Actor Takehisa Maeyama (35) opened up about his current life in an interview with FRIDAY magazine. After his girlfriend Sayaka Kanda passed away in 2021, tabloid reports about their relationship sparked a wave of criticism, leading Maeyama to leave the entertainment industry in 2022. He now says he gets by working part-time jobs at places like supermarkets, describing his state of mind as “I get slandered just for breathing.” The 5ch thread reacting to the article was split: some commenters remained harshly critical, while others questioned the reporting itself, arguing “He’s a private citizen now, stop covering him” and “As long as no one recognizes his face, he won’t be noticed.”
“I don’t think the slander against me will ever stop unless I die.”
Takehisa Maeyama (35), once active on stage and in musical theater, said he’d “gotten used to it… or rather, given up on it” — being photographed and dragged online for simply walking down the street, realizing that “no matter where I am or what I’m doing, even just breathing gets me criticized.” That’s when he added the line above.
After his then-girlfriend Sayaka Kanda died in December 2021, tabloid reports about their relationship triggered a barrage of harsh criticism and slander directed at Maeyama. He subsequently left his talent agency in 2022, and as is widely known, retired from the entertainment industry.
Source: friday.kodansha.co.jp / Original article here
What goes around comes around.
No point playing the victim.
Why does this guy always want to work at supermarkets?
He's a guy — wouldn't a factory job pay better?
Guess it's easier to get hired somewhere nobody will recognize him
This.
Don't know his face.
Nobody at the supermarket's gonna recognize his face either
Even I only know a bit of the story and part of his name (something like 'Mae-something')
No idea what he looks like
Are you dumb?
Everyone's already leaving him alone.
Nobody normally even brings this guy up.
It's only because he keeps putting himself out there and rambling about it that people say anything.
As long as he's just working at a supermarket, nobody cares.
jumping to her death
is, along with Akina Nakamori's suicide attempt,
something I'll never forget as long as I live
The image of Seiko Matsuda and Masaki Kanda standing side by side in mourning clothes was shocking — I still can't forget it
He writes 'I get slandered like breathing,' but that's because you trash media outlets keep churning out stories for laughs.
Pretending to be on Maeyama's side while getting close to him just to feed him to the public — that's exactly what the media's doing.
Re: #70
Basically, people don't even want to be reminded of that whole incident anymore, so stop running these articles periodically, right?
Isn't this Maeyama guy just a private citizen now?
Stuff like this is what makes it feel fishy
Re: #165
He said before he was doing Timee (a Japanese gig-work app) shifts, so he's probably bouncing between different workplaces.
If he had a fixed job, I don't think he'd say he only got recognized by the manager once.
Ryota Yamasato
is probably going to keep getting brought up forever
If he weren't with Yoshimoto (Kogyo, Japan's biggest talent agency), Yamasato probably would've disappeared too
This audio was never made public, right?
The transcribed text was published, but the audio itself was never released
A 'private citizen' who makes money off a fan club?
so does he even need to work?
Maybe he's half-disowned —
like he can't be let back into the family until he's spent a few years working a normal job (not nightlife/hostess work or showbiz) and become a decent person
Her voice was even prettier than her mother's
She had that one-of-a-kind voice where you could tell it was her the instant you heard it
Truly a loss
Background and key points of this discussion
Maeyama and Kanda’s relationship came to public attention through tabloid reports after Kanda’s death, when content purported to be from their exchanges was published, fueling widespread criticism. Since then, Maeyama has left the entertainment industry and rarely spoken publicly about the matter. This interview is one of the few times he has, and reactions on 5ch ranged widely — from those who felt he “still hasn’t paid enough” and wanted further criticism, to those questioning the reporting itself with comments like “he’s a private citizen now, coverage should stop altogether.” Worth noting as a matter of fact: only the transcribed text of the exchanges was ever reported — the audio itself was never released. Some posts nonetheless drew firm conclusions about his character based solely on secondhand claims.
*This article is compiled and summarized from the 5ch (Geinosuposoku+) thread “[Entertainment] “I’m working part-time at a supermarket”… Sayaka Kanda’s ex-boyfriend Takehisa Maeyama reaches the realization that “I get slandered just for breathing” [Ailuropoda melanoleuca★].”
