Former Fuji announcer Shinsuke Kasai (62), who was hospitalized in an emergency, reports on his current medical condition: “I am truly associated with a troublesome type of illness…”

　Shinsuke Kasai (62), a former Fuji TV and freelance announcer, who had reported that he was hospitalized urgently due to worsening shingles, opened up about his current medical condition. [Footage] The appearance of his right eye no longer opening and his hospitalization (multiple cuts) Kasai announced in 2019 that he had stage 4 malignant lymphoma, a type of blood cancer, and overcame approximately four and a half months of hospitalization, receiving a diagnosis of complete remission in June 2020. In a blog update on September 25, 2025, she revealed that her right eyelid had become swollen and would not open, so she visited a hospital and was hospitalized in an emergency. He said, “After undergoing a thorough examination, I found out that my shingles has worsened and the shingles virus has adversely affected my eye, resulting in my right eye not being able to open. I am truly sorry and frustrated, but I will be absent from all work during that time,” he reported. In subsequent posts, she also revealed that she had taste disorder at the time of hospitalization, that her vision in her right eye had dropped to 0.2, and that she was in a wheelchair because she had lost strength and was wobbly to walk.

Report on Current Medical Condition

　In an update on the 29th, she revealed her current physical condition and recounted the changes in her medical condition that led to her emergency hospitalization. He said, “The intravenous drip treatment still seems to be effective, and I am gradually feeling better; my taste disorder is gone and I can walk without a wheelchair. Shingles is a much more serious disease than I had thought. In my case, I first developed blisters near my eyes. I ended up with only one, I had no fever or severe headache, and the blister quickly scabbed over and seemed to be on the mend. For these reasons, I delayed taking action. In reality, however, it was a type of shingles that was difficult to recognize because the symptoms had progressed to the eye even though it seemed to be on the mend. The same was true with my malignant lymphoma. I was a case in which the lymph nodes did not swell at all, so the detection was delayed and I was stage 4. Kasai’s post received comments such as, “I am glad that you are recovering little by little,” and “You are almost there, hang in there. (From “ABEMA NEWS”)