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Actor Masahiro Kōmoto appeared as a guest on Fuji TV’s late-night show “Totsuzen desu ga Uranatte mo Iidesu ka?” (lit. “Sudden, but May I Read Your Fortune?”), which aired late on October 4, and revealed details about his everyday conversations with his older brother, Hiroto Kōmoto of The Cro-Magnons. He described their relationship as one where they “don’t really interfere much” with each other’s work. On 5ch, the discussion moved less toward the brothers’ relationship itself and more toward Hiroto Kōmoto’s career and school background going back to his Blue Hearts days, sparking a lively debate over the gap between his “hero of the dropouts” image and his actual academic record. Many commenters also found the siblings’ close bond heartwarming.
Masahiro Kōmoto reveals “everyday conversations” with his brother Hiroto Kōmoto of The Cro-Magnons: “We don’t really interfere in each other’s work”
Actor Masahiro Kōmoto appeared as a guest on Fuji TV’s “Totsuzen desu ga Uranatte mo Iidesu ka?” (airing Sundays at 1:00 a.m.), broadcast late on the 4th.
During the show, he opened up about his “everyday conversations” with his older brother, Hiroto Kōmoto, vocalist of The Cro-Magnons.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Bit late to the party
Though you probably knew that already
I'd been fooled into thinking 'a low-education delinquent (DQN) is cheering us on!'
Yokohama Ginbae, who delinquents (yankii) used to idolize, also went to Yokohama National University
He didn't even graduate, and at his elite prep school teachers nicknamed him 'Bokesaku' (something like 'Airhead') — he was a total dropout
He only pushed hard on entrance exams as a pretext to move to Tokyo and win his parents over
He moved to Tokyo together with his high school band buddies, so I doubt he ever intended to actually study
Hiroshima's top prep school → Hosei University grad, singing 'Like a sewer rat~' (a Linda Linda lyric)
High school/middle school dropouts: 'Hiroto's the best!!!'
Sad but hilarious
Well, second sons simply get spoiled more, especially when they're the youngest
Source: my own kid
Na na na na na na naa~ (the 'Linda Linda' chorus)
He went to a national (kokuritsu) junior high, so his parents must've been pretty education-focused
They don't look alike at all
Even when I occasionally see my own brother, we don't swap life updates — just talk about good restaurants to try
But Hiroto Kōmoto himself is actually an elite Hosei University grad, so I thought, man, these guys got played
Re: #16
It suggests success requires a certain baseline of intelligence
But there are also rare cases — like Machida Kō (aka 'Machizō'), who had almost no formal education yet still won the Akutagawa Prize — where sheer creative sensibility alone is enough to succeed
Pictured it and cracked up lol
Going to a private university back then means he must've been a rich kid
The dankai generation is the student-protest generation. The folk-music generation. Think Tetsuya Takeda
He's way younger than that lol
He's actually a dankai junior (a baby boomer's kid)
There were a ton of exam-takers back then
I wonder if they had any complaints with Shueisha about that
Complaints? It was approved by the band itself
The members even talked about it in interviews back when the series was running
I'm pretty sure Kawa-chan had a thing for Chiaki lol
Apparently the Sō brothers (boxers Shinji and Kōki Sō) talk every day
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
Hiroto Kōmoto of The Cro-Magnons (formerly The Blue Hearts) has been portrayed since his debut as a kind of “voice for the dropouts,” but in reality he attended an elite prep school before going on to Hosei University. On the thread, this gap came up again and again, with many commenters describing the disconnect between the worldview in his lyrics and his actual academic record as feeling “deceived.” This isn’t really criticism aimed at Hiroto Kōmoto personally — it’s more an extension of a topic music fans have long discussed, the gap between a band’s image and the reality behind it, and the brothers’ joint appearance in the news simply brought it back up. At the same time, many reactions were positive, appreciating the brothers’ relationship — not interfering too much in each other’s work while clearly looking out for family — and taking it simply as a heartwarming glimpse into a celebrity family. Some exchanges about his education got heated enough to edge toward personal attacks, and those have been excluded from this article.
※This article excerpts and summarizes the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Breaking News+) thread “[Entertainment] Masahiro Kōmoto reveals “everyday conversations” with his brother Hiroto Kōmoto of The Cro-Magnons: “We don’t really interfere in each other’s work”.”
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