Miyane-ya Goes Off Air After 20 Years as Host Seiji Miyane Delivers His Signature “Shop’s Closed!” Send-Off

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Nippon TV’s “Joho Live Miyane-ya” aired its final episode on October 2, bringing down the curtain on nearly 20 years of broadcasting since its 2006 debut. Host Seiji Miyane closed out the show with his signature catchphrase, “That’s it, shop’s closed!” Freelance announcer Shinichi Hatori also stopped by, and reporter Koji Fujimura — making his first appearance in four months — revealed that he had been battling cancer. On the 5channel “Entertainment/Sports News+” board, the thread focused less on nostalgia for the show and more on debate over Miyane’s hosting style, with users also discussing whether he’d keep appearing on other programs like Fuji TV’s “Mr. Sunday.”

“Miyane-ya” Airs Final Episode, Closing the Book on 20 Years… Host Seiji Miyane: “That’s It, Shop’s Closed!” “A Mix of Sadness and Relief” — Reporter Koji Fujimura Reveals Cancer Battle

The final episode of Nippon TV’s “Joho Live Miyane-ya” (weekdays at 1:55 p.m.) aired on the 2nd, closing out its 20-year run.

Alongside the show’s regular cast, freelance announcer Shinichi Hatori also joined the ending segment. Reporter Koji Fujimura appeared in the studio for the first time in four months and revealed that he had been battling cancer.

Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here

What people said

4AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:24
Is the Fuji TV version of Miyane-ya still going?
24AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:41
Re: #4
Yeah, the "Shuichi" version of Miyane-ya is still on (Shuichi is Hatori's own Fuji TV show).
5AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:27
Miyane constantly cutting off Nakayama's reports just to ask questions was seriously annoying.
11AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:32
Re: #1
That "Ripple Breathing" thing Miyane does before he talks (a mashup joke of JoJo's Hamon/Ripple and Demon Slayer's breathing styles) always creeped me out.
Ssshhh── ssshhh──
12AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:32
You'd think people only ever see Miyane on Miyane-ya, yet somehow he's mysteriously hated anyway.
19AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:38
Weather forecaster Horai showed up wearing a mask —
some mysterious punishment where he's not even allowed to show his face.
21AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:39
But he's still sticking around on Fuji's Mr. Sunday, right?
25AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:42
He's the same age Hitoshi Kusano was when "The Wide" ended, so I guess he rode it out to the limit.
53AnonymousOct 2, 2026 19:00
Re: #25
Wait, seriously?!
Kusano was that young back then?
I liked The Wide better anyway.
26AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:42
They just swap out the host, but the same commentators keep showing up — nothing actually changes.
27AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:43
Even the Sato Jiro thing shows Burning's grip on the industry has clearly been slipping (Burning = Burning Production, a powerful talent agency).
29AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:44
I hated how Miyane would talk over — practically cut off — the female announcers while they were explaining the panel content.
32AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:46
Re: #29
Even in the final episode, he started talking while a guest was still mid-sentence.
Seriously thought, what a jerk.
31AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:46
Lol, Miyane wasn't even on screen during his own "shop's closed" line.
33AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:47
Wide shows themselves are a dying format —
who even cares about celebrity gossip anymore.
40AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:50
Re: #33
Then why are you even on the entertainment/sports board?
35AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:48
Re: #1

Doing a live show every
Monday through Friday
for a Kansai TV station,

versus having two or three regular slots on Tokyo stations —
the latter pays more and is easier on the body.
41AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:50
Anyway, why did Miyane end up hated this much?
I get it with the toupee guy from Tokudane (slang for his obvious wig) — he was public enemy #1 for 2channelers — but Miyane?
43AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:52
Re: #41
Hosts who act full of themselves usually end up hated.
42AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:51
Even with the Johnny's Nevada lawsuit just getting underway,
they're rubber-stamping the same Johnny's talent bookings like clockwork —
it's back to square one, like nothing ever happened.
51AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:59
Re: #42
The TV stations were complicit in it from the start anyway.
58AnonymousOct 2, 2026 19:04
Re: #42
There's no evidence anyway, so it'll probably go nowhere.
45AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:55
Same as any salaryman — one day you're an exec at a big company, the next day you retire and you're just an unemployed old man.
46AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:56
But you guys actually like the show with Nagashima, Ishihara, and the violin guy, don't you?
It's full of people you'd expect to hate — so what makes them different?
48AnonymousOct 2, 2026 18:56
What nerve, doing a bit from Okada — a regular on rival show Hiruobi — right at the very end.
55AnonymousOct 2, 2026 19:02
Re: #48
Maybe because Hiruobi isn't actually considered a rival timeslot.
59AnonymousOct 2, 2026 19:07
Wasn't Miyane doing another wide show too? Can't be bothered to even look it up, but…
66AnonymousOct 2, 2026 19:20
Re: #59
Fuji's Mr. Sunday, right?
That one's been running for a good while too.
80AnonymousOct 2, 2026 20:06
Gotta get home and watch Tenki-man.
88AnonymousOct 2, 2026 20:27
Re: #80
First time I've seen that.
Honestly the weather info just doesn't stick in my head with that one.

Background and Key Points of This Topic

Produced by Yomiuri TV, “Miyane-ya” launched in 2006 and ran for roughly 20 years as a daily national news/talk program on the Nippon TV network; its ending appears to be part of a broader schedule reshuffle across the network. In the thread, complaints about host Seiji Miyane’s hosting style outweighed any nostalgia for the show itself, with several commenters citing specific moments — like talking over a reporter’s explanation or cutting in while a guest was still speaking. That said, the end of Miyane-ya doesn’t mean Miyane himself is stepping back: he’s expected to keep appearing on Fuji TV’s “Mr. Sunday,” a point users in the thread confirmed with each other. This is where readers can easily get the wrong idea — conflating the show’s end with a drop in Miyane’s overall TV presence — when in fact his work on other programs continues. As for why Miyane specifically draws so much hate, no clear answer emerged in the thread; beyond general dislike of his on-air persona as a host, no concrete reasoning was offered.

*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5channel (Entertainment/Sports News+) thread “[TV] ‘Miyane-ya’ Airs Final Episode, Closing the Book on 20 Years… Host Seiji Miyane: ‘That’s It, Shop’s Closed!’ ‘A Mix of Sadness and Relief’.”

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