Japanese singer accidentally posted a photo with a guy - the agency punished her in a very strange way (7 photos)

20-year-old singer from the pop group Momoka Tojo was "strongly advised" (read: threatened) by her production company to post only a single selfie with the caption "good night" every day for a year.





A typical Japanese idol, just like a clone, but this is our heroine

And all because she dared to post photos of how she celebrates her birthday with her boyfriend.

The poor girl had to apologize online for having a boyfriend. She also promised to "keep a certain distance from him."

The fans will never be happy

The thing is that in Japan, idols are much closer to fans than any stars in the West. At meetings with them, you can not only get an autograph, but even hold their hand if you buy a gold edition of the disc. No respect for the personal space of the idol is the norm here.



Has she completely lost her mind, and is still happy with a guy!?

That is, in essence, it is not the idol's music that is sold, usually quite mediocre, but the love for a beautiful, fresh girl. This love is monetized for single Japanese men with expensive CDs at gatherings, just to hold hands and talk with the next "Mari-chan" or "Momoka-chan".

And when an idol "gets caught" that she has a real relationship, it is always a huge scandal. She will not sell herself, the deceived Japanese must have hope that he can become her boyfriend!





Here's her group Katakono Bank. Find Momoko. Is she sitting on the right? I couldn't...

Something similar happens with Korean pop idols, at least, even if there is more emphasis on music and performance quality, but they are still prohibited from talking about their personal lives by contract.

A big scandal in any case

When the naive 20-year-old Momoka posted photos with her boyfriend on Twitter, her fans were furious. She immediately had to delete the photo and apologize for her "rash actions" and "lack of awareness as an idol."

The other girls from her idol group Katacoto Bank were also furious. They followed all the instructions and did not allow themselves such relationships. And one girl not only enjoys life, but also reduces the "payback" of the entire group.



It turns out that each girl in this group has a color. Momoka Yellow

The "cheesiest" thing is that the company published a message about Momoka's punishment. And asked fans to report any signs that Momoka is still close to her boyfriend! What a surprise!

And she's right, she's been posting solo selfies every night since then.



On the left is an evening photo for fans, that she's single now

In her first post on July 27, she wrote, "Good night. I'll continue to work hard tomorrow. Please support me."

And if we talk about the reaction of viewers and online, the most shocking thing is that the majority of people don't think this is complete nonsense. Many write that it is her own fault that she did not hide her boyfriend and let the whole group down.



Momoka's sad evening photo, blink if you are being held hostage...

It's just crazy

There is another simply crazy case that happened in 2013. Former Japanese idol group AKB48 member Minami Minegishi was forced to shave her head and apologize on the group's official YouTube channel after the media caught her spending the night with a boy band member.



Here she is, poor thing, such humiliation

In the video, she apologized with tears in her eyes and said that the first thing that came to her mind after she was recognized was: "I don't want to leave AKB48."

It's good that we don't have it that way. I know there are crazy fans of the same Shaman, but he is supposedly married and doesn't hide it. This is a healthier approach, not to indulge capricious fans, developing unhealthy tendencies.