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The story
Actress Nozomi Sasaki looked back on 20 years in showbiz to coincide with the release of her new photo essay, calling the milestone a “miracle.” She also shared her personal view that painful experiences add depth to one’s life. On 5ch, alongside comments welcoming her enduring popularity, many posts brought up the affair scandal involving her husband, comedian Ken Watabe, which broke in 2020 (widely known as the “multipurpose toilet” scandal). Opinions split between those praising the couple for weathering that storm and those debating her acting and talk-show skills, with no clear consensus reached.
Nozomi Sasaki: 20 Years in Showbiz Is a “Miracle” — Hard Times “Add Depth to Life,” She Says | ENCOUNT
2026.10.03
By: ENCOUNT Editorial Team
Source: encount.press / Original article here
What people said
I watch her YouTube all the time.
Never expected to see such a genuinely supportive comment on 5ch.
Explain yourself, Watanabe (sic — presumably means her husband Watabe, different kanji).
Though she'll probably divorce him once the kids are raised.
Everyone who used to work as a magazine model seems to end up tough.
The world of women is terrifying.
Zochoten (whose name plays on 'zocho' = getting conceited): "Just get it out already! Don't get so cocky about it!"
Komokuten (whose name means 'wide-eyed'): "Wide… no, take the LONG view on this one" (pun: 'wide' vs. 'long-term view')
Jikokuten: "What are you even doing!"
(A joke riffing on the names of Buddhism's Four Heavenly Kings.)
Felt like her So-net commercial was way further back than that.
Nah, she got hit with a lot of criticism when she was pregnant with their second kid.
Why'd she marry a guy like that?
What a good wife.
There are plenty of short, cute girls, but she had the height to go with that level of cute.
Background and Points of Debate
Nozomi Sasaki has been active in entertainment since around 2006, and this photo essay release appears timed to mark that 20-year milestone. The article never specifies what the “painful experience” actually was. Most of the thread’s comments assumed it referred to the 2020 affair scandal involving her husband, comedian Ken Watabe (widely known as the “multipurpose toilet” scandal), but that’s reader speculation — nothing in her remarks confirms she was referring to that scandal specifically. Within the thread, views praising the couple for getting through that scandal coexisted with criticism of her acting and talk-show abilities, and neither view won out. Since topics involving celebrities’ private lives tend to blur together with their official statements, it’s worth reading the article’s actual claim — her “personal view” on hardship — separately from the online speculation and judgment surrounding it.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Nozomi Sasaki: 20 Years in Showbiz Is a “Miracle” — Hard Times “Add Depth to Life,” She Says, Photo Essay Released.”
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