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The story
Minoru Murota of the comedy duo “Gappori Kensetsu” made waves after quoting a news article on X about his newly appointed partner Yuki Kuroda’s current situation, sighing “not another debt problem.” According to the original article, Kuroda is living in an apartment with ¥50,000 monthly rent while carrying ¥3 million in debt and continuing to frequent girls’ bars (hostess-style bars where customers pay to chat and drink with young women). On the thread, alongside shock that Kuroda — once celebrated as a genius child actor — had fallen so far, many commenters cited overseas former child stars like Macaulay Culkin to discuss what they called “the curse of the child star breakout.”
Former child prodigy actor Yuki Kuroda: “¥50,000 rent, ¥3 million in debt, still hitting the girls’ bars” — shocking update leaves new comedy partner sighing, “Not another debt problem”
“I’d heard about the drinking. But my partner in debt again…?”
On September 13, Minoru Murota of the comedy duo “Gappori Kensetsu” posted an update on X. His quote-post of an article covering the current situation of Yuki Kuroda — who had recently been announced as his new partner, taking over from former partner Toshio Kobori — has been generating buzz.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
He should just start streaming and collect Super Chat donations.
who was it again?
A female long-distance runner
Some Johnny's (major talent agency for boy-band idols) guy
Hiroki Matsukata's younger brother
Macaulay Culkin, Nishikawa from Lone Wolf and Cub… maybe breaking out as a child star just messes people up.
Feels like almost every Western child star ends up hooked on drugs.
The gap between his glory days and now is on the level of Issei Ishida.
If Ishida managed to bounce back somehow, this guy could too with the right break.
Though if he starts causing trouble for people around him, that's a dealbreaker.
Yes yes yes, that's the one!
Is that a well-known story?
Isn't it basically just throwing money away?
Mana Ashida deserves credit for avoiding that.
You've gotta be careful which roles you take.
Apparently his income is decent enough. If he could just lay off the women, he could pay that debt off in no time.
There's another thread on this board about that.
The girls' looks and quality are way higher than other types of adult nightlife workers.
I've heard it's nice because it's basically pay-per-drink with transparent pricing.
That made me laugh.
No way lol.
It looks like they slapped a beard on a kid —
so uncanny.
Background and Discussion Points
Yuki Kuroda was a former child actor who took Japan by storm in TV dramas during the 1990s, and this story stems from the newly reformed comedy duo “Gappori Kensetsu” bringing him on as a new partner. Cases of celebrities who found fame as child stars later being reported for money troubles come up repeatedly, and on the thread he was likewise compared to overseas former child stars like Macaulay Culkin — but the generalization that “child stars are prone to falling from grace” isn’t backed by solid evidence, and each case really should be considered on its own terms. The thread also contained posts mocking Kuroda’s appearance and intelligence, insults comparing him to political groups, and unverified speculation about his time as a minor; this article has been compiled excluding such personal attacks and posts lacking a factual basis.
*This article was compiled by excerpting and summarizing the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Entertainment] Former child prodigy actor Yuki Kuroda: “Rent ¥50,000, debt ¥3 million, still hitting the girls’ bars” — shocking update leaves new comedy partner sighing, “Not another debt problem”.”
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