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Ryoki Miyama, formerly of BE:FIRST, announced the participation fee for a fan-club-only barbecue event he’s holding next month, and it became a hot topic on 5ch’s Geisoku Sokuhou+ board. With fees set at ¥35,000 for middle schoolers and ¥15,000 for elementary schoolers, and coming right after this year’s reported hotel-tryst scandal, many in the thread pointed to his “high-price strategy.” Some took a hands-off stance, saying “he’s earning the money himself, so it’s nobody else’s business,” while others expressed shock at the price gap, citing former Johnny’s idol Yuhei Yokoyama’s BBQ event, which charged just ¥9,800. There was also puzzlement that elementary and middle school-age fans even exist in the first place.
Ryoki Miyama’s “¥35,000 for middle schoolers” fan-club-only BBQ event fee sparks controversy — the “high-price strategy” accelerates after the hotel-tryst scandal
On October 18, Ryoki Miyama, formerly of “BE:FIRST,” updated his Instagram with a short video that appears to be a teaser clip for a new song.
Miyama is active across many fields, but the “participation fee” for a barbecue event he’s holding a month from now has caused a stir.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
If they're serving Kikkoman oolong tea and sliced bananas, I'd pay ¥35,000 😤 (riffing on the famously bare-bones school lunch meme)
Don't care.
Don't care about any of this.
Yeah, you can tell he's getting desperate now that things have soured and he can't mooch off her anymore lol
Even this guy has fans. He's pretty average-looking too — I don't get the appeal.
Hoping Bunshun picks this one up lol (Bunshun = the tabloid magazine Shukan Bunshun)
True. They're probably not even part of his target fanbase anyway.
Isn't it more likely the parent is the actual fan and just can't leave the kid at home alone? Though a middle schooler should be old enough to handle staying home by themselves…
There's a parent-and-kid fan duo on YouTube. Apparently they're still throwing money at him, and they go around trolling his haters.
Given the age of her fanbase, nobody's bringing an actual baby anyway.
That's about par for the course at the New Otani (hotel).
So they're squeezing pension money out of old men now?
If anything, isn't it more K-pop style…?
Doesn't look like he's been cast in it.
Background and key points of this story
Ryoki Miyama, formerly of BE:FIRST, made this announcement amid growing backlash after a reported hotel tryst with a married woman earlier this year, which is exactly why the steep participation fee drew so much extra attention. The thread split between two camps: those defending him with “he’s earning it himself, so it’s not a problem,” and those raising concerns about “is it really okay to put this kind of financial burden on child fans?” Comparisons were also drawn to former Johnny’s idol Yuhei Yokoyama’s BBQ event (¥9,800) and to Ran Ito’s dinner show pricing, though it’s worth noting that venue, content, and scale all differ, so a straight price comparison isn’t entirely fair. The fees reported here are simply the figures announced by the event organizers — actual attendance numbers and what happens on the day itself remain unknown for now.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geisoku Sokuhou+) thread “Actress Shuri’s husband Ryoki Miyama — fan-club-only BBQ fee sparks controversy, ¥35,000 for middle schoolers, ¥15,000 for elementary schoolers, ‘high-price strategy’ after hotel-tryst scandal.”
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