Japanese actor Hideaki Takizawa officially announced his retirement from the company through Jenis Office yesterday (October 31), stepping down as vice president on the same day, while the president of the subsidiary "Johnnys' ISLAND" stepped down on September 26, ending three years and 10 months of Jenis' behind-the-scenes responsibility. The reason why he left Jenis was not mentioned at all, only chose to leave quietly, and at the same time, the media broke the news that he and the current president Fujishima Julie Keiko had a private disagreement.
According to Japanese media reports, Hideaki Takizawa submitted an application for retirement in mid-September, and firmly refused the company's consolation, and on September 26, the meeting approved the resignation of the subsidiary "Johnnys' ISLAND" president, at the end of October to retire as the vice president of Jenis Office, as well as group cadres and other important positions. Why left? The report pointed out that he applied for withdrawal through a lawyer, communicated with the company through an agent, would not make a speech to the public, would not hold a press conference for the withdrawal, and chose to leave quietly.
The president of the subsidiary "Johnnys' ISLAND" is Kuihiko Inohara, who will continue to act at the same time, and the position of vice president of Jenis is currently vacant.
Another Japanese media broke the news that Hideaki Takizawa and current president Julie Keiko Fujishima disagreed. The report pointed out that the two idol groups he cultivated and debuted, "SixTONES" and "Snow Man", are now popular boy groups representing Jenis, but the management of the two groups suddenly changed from the subsidiary "Johnnys' ISLAND" to the parent company Jenis Office, and Hideaki Takizawa may be dissatisfied with this.
Hideaki Takizawa retired from the entertainment industry in 2018, and in January 2019, he took over as the president of the subsidiary "Johnnys' ISLAND" at the age of 36, and successfully played the role behind the scenes, not only supporting the debut of the newcomer boy group but also gaining high popularity, and his management skills were deeply recognized by the industry. According to people familiar with the matter, when he stopped his activities with the "Taki and Tsubasa" group in 2017, he proposed to Jenis to withdraw from the company, but was comforted by Johnny Kitagawa who was still alive at the time, and began to cultivate newcomers, and retired from the entertainment industry in 2018, and the 40-year-old officially left Jenis, the movement is unknown, and the outside world is highly concerned about whether he will come back in front of the scene.