Tackey & Tsubasa’s Tsubasa Imai to suspend entertainment activity as he focuses on treatment for Meniere’s Disease

Tsubasa Imai is one half of the popular Johnny Jimusho duo, Tackey & Tsubasa.

But these past few years have been difficult for Imai as he started to have sudden deafness in his right ear and after performing in stage in October 2014, he had difficulties getting up due to dizziness. Nearly a week later, he was diagnosed with Meniere’s Disease.

Meniere’s Disease is a disorder of the inner ear that causes people to feel as if they are spinning (Vertigo), fluctuating hearing loss (and can lead to permanent loss of hearing), rning in the ear (tinnitus) and pressure in one’s ear (typically affecting only one ear).

As Imai has been dealing with dizziness recently, a recent doctor’s examination diagnosed Imai’s symptom as a recurrence of symptoms from Meniere’s Disease.

Imai announced that he will stop all entertainment activity to concentrate on receiving treatment.  Imai apologized to his management and fans and he has also stepped down for music theater performance of “Marius” at Osaka Shochizuka.

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