▲ Kei Tanaka, who played the doctor at 9 o'clock on Monday night (Source: Kyodo News Agency)
On July 20, Japanese actor Kei Tanaka (37) was confirmed to be infected with new crown pneumonia. According to the "Weekly Wenchun" information, he developed fever symptoms on the 18th, and on the evening of the 10th, a birthday party attended by more than 20 people was held.
The meeting place is in Kei Tanaka's own apartment, according to acquaintances:
The initiators of the party were Suzunosuke (37) of Keito Wada naka office and actor Hidekazu Majima (44), who gathered their friends through LINE (a Japanese communications app).
▲Invitation information posted through LINE
In the LINE message, it reads:
"On July 10th, our Kei Tanaka will celebrate his 37th birthday."
"It's trivial but we want to have a birthday party for him as is customary every year"
"He didn't know about it himself, so it was a surprise birthday party. I hope you can keep it a secret too."
At about 9:30 p.m., the total number of guests who came to his house for the birthday party was more than 20, and the party continued until late at night.
This magazine also obtained photos of the birthday party, which shows that the friends around Kei Tanaka, who is holding a cake and posing with a V-word gesture, are not wearing masks and are close together, which can be described as a typical example of "close contact".
▲ Party photo (Suzunosuke: top right, Majima: up, masamune: left)
One of the attendees of the party said: "Although the invitation letter said that it was a surprise birthday party, it was not a real surprise because it was held at Kei Tanaka's house, and the actors present included Majima and Masamune Zang. However, there were no more infected people among those who attended the party, and tanaka is said to have contracted the virus elsewhere. ”
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is currently implementing key epidemic prevention measures to prevent the spread of the epidemic, and reporters have also confirmed the facts of the offices of Kei Tanaka and Suzunosuke, Majima, And Masana, and other actors at the current gathering, but they have not received a response.
Among them, one of the participants, Majima, apologized through the Twitter account of the firm after the news was reported, saying: "Regarding the report of the weekly Wenchun magazine, I am deeply reflecting on such a rash action during such a special period. In the future, I will be strict with myself and strive to restore everyone's trust in me. ”
In fact, many people who attended the birthday party were people related to that popular TV series —
Details such as the LINE invitation sent by the party participants, another selfie by Kei Tanaka, and the details of the birthday party told by the participants will be published in the "Weekly Wenchun Electronic Edition" released at 16:00 on Wednesday, July 28, and published in the weekly Wenchun magazine released on July 29 (Thursday).