Higashide Masahiro “You don’t have to be annoyed” and vomit to juniors … “For bullish skin calculation to independence” behind the office leaving | Smart FLASH[光文社週刊誌]

The movie “Confidence Man JP Hero Edition” released on January 14th. Beginning with the 2018 TV drama, it will be made into a movie in 2019 and 2020, and it is a very popular series that will be the third movie version in “Hero Edition”. On the first day of the release, a stage greeting was given at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills.

Masahiro Higashide (33), who stood on the stage alongside Masami Nagasawa (34), who starred, and Erika Ikuta (24), who appeared for the first time, said with deep emotion, “I didn’t expect it to last for five years.” It is said that he is burning with a certain determination.

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After the stage greeting, Higashide grabbed the Prius’s steering wheel himself, in contrast to the other performers who boarded the driver’s car to pick him up. Send the female manager in the passenger seat to the office to which she belongs and go home alone. It’s not a common sight for an actor to drive himself …

Office officials reveal the background of this action.

“Actually, I was finally hit by” three and a half “from the office, and on January 31st, I was leaving my agency, Humanité. Although he is strongly saying,” I’m independent. ” , It looks like a de facto “Kubi”. ”

Of course, the background is a series of women’s problems that Higashide has caused.

“In January 2020, an affair with actress Erika Karata was discovered, and in July she announced a divorce from her wife, Kyou. In “Weekly Bunharu”, it was reported that he had an affair with a half-beautiful woman in his twenties.

Moreover, Mr. Higashide called her to Hiroshima, where she was on location for the movie, and let her stay for three consecutive nights. Humanité, who had protected Mr. Higashide until then, has now run out of patience.

After that, discussions on Mr. Higashide’s departure began in the office, and he eventually left. “

I wondered if Higashide was depressed, but according to a TV station employee, he was unexpectedly burning for independence.

“Actually, there are still many offers to Mr. Higashide, mainly in movies and theatrical performances. Although few have been realized, the number of offers is not inferior to that before the turmoil.

In addition, Mr. Higashide is on good terms with juniors from other entertainment agencies, exchanging information, and receiving assistance such as sharing audition information and introducing movie directors. It seems that he also got a role by doing business himself.

From the person himself, he seems to be doing “for skin calculation”, saying, “Because even if it burns up due to a female problem, work will come so much, even if it is impossible to appear in a commercial, I can do enough in the future with just a movie or a stage guarantee.” is.

I’m talking to my close juniors, saying, “I don’t have to be annoyed by this.” At first, I don’t have a manager, and I’m planning to do it all by myself. “

Is it that driving a private car was a stepping stone to an upcoming independent life? However, an employee of a movie production company is worried about Higashide’s circumstances, saying that it may not be possible to go ahead.

“In the case of Mr. Higashide, the movie appearance fee is about 3 million yen for the leading role and about 1 million yen for the supporting role. However, the agency etc. will cut out from here and you will not get the full amount. The annual income does not suddenly double or triple.

In the divorce talks with Mr. Kyou, it is said that he offered child support of only 10,000 yen per month to his three children, but in short, he probably has no money. I have to say that leaving the office in this state is risky. “

When I inquired about the departure of Higashide from Humanité, he answered, “I can’t talk about the current situation.”

The second “three and a half” in my life, struck by the office. I hope this time will be a peaceful end …

(Weekly FLASH, February 1, 2022 issue)