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After the NMB48 Hongo Yuzuha Scandal, Who's Next?

By Yama
Hongo Yuzuha Nmb48 Scandal Graduate

The Japanese media and public have recently been excited about the Hongo Yuzuha NMB48 scandal (18). The girl from the city of Osaka is reportedly dating a 36-year-old man who already has a wife.

This case makes fans curious who is Yuzuha Hongo’s boyfriend & why this member of the NMB 2nd Generation Draft is interested. Considering the age of the lovers, they are quite far apart, which is eighteen years.

However, the problem is that after a series of scandals, starting with Suuchan, who is now a graduate, it is reported that there will be another case of NMB48 members being exposed.

Yuzuha Hongo is a member of NMB48 who is predicted to be the future Ace of the group replacing Miru Shiroma. He started his career by debuting as a member of the Kenkyuusei or Trainee.

So what are the actions of the agency & management regarding the Hongo Yuzuha scandal? We summarize at a glance the J-Pop & K-Pop weekly info for this week.

1. Pink Cress disbanded in July 2022. After the final concert which took place yesterday, the idol group announced that its members Kobayashi Hikaru and Nihei Yuka are no longer under UP-FRONT Management. Meanwhile Natsuyaki still stays at the agency.

2. The new song which is also included in the single unit idol group Miss Diamonds, namely “Hajimari no Uta” successfully ranked in the top 10 on the Oricon Daily Chart on the first day of sales, in 8th place to be exact.

3. The original single JKT48 Rapsodi and the song “Creepy Ways to Love” were included in the MTV Asia Playlist song list for the “Love Beyond Genres” category. This group is side by side with well-known foreign and domestic musicians Agnezmo, Raisa, DJ Boy, Olivia Rodrigo, Kim Taeyeon and Daniel Padilla.

4. NMB48 fans highlight the Hongo Yuzuha scandal, management has also issued a statement that Yuzu will be on temporary hiatus. It is not yet known whether sanctions will be given to the person concerned.

5. Former Keyakizaka46/Sakurazaka46, Ishimori Nijika officially opened registration for Official Fan Club Membership. He named his own fan community with the name “Nanairo”. Fans who join their OFC can have direct interaction & access to a special and exclusive Instagram Live for OFC members only.
6. Sakamichi Series has finally been invited to appear on THE MUSIC DAY program, the group consisting of Nogizaka46, as well as Hinatazaka46 and Sakurazaka46 dup who just finished holding W-KEYAKI FES 2022 will show a special collaboration performance, including former Nogizaka member Ichiki Rena.

7. After Gabb and Brei’s graduation, MNL48 promoted one member of Trainee Undergirls. She is Jie or Mheije Calis, this girl from Pasig City Metro Manila officially joined the MNL core team, she joined HalloHallo Entertainment a year ago.

8. Monthly Listener JKT48’s original single “Rapsodi” increased significantly to a total of 585,721. This set a record for the 48 Group’s most listened to songs on the Spotify music platform beating AKB48 and BNK48, TikTok played an important role in Rapsodi’s popularity. Watch: JKT48 Record Record on Spotify.

9. A 46-year-old man in Tokyo was arrested by the metropolitan police after he was caught pretending to be an idol talent agency. He is known to have paid a 17-year-old girl to spend the night with him.

10. After a long discussion between members and staff, Zenryoku Shoujo R group decided to disband. The announcement of the disbandment of the idol group formed in 2022 under the name “Full Power Girls R” was delivered last night and their activities will last until September 2022.

11. Singer CL recently signed a domestic contract with the management of Konnect Entertainment. KE, who collaborated earlier with CL’s label, Very Cherry, will manage & organize all of CL’s special activities in South Korea.

12. Three members of AKB48 Team SH, namely Wu Yiting, Gong Luwen and Zhang Qiaoyu, were sanctioned to be unable to work with the group for 1 month. It was because they had violated Shangyue’s appearance policy.

13. The reputation of the boyband throughout July 2022 has been released, BTS remains at the top of the standings followed by SEVENTEEN, 2PM, EXO, NCT, SF9, Stray Kids, MONSTA X, SHINee, TREASURE and TXT.

14. With Kuranoo Narumi joining AKB48 Team K as a Kennin member from the start, Minegishi Minami said Narumin is not just an ordinary kennin member. But he will be the future Ace of the group.

Hongo Yuzuha has indeed been on the rise since signing a professional contract with her agency Showtitle Entertainment, her name is again popularly discussed thanks to her recent gravure appearance in a Japanese weekly magazine.

Yuzu is predicted to be the future of NMB48’s gravure model with Abe Wakana, Wada Miyu and Jonishi Rei after Shiroma Miru & Yokono Sumire’s graduation. As is known, this Namba group often gives birth to members who can be used as the mainstay of magazine publishing companies for gravure & cover art.

Indeed, recently NMB48 has been hit by many cases of its members violating the Golden Rules of AKB48 Group. Moreover, it is not uncommon for them to end up leaving the group even though they have great potential to continue Yamamoto Sayaka.

Unfortunately, almost like Suchan, the Hongo Yuzuha NMB48 scandal could have made him graduate or resign from the group that made his name. (ikc/ff)