu's wife) and got her pregnant.

26. [+908 / -9]
Nori-pi was on TV a lot and didn't have an image of taking dɾᴜgs so I was shocked when I found out she took dɾᴜgs. She ran away, didn't she?
*Sakai Noriko

27. [+1243 / -7]
Shot by the paparazzi wearing a weird dress

*Adrien Brody and Rola - paparazzi photo of them walking together in Beverly Hills at night - taken in March this year

28. [+749 / -10]
Sasshi's fan devouring
*Sashihara Rino broke AKB48's no-dating rule. Her alleged ex sold the story (with photos) to a tabloid.

29. [+904 / -7]
Yaguchi's adultery
*Yaguchi Mari was caught red-handed cheating on her husband. Related article here.

31. [+295 / -9]
"I was gay."
*Olympic medalist marathon runner, Arimori Yuko married her ex-husband Gabriel Wilson in 1998. They separated a month later and Gabriel Wilson revealed, "I was gay" at a press conference. They reconciled after a period of separation and divorced in 2011.

32. [+1212 / -16]
Narimiya-san
I wonder if he's living happily now after retiring from the entertainment industry.

Uehara Miyu-chan
May she rest in peace.

*Narimiya Hiroki was accused of taking dɾᴜgs by his friend by the tabloid FRIDAY. Narimiya tested negative for dɾᴜgs but retired because of the betrayal.
*Uehara Miyu hung herself in 2011 at the age of 24

34. [+689 / -12]
I had become numb to scandals lately but when I read here on Girls Channel that Kitamura Takumi smokes weed, I was so shocked I went "What?!"
I became his fan just recently so I really don't want it to be true.

35. [+968 / -26]
Wife-stealer Okada Junichi
*Okada Junichi committed adultery with Miyazaki Aoi when she was married to Sosuke Takaoka. Miyazaki divorced Sosuke in 2011 and married Okada in 2017.

39. [+202 / -41]
Nadaka Tatsuo and Nishio-something-san's called-off engagement

It made me even more curious because they never gave a reason.


40. [+832 / -56]
Seto Koji's illegitimate child
*Seto Koji is rumoured to be the father of Sakata Memeco (Sato Hiroko)'s child

58. [+303 / -14]
>>40
I think I heard that that's fake.

66. [+111 / -3]
>>58
Once a troll has reported something, even if it's proven to be fake, people still won't believe it.

45. [+1749 / -6]
Failure of a human being

*In September 2018, Yoshizawa Hitomi (Former Morning Musume member) injured two people in a hit-and-run incident while driving under the influence of alcohol.

51. [+550 / -7]
Becky and Gesu Kinoko's* Weekly Bunshun adultery scandal!
*Mushroom, referring to Enon Kawatani's haircut.

53. [+531 / -23]
Has to be Narimiya

*Photo of Narimiya allegedly taking dɾᴜgs

[Link to Girls Channel Thread Titled: [Shukan Bunshun] The Great Sasuke's Confession: "My son was attacked by Narimiya Hiroki!"]
*According to Bunshun, The Great Sasuke (pro-wrestler Masanori Murakawa) confessed that some time after his son (who was in high school first year at that time, is now a former model), became a model, his son developed PTSD. The son apparently confessed to the psychologist that Narimiya forced s*xᴜal relations on him. According to the tabloid, The Great Sasuke decided to reveal this over 10 years later, when he saw that Narimiya was retiring.

54. [+1119 / -6]
Monster

*Hirofumi Arai was charged for ɾαpe February this year.

55. [+1345 / -21]
For me personally, Koide Keisuke

*Tabloid magazines reported that Keisuke Koide drank alcohol and slept with an underage girl (17) in 2017. He was indicted for drinking with a minor but the charges were dropped. The prosecutors did not give a reason but according to media reports it was because an out-of-court settlement had been reached between Koide and the girl.

56. [+998 / -16]
Kitano Kie's love hotel scandal.

I thought that it was a waste because she was starting to get popular at that time.
I thought that it wasn't that big a deal though because she wasn't committing adultery or anything.
But since it's a reputation issue, it can't be helped.
It's unfortunate that people are still calling her a wh*re even now.
*Kitano Kie was caught entering a motel with Kazuma Sano in 2010. She was 19 and he was 21 at that time.

57. [+453 / -16]
Pierre Taki

60. [+818 / -4]
I watched Kanno Miho's press conference (?) for her photo book but I was still middle school at that time so I didn't understand why she was crying, but it was shocking.

61. [+751 / -4]
Saito Yuki, I guess. The photos kept leveling up, it was hilarious w
*In August last year, Shukan Bunshun revealed Saito Yuki was having an affair and she denied it. In September, the next month, a different tabloid leaked a photo of her kissing her affair partner.

65. [+1775 / -6]

*Immediately after Atsuko Maeda graduated from AKB48, she went to a party and got drunk. Sato Takeru had to carry her because she couldn't walk.

68. [+959 / -32]
Kusanagi Tsuyoshi when he was in SMAP
Public indecency

I got quite a shock when I saw the clip of him being arrested..

Caption: Suspect Kusanagi Tsuyoshi of SMAP...
*Kusanagi Tsuyoshi arrested for public indecency in 2009: Drunk and dancing naked in a park in Roppongi, Tokyo. He yelled at the police officer: "What's wrong with being naked?"

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