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Former detective Keisuke Tachihara (72), who found fame on “Detective! Knight Scoop,” launched his own YouTube channel in August 2026 and opened up about his life during his roughly decade-long absence from the public eye. In the videos, he reportedly explains his poor health and touches on the fact that his wife left home. On 5ch, fans reminisced about his old co-stars Makoto Kitano and Naruki Nagahara, his days with the Shiki Theatre Company, and his relationship with fellow cast members Tsuyoshi Masu and the late Emi Makino, with the discussion expanding into the show’s history and Kansai’s local comedy culture.
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Former “Knight Scoop” detective Keisuke Tachihara, gone from the spotlight for about 10 years, opens up about his current life — explains “poor health,” reveals his wife left home… launches YouTube channel
Actor and TV personality Keisuke Tachihara (72), known for his work as a detective on “Detective! Knight Scoop,” broke his long silence by launching his own YouTube channel in August.
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What people said
Also, I want to know what Hyota Echizenya is up to these days
If his hair were still black, he'd probably look just like this
He was a good-looking guy
He kind of looked like that Ghostbusters guy
You mean he looks like the dad from Full House?
Speaking of Keisuke Tachihara, this is the one
Shinsuke, from the same generation, apparently also carried around a mountain of pills — couldn't sleep without sleeping pills and always had diarrhea. Since he retired and seems to be working out now, maybe that's improved
I liked her, wonder what she's up to now
It's less that Hyota disappeared and more that he stepped out of the spotlight to focus mainly on calligraphy
Right
Nagahara was also part of "Chinsuke's" entourage (likely a jab at comedian Shinsuke)
Nagahara did the Okinawa character, "Gao-san"
I don't really remember what Tachihara did
But he didn't leave a bad impression
Though who knows what really happened lol
If you've got the life skills for it, you can live happily on your own even single, but watching Tachihara's video, he just seems totally lifeless
He was practically radiating loneliness, like he wants someone to come visit
And at the end, sitting on a swing, his eyes were just completely vacant
He didn't pull any weird gimmicks, so you could just focus and enjoy the stories
Yeah, his image as a detective was really good
Was that because Tachihara went in the comedian direction?
Oh, I didn't know that
Masu inherited Makino's beloved Benz as a keepsake after she passed, so I figured they stayed close
He loved raw eggs so much he'd stuff his bag full of them, and sure enough everything inside ended up completely covered in egg lol
There was so much cast turnover that it got boring all at once
It's still a mystery why Nagahara got forced out along with Koeda as collateral damage
Same with "Yoshimoto Shinkigeki" — I guess there really is a kind of comedy that's Kansai-only
There's so much to point out here
Is this copypasta?
Bits like "wouldn't it be faster to commute by boat down the Yamato River?" really only land if you're watching from the area
Though honestly there's nothing that funny on TV these days anyway
TOKYO MX actually airs it on a delay, Sunday evenings
Knight Scoop used to be popular precisely because it was anti-Yoshimoto
But it's gotten way more Yoshimoto-flavored since then
"Yoshimoto-flavored"?…
I don't think the ratio of Yoshimoto talent has changed much between then and now
Aren't the people there all supposed to be buff, healthy types?
He wasn't a top performer at all, actually more like the bottom of the barrel, a dropout type
Shiki back then wasn't like now where only elites can even get accepted
He seems like a sincere person, so I hope things get better for him
Kitano's the type to just say he can do everything himself, a real multi-talent kind of personality… I remember Nancy Seki calling him out on that too
Background and key points of this story
“Detective! Knight Scoop” is a long-running variety show produced by Asahi Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that began airing in 1988. Keisuke Tachihara rose to popularity in the 1990s as one of the show’s marquee detectives, alongside Makoto Kitano and Naruki Nagahara. He also has a background with the Shiki Theatre Company, though the thread saw some conflicting claims about the details of his time there. It’s worth keeping in mind that this revelation comes solely from what Tachihara himself said on his own YouTube channel — the circumstances around his wife leaving and the specifics of his health issues go no further than his own account. On 5ch, comments speculating about his personal life, like “when the money’s gone, so is the relationship,” surfaced, but none of it has been verified. There was also disagreement over how to judge the show’s growing "Yoshimoto flavor," along with differing takes on it as a piece of Kansai local culture — highlighting how much impressions of the same show can vary by generation and region.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou Sports Sokuhou+) thread “[Entertainment] Former “Knight Scoop” detective Keisuke Tachihara, gone from the spotlight for about 10 years… opens up about his current life, explains “poor health,” wife leaves home.”
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