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Weekly Bunshun is reporting that Nakai Masahiro (47) is leaving Johnny’s, a company he has been affiliated with for over 30 years. According to Bunshun, Nakai will be leaving in March and will become independent and a official announcement will be made on February 21st. Read More …
It was not a happy beginning for SMAP in 2016. Despite trying their best to be a group and keep fans happy, their apology on “SMAP x SMAP” didn’t seem good at all. It was noticeable and in fact, it didn’t last. When their long-time Read More …
Former AKB48 member Uchida Mayumi (25) was on the TBS show “Nakai-kun Kimete!” hosted by Nakai Masahiro (46). Uchida discussed her yakiniku restaurant, exceeding 100 million in annual sales and Nakai was impressed and expressed his interest of wanting to own a business. The program Read More …
Another “UTAGE!” special returns and will be a 3-hour special that will broadcast on TBS on August 22nd at 8:00 p.m. to 10:57 p.m.. Nakai Masahiro is the MC and will be assisted by Watanabe Mayu. “UTAGE!” is a music special which features special artist Read More …
Nakai Masahiro discussed the anxiety he has about his new program “Kinyo Purachi Naito Shin Nippondanji to Nakai” (Friday Platinum Night – New Japan Boys and Naki) will be starting on May 3rd. After finishing a taping for the first episode, Nakai said he was Read More …
Nakai Masahiro (46) did a surprise introduction on December 24th for the “Dai 44-kai Radio Charity Musicthon” which was hosted by Johnny’s Jr. group, Kis-My-Ft 2. Nakai who sounded as if he was on the phone said “I’d like to present a song to Read More …
Details of the upcoming “CDTV Special! Toshikoshi Premiere Live 2018->2019” was announced. The special marks the 20th anniversary of the live special which begins at 23:55 on December 31st through 5:00 a.m. on New YEar’s Day (5 hours and 5 minutes). Nakai Masahiro was announced Read More …
On the December 5th airing of “Nakai no Mado” (Nakai’s Window), a subject was brought up of celebrities who have the most money. While names such as Kitajima Saburo, Sakai Masato, Tamori, etc. were brought up, Wakatsuki Chinatsu brought up Nakai’s name and said, “People Read More …
Nakai Masahiro will be hosting the “Pro Yakyuu Draft Kaigi” (Pro Baseball Draft Conference) for the seventh consecutive year. The draft will be broadcast live on TBS starting at 4:50 p.m. on October 25th and will be a three-hour broadcast. Nakai has been the MC Read More …
The June 21st special episode of “UTAGE!” had a lot of memorable moments and here were our favorites: Watanabe Mayu sings ZONE’s “SECRET BASE” to her co-host Nakai Masahiro As everyone is watching Watanabe Mayu perform ZONE’s “Secret Base”, she decides to go back and Read More …
It was announced that on June 21st, TBS will be broadcasting the “UTAGE! Natsu no Request Matsuri 2018” and artists for the special were announced. Since April 2014, “UTAGE!” has been showcasing artist collaborations and challenging projects every Monday. The first special came out back Read More …
X JAPAN’s YOSHIKI appeared on TBS’ “Kin Sma Special” on March 30th. The special was no doubt deep as YOSHIKI talks about his father’s suicide, the brainwashing of X JAPAN vocalist TOSHI, the band ending back in the ’90s, the death of HIDE and more. Read More …