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1 yen for 1 show? Entertainers now rail against talent agencies

Asahi News 30 Jul 2019
that required 12 hours of his time ... “It could be worse.” ... Hiroyuki Miyasako and Ryo Tamura, two well-known comedians who were paid to attend a party hosted by an organized crime group with 11 other comedians, held a news conference on July 20 to apologize ... Those who are not as famous as Miyasako and Tamura may have it worse under the system.
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Talent agency chief restores severed contract with comedian

Asahi News 23 Jul 2019
Miyasako was fired after reports emerged that he and another comedian, Ryo Tamura, 47, of duo London Boots Ichi-go Ni-go attended the party in 2014 and were paid by the organized crime group. Tamura was disciplined by the agency but his contract was kept ... Miyasako and Tamura.
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Yoshimoto chief retracts punishment of scandal-hit comedians

Kyodo 22 Jul 2019
Akihiko Okamoto said at a more than five-hour-long press conference in Tokyo he had "caused pain" to Hiroyuki Miyasako and Ryo Tamura by not listening to their concerns, and that he hoped they would come back ... "To Hiroyuki Miyasako and Ryo Tamura, I apologize to both very deeply ...
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Yoshimoto lifts punishment on scandal-hit comedians

The Japan News 22 Jul 2019
The development came after Miyasako and Ryo Tamura of comedy duo London Boots Ichi-go Ni-go, who has been suspended, held a press conference on Saturday and offered an apology to fans and others for performing at the antisocial group’s event in exchange for money without consulting with Yoshimoto Kogyo.
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Yoshimoto president ordered comedians not to meet press over scandal

Kyodo 21 Jul 2019
Yoshimoto Kogyo President Akihiko Okamoto told comedian Ryo Tamura last month that he "will fire all" suspended comedians if Tamura were to hold a news conference to apologize over the matter, said Hiroyuki Miyasako, whose management contract with the agency was terminated Friday ... (Hiroyuki Miyasako, left, and Ryo Tamura).
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Yakuza: Comedians with the killer punchlines

Asiatimes 09 Jul 2019
Japan has made hundreds of yakuza films but few of them are comedies ... The punchline was their agency fired them or suspended them ... The incident in question took place roughly five years ago, when popular comedians Shinya Irie, Hiroyuki Miyasako, and Ryo Tamura, attended a “Forget The Year” Party held by a large group of con artists ... Still around ... ....
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Talent agency suspends 11 comedians for "underground business"

Kyodo 24 Jun 2019
Yoshimoto Kogyo Co. said it has determined that the comedians, including Hiroyuki Miyasako, 49, and Ryo Tamura, 47, accepted money for their attendance. (Photo taken in April 2019 shows a building that houses Yoshimoto Kogyo's Tokyo headquareters.) ... .
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