Masaru Nashimoto Explained
| Masaru Nashimoto |
| Birth Date: | 1 December 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Nakano, Tokyo, Japan |
| Death Place: | Tokyo |
| Occupation: | Reporter |
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| Url: | http://kyosyuku.net |
was a Japanese reporter who specialized in covering show-business gossip and scandals. He was born in Nakano, Tokyo.[1]
Career
After graduating from Hosei University in 1968, Nashimoto first worked as a magazine reporter for the publisher Kodansha.[1] [2] He became a reporter for a TV Asahi show in 1976, covering celebrity gossip and scandals. His catchphrase was "kyoshuku desu" (sorry to bother you) when questioning show business celebrities. He served as a guest professor at Hakodate University from 2000 to 2004.[2]
Lawsuits
In 2002, Nashimoto, together with the Tokyo Sports newspaper, was successfully sued by actor Mayo Kawasaki over insinuations that he had been involved in an extra-marital relationship.[3]
Illness and death
Nashimoto announced in June 2010 that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. He died in a Tokyo hospital on 21 August 2010, aged 65.[4]
Works
- Book: Nashimoto, Masaru . ja: 酒井法子隠された素顔 . Noriko Sakai - the Hidden True Face . East press . October 2009 . Japan . 978-4781602783 .
- Book: Nashimoto, Masaru . ja: 絶筆 梨元です、恐縮です。―ぼくの突撃レポーター人生録 . Final Work: Sorry to Bother You, My name's Nashimoto - A Record of my Life as an Offensive Reporter . Tembo Books . September 2010 . Japan . 978-4885462191 .
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: http://nashimoto.cocolog-nifty.com/ . ja: 梨元チャンネル. Nashimoto Channel . Masaru . Nashimoto . 3 December 2009 . Japan . ja . https://web.archive.org/web/20091203090645/http://nashimoto.cocolog-nifty.com/ . 3 December 2009 . dead . 1 March 2018.
- News: ja: 芸能リポーター・梨元勝さんが死去 . Show biz reporter Masaru Nashimoto dies . Yomiuri Online . Japan . ja . The Yomiuri Shimbun . 23 August 2010 . http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20100823-OYT1T00212.htm . https://archive.today/20100823203123/http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/entertainment/news/20100823-OYT1T00212.htm . 23 August 2010 . dead . 1 March 2018 .
- Book: West, Mark D. . Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan and the United States . University of Chicago Press . September 2008 . 104 . 9780226894119 .
- News: Nashimoto, top showbiz reporter, dies . . Japan . The Japan Times Ltd. . 24 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160131173130/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2010/08/24/news/nashimoto-top-showbiz-reporter-dies/ . 31 January 2016 . live . 1 March 2018.
