In early October, a new management company was established in an office building in Minato-ku, Tokyo. The new company, named “MMsun,” is headed by Matsuoka. Matsuoka is a former member of TOKIO, which disbanded in June of this year, and is the vice president of the company, which operates TOKIO Inc. with Shigeru Jojima (55) and Taichi Kokubun (51). Mr. Matsuoka has set up a new private office in the same location as TOKIO Corporation, which is scheduled to close down. Mr. Matsuoka is the only director, and the amount of capital and the number of shares issued are the same as those of TOKIO Inc. The business purpose has not changed much, but it is noteworthy that “management of music copyrights” and “planning and production of master recordings” have been newly added. Matsuoka has been a member of the entertainment industry for 36 years since he joined the former Johnny’s Office in October 1989. What is happening to Matsuoka? It all started with a compliance violation by Kokubu, whom Matsuoka calls a “comrade-in-arms. In June of this year, NTV reported that Mr. Kokubu had committed multiple compliance violations! DASH! DASH! Mr. Kokubu suspended his entertainment activities, and Mr. Matsuoka and Mr. Jojima, taking the situation very seriously, announced the dissolution of TOKIO. Later, it was announced that TOKIO Inc. would go out of business as soon as the paperwork was completed, ending 35 years of group activities since its formation in April 1990. TOKIO put an end to the group’s 35 years of activity since its formation in April 1990. For the next five months, Matsuoka was quietly working on his second life, starring in stage productions and variety shows. He is said to be leaving Start, with whom he had an agent contract, at the end of November, and intends to start working independently from December. Mr. Matsuoka is scheduled to appear in a live performance project “Ikinari Honmyo. in Mitsukoshi Theater” from early December! in Mitsukoshi Theater” in early December, but the schedule is not posted on the Start website, and the schedule after December remains “blank. In the November 20 issue of “Josei Seven,” there is a detailed report on the possibility of Matsuoka’s collaboration with Kokubun, the unexpected location Matsuoka has chosen for his two-base life, and the theory of TOKIO reunion.
