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JAGUAR, Chiba’s “legendary rock star,” has announced his first new work in eight years. Public comments from him had dried up since 2021, when his agency announced he had “returned to Planet JAGUAR,” but after topping the Kanto/Koshinetsu block in FLASH magazine’s “Local Star Ranking,” he shared an update on his life for the first time in about five years. On 5ch, reactions spanned generations — from confused posters asking “Wait, wasn’t he dead?” to nostalgic memories of him buying his own TV airtime in the ’80s and recollections that his day job was running a clothing store.
Published 9/12 (Sat) 6:00 AM
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JAGUAR, Chiba’s legendary rock star, had his agency announce back in October 2021 that he had returned to Planet JAGUAR. This time, after he topped the Kanto/Koshinetsu block in the “Local Star Ranking” published in FLASH (September 23, 2026 issue), we reached out to his agency for an interview. They responded, “Since JAGUAR has returned to Planet JAGUAR, we can only accept questions handled through the agency.” So we sent over some questions and asked how he’s doing — his first comments in roughly five years.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
You've got no dreams, man. That's a boring way to be.
Listen up.
Great Muta is not Keiji Mutoh.
Got it?
I feel like I saw that same news a few years back too.
Places to eat there have really thinned out, huh (´・ω・`)
What's his actual day job?
Murakami, the clothing-alterations guy.
Guess this is what got misread as that:
> On October 4, 2021, his agency announced, "He has returned to Planet JAGUAR, from the Earth he loved so much."
That's right, there's never actually been a death report.
And that's exactly what makes it great……
I remember him, Jaguar-san.
Jaguar-san is the greatest!
Kind of a rude question, but is he living in a nursing home now?
Professor Tokudaiji, may you rest in peace.
I told you, he just retired due to old age.
Is he AI now?
Something with a clothing store?
Wasn't it a clothing-alterations shop?
is he maybe more famous than X JAPAN?
Yeah, that tracks.
Saber-Tooth Tiger.
I heard it's not just X — plenty of amateur bands in Chiba from that era owe Jaguar-san one way or another.
Seriously, exactly this.
Was he hospitalized or something?
Isn't this the second-generation one?
I liked Tsuribata Gekihiko.
I'm not some TV-obsessed geeky otaku like the old guys on 5ch, so I wouldn't really know.
A rich guy from Chiba.
Back around the '80s, he bought up broadcast airtime to promote his own self-written songs.
Well, if he went back to his home planet, that'd make sense.
Background and Key Points of This Story
JAGUAR is a Chiba-based local star known since the 1980s for his distinctive method of buying his own TV and radio airtime to broadcast his self-written songs — a figure said to have influenced Chiba’s amateur music scene. In October 2021, his agency announced that he had “returned to Planet JAGUAR,” and because many took the metaphor literally, rumors of his death spread; several posters in the thread likewise reacted with “Wait, wasn’t he dead?” In reality, it was simply his own idiosyncratic way of describing his retirement/hiatus — according to Wikipedia he is currently 81-82 years old and very much alive. This time, after placing first in the Kanto/Koshinetsu block of FLASH magazine’s local-star feature, he gave his first comments in about five years, leading to the announcement of his first new work in eight years. The thread also features nostalgic memories of his day job as “president of a clothing store,” along with jokes mixing him up with the pro wrestler Great Muta — all pointing to a figure whose fame varies sharply by generation.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Music] “I’m watching over everyone on Earth!” — Chiba musician JAGUAR makes shock announcement of “first new work in 8 years”.”
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