haha

Tegoshi doesn't strike me as someone who will do that , I still sees him a bit girlie at this point in time :lmfao

then again I'm not the only 1 who said that , KAT-TUN's Tanaka did when he appeared at Shounen Club Premium last year :laugh

I think his treatment is way to harsh. Especially considering how hypocritical it is. I mean what salary man in Japan hasn't gotten drunk and naked at some point? Would you apply that same statement to Ayu who is also known to be a heavy drinker and in the past has had pictures of her being helped to walk outside of a bar? If Ayu didn't have her loads of staff around her at all times, whose to say she wouldn't have had a naked run around in the park by now? :)
As for Erika, His treatment right now is way worse than what ERIKA had (and he is much more famous than her so I don't really think the situations are that comparable) and as much as I like ERIKA, a lot of people have said she has a bad attitude and is difficult to work with - who would blame people then for not wanting to work with her? Whereas this is the only thing Tsuyoshi has pretty much ever done wrong. The punishment so far is definitely not fitting the crime, such as a Japanese politician calling him "the worst human being ever." I'm sure that politician has done far worse things...

^ yes I would absolutely apply the same to Ayu. That politician is over-reacting, I don't mind him running naked in the street, really, if that's what he likes, then by all means he should do it, but that's Japan we're talking about, he has certain responsabilities that come with proffesion and considering how long he's been doing his job he should've known better. I am sorry I will never understand people who get drunk cuz they're miserable. There is really no good excuse imo. Would you really like a CM featuring someone who seems to be having a drinking problem?

Ayu at least seems to be careful about what and where she is doing stuff :)

oh well. this wld seriously affected his image..

I agree with you, that I also don't like the behavior. But I also think that at least in this case, it seems to be a major over reaction. The thing is, in Japan its really part of the culture to drink - no matter what your profession is. People don't necessarily drink out of unhappiness there, but rather out of social obligation. If they are going to get this up in arms about drunken behavior, then they shouldn't create a culture where going out to drink (and usually drink heavily) after work is the norm and acceptable behavior - its just way to hypocritical to me. I can't count the number of drunk salarymen I've had clumsily hit on me in broken english, lol. Why couldn't it have been a drunk SMAP member instead? :)

wow amazing...

he's a weirdo~~?

LOL

nah he's not

this's what happens when you drink way too much & can cause you to do stupid things like this

thank goodness I have no plans to drink in any single way at all alongside with smoking

I think Japan is overreacting as well, but Japan and I may see this differently because of cultural differences. Despite the custom to drink after work, it may be unacceptable to get so drunk that you expose yourself in public. Maybe Japan thinks public exposure is a great misdeed. I don't really know. :shrug I thought Japan overreacted when the Koda Kumi incident happened, and I thought that what she said wasn't that big of a deal. But I guess due to cultural differences, Japan saw it differently.

I'm a bit ambivalent toward this incident. It's kinda amusing, but it's also kinda sad to see that Tsuyoshi basically tarnished his career with this one mistake. In my opinion, he doesn't deserve all the scorn and criticism he's getting at the moment. Sure, he's an idol and therefore should behave well; I agree that his behavior wasn't right. But it's nothing worth getting so angry about. :no I hope Japan will soon forgive him and that they won't hold this incident against him for too long.

New article from Tokyograph:

thanks for the update Tracy

I hope this matter will be over before everyone knows it

Finally some sort of sanity.

the local newpaper in my country reported about the after effects of Kusangai today

at least Johnny-san will not be taking serious actions against him & even the Japanese public themselves said that they're too hard/harsh against Kusangai for committing this 1 off set action

Oh well hopefully he won't humiliate himself in the future..

lol. SMAP's last single, which came out way back in fall of last year is #11 on the singles chart right now!

LOL - ok that's just sad, it seems almost any kind of publicity will make certain people sell, first ayaka's albums and now this >.<

Omg I need that shirt lol.

O_O

I saw that via http://www.oricon.co.jp/rank/js/d/more/2/

I really don't know if this's considered good or bad but I guess any form of publicity be it good or bad , still sells

:roflmao

It's weird that it happened now though - the scandal has been out for over a week...

Maybe this was actually some kind of concerted effort by fans to say that they want SMAP and Tsuyoshi to continue.

"Television stations reported the arrest by flashing bulletins usually reserved for earthquakes and other major events, while television helicopters filmed the park from the air after sunrise."

That part was major lulz. XD