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The story
Weekly Gendai reports that singer ASKA has been steering fans toward a Kyrgyzstan-based cryptocurrency exchange, sparking investment trouble among them. ASKA, arrested in 2014 for violating the Stimulants Control Act, has repeatedly made headlines for his conduct in the years since. Reactions on 5ch to the latest report were split: many were coldly unsurprised (“a bit late for this,” “anyone who believed him is the fool”), while others voiced concern for the impact on longtime fans, and some even called for a CHAGE and ASKA reunion.
Singer ASKA caused investment trouble that left fans bewildered — he steered them toward a Kyrgyzstan crypto exchange… (Weekly Gendai, Jiro Chikuwa) | Gendai Business | Kodansha
2026.09.09
A cryptocurrency ASKA promoted has triggered a major uproar, pitting longtime devoted fans against each other. Hidden within it was an unexpected trap of fan devotion.
Source: gendai.media / Read the original article here
What people said
If Chage's not into it, Fukikoshi Mitsuru could sub in (an actor famous for his Chage lookalike bit).
Chage's busy these days doing 'Shishido Chage' with Shishido Kavka, though.
Everyone already knows he's trouble.
are finally starting to run dry?
It even comes with a sketchy chilled crab ramen bundle.
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Isn't he gonna help him out?
is either a genius or high.
that peddle weird products in disaster-hit areas…
Everyone around him is a yes-man, so nobody can stop him.
Chage & Shabu — sounds like Chage was the one on meth.
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⊂（#・д・） So what am I supposed to do about it?!
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しー-J ﾍﾟｼｯ!
His 'evidence' is just misreading ordinary posts through deliberate misparsing ('ginata-yomi') as proof they're surveilling or mocking him — there's no reasoning with him.
Stop it, Suzu-chan! There's nothing extra needed, is there? (an obscure meme reference)
1 Mr.Children
2 Ayumi Hamasaki
3 GLAY
4 L'Arc~en~Ciel
5 Porno Graffitti
6 DREAMS COME TRUE
7 SMAP
8 Namie Amuro
9 EXILE
10 Southern All Stars
16 Yutaka Ozaki
17 AKB48
21 B'z
25 Hikaru Utada
CHAGE and ASKA doesn't even make the top 50
Both Chage's and ASKA's songs are just too hard to sing — that's the only reason nobody picks them at karaoke.
Keep the music separate from everything else.
Honestly, ASKA's music since the arrest isn't really 'ASKA music' anymore anyway.
Chage, maybe — but ASKA's a lost cause.
He's even got a post-arrest song that ripped off The Police, and at this point he's just coasting on royalties from the old CHAGE and ASKA days.
Background and points of debate
ASKA rose to fame as one half of CHAGE and ASKA starting in the 1980s, and his career and relationship with fans changed dramatically after his 2014 arrest for violating the Stimulants Control Act. This latest report centers on trouble that broke out among fans over a cryptocurrency ASKA himself promoted — it’s worth noting that no illegality has been established regarding the investment solicitation itself. Thread reactions split between a self-responsibility camp (“a bit late for this,” “anyone who fell for it is the fool”) and those worried that longtime fans’ devotion was being exploited. Posts noting that CHAGE and ASKA don’t even rank in the past 30 years’ karaoke popularity charts also highlighted the gap between their heyday and the current situation.
*This article was compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Singer ASKA caused investment trouble that left fans bewildered — he steered them toward a Kyrgyzstan crypto exchange….”
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