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The story
Yahoo News recently ran a photo of actor and TV personality Haruhiko Kato (51), sparking a wave of reactions in a thread on 5ch’s Geinou/Supo-sokuho+ board. Kato rose to fame in the 1990s through commercials for the ski gear chain “Alpen” and the dating reality show “Ai no Ri” (Love Wagon), and was sometimes mentioned in the same breath as Masaharu Fukuyama back then. The thread filled up with comments like “he’s really aged” and “long time no see,” along with repeated comparisons to fellow actors from that era like Issei Ishida and Daisuke Miyagawa — opinions split over whether he simply looks his age.
“This is shockingly different!” 51-year-old Haruhiko Kato causes a stir with his “current look” — “He’s really aged…” “Long time no see” “Compare him to other 50-year-olds, you won’t find many like this”
Fri, Oct 2, 11:00 PM
▼ 30 years since the “Alpen” commercials…
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
You think? Looks young to me.
But with Johnny's (the talent agency) dominating, actors like him just got crushed out of the industry.
but Yo Oizumi took that spot.
And Asaka Seto, who he was close with, got taken by Inohara (of V6).
but now it's probably Jun Itoda.
Yeah, that tier of looks is exactly what's popular when you're young, for men and women alike.
And that's how they end up thinking they can pick anyone, then miss their window or end up stuck with a dud.
He always struck me as like an early prototype of Yuya Tegoshi.
Haven't seen him around Nagoya either.
Maybe he's running his own business now?
though he got a ton of hair transplants.
but he's looking a lot better now, honestly.
and your nose seems to get bigger —
probably because the facial bones and muscles start to sag.
Just load up on hyaluronic acid filler.
Nah, he's changed, but for 51 he still looks young.
The nostrils/nose wings get more prominent. Especially for men.
Nah, it's always been like that — his nostrils were always pretty flared.
Your face gets bigger as you age, so the nose in the middle probably gets pulled outward on both sides. Not sure though.
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Haruhiko Kato built his profile from the late 1990s into the 2000s through commercials for the ski-gear chain “Alpen” and appearances on the dating reality show “Ai no Ri” (Love Wagon), but his TV presence had noticeably dropped off in recent years. What sparked discussion this time was simply his current appearance: the thread was split between those who saw his aging as “just looking his age” and those who felt he “still looks young” — making it less a straightforward story of someone looking worn down, and more a topic where opinions diverged. The frequent comparisons to contemporaries like Issei Ishida and Daisuke Miyagawa reflect broader interest in how actors of the same generation have aged. Various theories were floated in the thread about why he’d stepped back from television, but since none of these could be confirmed as fact, this article doesn’t cover them.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou Supo-sokuho+) thread “[Entertainment] “This is shockingly different!” 51-year-old Haruhiko Kato causes a stir with his “current look” — “He’s really aged…” “Long time no see”“.
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