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Shukan Bunshun has reported that a 60th birthday celebration for Juri Fujishima, former president of the ex-Johnny’s agency, was held on July 20 at an upscale restaurant in Roppongi, with numerous current and former STARTO ENTERTAINMENT talent turning out for the occasion. When Fujishima announced the agency’s dissolution in October 2023, she stated she would “focus solely on compensation and emotional support for the talent, and have no involvement in any other operations.” The agency itself told Bunshun that “the talent organized it as a surprise.” Reactions on 5ch were split between those who saw no issue with it as a private celebration and those questioning why someone who was supposed to have stepped back from management still has such close ties to the talent.
Shukan Bunshun’s reporting has revealed that a 60th birthday celebration for Juri Fujishima, former president of the ex-Johnny’s agency, was held on July 20 at an upscale restaurant in Roppongi, with talent from the former Johnny’s agency (now STARTO ENTERTAINMENT) turning out in force.
When Fujishima dissolved Johnny’s agency in October 2023, she declared, “Going forward, I will focus solely on compensation and emotional care for the talent, and will have no involvement in any other duties,” stepping back from talent management operations.
A star-studded lineup showed up to surprise her
Source: bunshun.jp / Original article here
What people said
Masahiro Nakai
Tatsuya Yamaguchi
Sho Tanaka
Tsuyoshi Kusanagi
Taichi Kokubun
Goro Inagaki
Junnosuke Taguchi
Akira Akasaka
Tomohisa Yamashita
Kusama Richard Keita
Yeah, that really is a star-studded lineup lol
Didn't know Kokubun was doing that
Dead silent on the Kitagawa allegations though
Real stand-up guy (sarcastic)
Maybe he's just a former employee by now?
Speaking of which, a few years back there was that whole no-show controversy that got the talk shows buzzing —
how's the other Julie, Kenji Sawada, doing these days?
Is the one further down about this?
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https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/914816f7424c8f29af178fc89b5ea198ba242c75
this person still holds 100% of the shares
Wild that a Japanese company just changes the agency's name and keeps using Johnny's talent like nothing happened
Is there actually a problem here?
Julie isn't a criminal or tied to organized crime or anything
Feels like even though she was president, she just dumped it all on Higashiyama — who's just a talent — and bailed
Julie's comeback
Reportedly furious, saying none of her agency's talent will appear on this year's Kohaku
Nothing's wrong with it
Bunshun's just run out of material and is hunting for a new target to bash
Why hasn't a company that sexually abused as many as 500 boys gone under?
Guess it took about two years for the public to forget
Background and Points of Debate
Following the 2023 revelation of sexual abuse by agency founder Johnny Kitagawa, Juri Fujishima announced the dissolution of the agency that October, stating she would focus on compensation and support for the talent. The agency was renamed STARTO ENTERTAINMENT, with Hideaki Higashiyama taking over as the new president. Opinions on the thread split over how to reconcile Fujishima’s stated departure from management with the fact that so many former agency talent personally turned out for her private birthday celebration — some saw it as nothing more than an extension of personal relationships, while others suspected she still retains real influence behind the scenes. Note that Fujishima’s nickname “Julie” is also the stage name of singer Kenji Sawada, and some posts in the thread appear to have confused the two.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[Agency admits “talent organized it as a surprise”] Former President Julie’s 60th Birthday Celebration at Upscale Roppongi Restaurant [Guest List Obtained] [Ailuropoda melanoleuca★].”
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