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On September 19, STARTO ENTERTAINMENT announced on its official website that Shuto Inomata of timelesz, one of its contracted talents, had been arrested, revealing that — since the facts of the case have not yet been confirmed — the agency was responding with a suspension and hiatus from activities rather than termination. In the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Express+) thread reacting to the news, voices asking “why not just fire him right away” clashed with those saying “it’s not normal to fire someone while he denies the charges and the facts aren’t established.” Posts also brought up past cases of group members who kept working despite violence incidents, with some questioning the consistency of the agency’s response.
On the 19th, STARTO ENTERTAINMENT updated its official website to report that Shuto Inomata of the 8-member group timelesz had been arrested.
■ Below is the full text of the report posted on STARTO ENTERTAINMENT’s official website
Notice Regarding Our Contracted Talent Shuto Inomata
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Not fired?
What's this 'taking it seriously' supposed to mean?
He's denying it and the facts still aren't confirmed — you don't normally fire someone at this stage.
Couldn't you read the word 'serious'?
This is probably all they can do right now —
they probably haven't even reached him yet.
Just fire him already.
His character isn't going to change.
such a warm-hearted, model company, that Johnny's.
maybe a breakup went sideways, he got scared of ending up a revenge-porn victim, and panicked.
All his fans are gonna jump ship to other agencies.
hasn't changed a bit since his stuck-in-a-rut 'Bulldog' days. Total washout.
if the charges turn out light he'll probably come back,
but this one's probably a group exit.
well, once the heat dies down he'll probably leave the group anyway.
This is a company whose whole business runs on female fans, though.
if he is indicted, he's out —
but yeah, he's probably not getting indicted.
probably means leaving the agency.
whether she was his girlfriend or not is the real issue.
Since she was his girlfriend, that's a 100% dealbreaker — he's done.
Though there's also a guy who threw a cream puff during his training days and still smoothly landed a Fujiya commercial.
I misread that as a 'urination scene' lol —
guess Silver Week's got me subconsciously giddy.
I want them to swap his Chicken Ramen commercial back to that old 'Ii Jan' anime jingle version just to drive his fans crazy.
Exactly this. Feels like another SnowMan member messed up too.
With one incident after another, if they don't start firing people the group's image is just going to keep tanking.
The sponsors want to keep using Johnny's talent too, so they don't want to make a big deal of it either.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
A “suspension/activity hiatus” announcement is different from termination — it’s a standard agency response that holds off on a final decision until an investigation or trial concludes, much like how Tsuyoshi Kusanagi and Goro Inagaki kept working as SMAP even after being arrested; an arrest doesn’t automatically mean a contract gets torn up. On the thread, reactions of “why not just fire him now” were common, but others noted that he reportedly denies the allegations and that firing someone before the facts are confirmed isn’t typical, so opinions were split. Note that several posts claimed the other party was his girlfriend, but this can’t be confirmed from the full text of the official announcement and appears to be speculation within the thread. Posts also referenced past cases of group members who kept working despite violent incidents, with some questioning the consistency of the agency’s response.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Express+) thread “STARTO Announces Suspension/Activity Hiatus for timelesz’s Shuto Inomata [Full Text].”
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