Nakai didn't admit guilt and denied using force against the woman. But he apologised for "causing trouble" in a statement and ...

It all started with an “incident” involving a woman in her twenties and Nakai Masahiro, former member of boy band SMAP (which disbanded in 2016). While Fuji TV’s Chairman Kanō Shūji and ...

“Nakai Masahiro no Kinyobi no Sumairu Tachi e ... a former idol in the popular SMAP group, surfaced. There have also been recent reports that a female employee of another TV station had ...

At its heart was Masahiro Nakai, a household name and leading presenter for Fuji TV, one of the country's biggest broadcasters. Nakai, who is also a former member of J-pop boy band SMAP ...

Masahiro Nakai (pic) said in a statement to his paid ... dropping the 52-year-old former member of the hugely popular group SMAP. The allegations concern a 2023 encounter with the woman that ...