Westland’s “50-50 payment split” plan to be resolved; President Mitsuyo Ota explains the need for Kawamoto’s “place for apology” | ORICON NEWS

After the comedy duo Westland’s Futoshi Kawamoto (40) got into trouble with a taxi driver on the night of the 20th, Mitsuyo Ota, president of his agency Titan, responded to a telephone interview with ORICON NEWS.

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On the 22nd, a discussion was held between Westland, two of Westland’s managers, Hikaru Ota, and Mr. Mitsuyo. Among them, it was decided to eliminate the “50-50 split in fees.” Mitsuyo reveals. “Originally, the 50/50 starting point was that the two of us divided what went into Kawamoto, but I think that’s fine when things aren’t selling, but the current situation is that two-thirds of the items are divided between two people. It’s Iguchi’s job, so I don’t think it would be a good idea to divide it up.” I also speculated about Iguchi’s feelings.

“When it comes to stopping the 50-50 split, I think he probably doesn’t want to get into trouble with Kawamoto. Also, although he doesn’t say it directly, we’ve been friends since childhood, and (Kawamoto’s) wife is also a classmate. , Iguchi was the manager of the soccer club (of which Iguchi was also a member), and I think he has a lot of feelings about it, but of course Iguchi is angry about this and says he can’t help it. So I decided to split the salary. Kawamoto told me to earn my own money and provide for myself. My manager will also take action, but I have to make sure that he earns his own money.”

As for Kawamoto’s current condition, he said, “As for the teeth, I have another temporary tooth in place of the temporary tooth, so I think it looks okay.If I put some makeup on my face, it will be fine.The swelling is also gone. “I’m doing a lot of work,” he says, but says that he needs his own words in order to carry out his activities.

“However, you have to find a place to speak properly in your own words.If this becomes a press conference, it might cause trouble for the taxi driver, so I would like to find a place where you can speak your own words.” If you can talk to them and say, “I’m going to stop drinking,” you’ll have a lot of witnesses.For Kawamoto, I think he was on the brink of a loss because he was “a nuisance to a lot of people.” I’m sure there’s a sense of, ‘I don’t want to take a break from work. I’ll just have to take some time off, so instead of that, I want you to start doing small things and focus on earning your own money.”