Masaru Nashimoto

Masaru Nashimoto (梨元 勝, Nashimoto Masaru, 1 December 1944 – 21 August 2010) was a Japanese reporter who specialized in covering show-business gossip and scandals. He was born in Nakano, Tokyo.[1]

Masaru Nashimoto
Born(1944-12-01)1 December 1944
Nakano, Tokyo, Japan
Died21 August 2010(2010-08-21) (aged 65)
Tokyo
OccupationReporter
Websitehttp://kyosyuku.net

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
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  • Nashimoto, Masaru (October 2009). 酒井法子隠された素顔 [Noriko Sakai - the Hidden True Face]. Japan: East press. ISBN 978-4781602783.
  • Nashimoto, Masaru (September 2010). 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]. Japan: Tembo Books. ISBN 978-4885462191.
gollark: Which is as far as I know more an issue of low voltages than DC itself, but DC means you can't change the voltage very easily.
gollark: There is the problem that low-voltage DC loses power more quickly over longer distances.
gollark: Yes, you're right, let's just replace our lightbulbs with idealized magic visible light emitters.
gollark: If they didn't need that (I think the only practical way to achieve this would just be to stick one larger and more efficient converter somewhere) the bulbs would be individually cheaper and probably more efficient too, as well as safer.
gollark: You know something mildly interesting and relevant? LEDs run off lowish-voltage DC. The mains, as connected to most conventional lightbulb fittings (designed for incandescent/flourescent) provides high-voltage AC. This means that every LED lightbulb needs inefficient and probably somewhat expensive power supply circuitry.

References
  1. Nashimoto, Masaru (3 December 2009). 梨元チャンネル [Nashimoto Channel] (in Japanese). Japan. Archived from the original on 3 December 2009. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  2. 芸能リポーター・梨元勝さんが死去 [Show biz reporter Masaru Nashimoto dies]. Yomiuri Online (in Japanese). Japan: The Yomiuri Shimbun. 23 August 2010. Archived from the original on 23 August 2010. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
  3. West, Mark D. (September 2008). Secrets, Sex, and Spectacle: The Rules of Scandal in Japan and the United States. University of Chicago Press. p. 104. ISBN 9780226894119.
  4. "Nashimoto, top showbiz reporter, dies". The Japan Times. Japan: The Japan Times Ltd. 24 August 2010. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
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