Ryutaro talks about his past scandal when he was still a member of Hey Say Jump. That scandal already passed 5 years, but still he wants to apologize. “Because at that time, I could not even apologize.” He was 16 y.o. at that time. The youngest of Hey! Say! JUMP. On June 27th 2011, his smoking scandal was discovered, his affiliation office stated out an indefinite hiatus of his activities. After graduating from Horikoshi High School, and went through 2 years of studying abroad, he came home. For four years, Morimoto who had dissapeared from the world, suddenly showed up on SNS (social media). Then on December 2015, he announced that he will lead the vocal in a dance and vocal unit “ZERO”. The impact to his fans who believed in him and waited for him, was big. Turned around from the glory, within those four years he could not see far ahead, struggling his days in suffering. He passed through the betrayal and despair, and decided to live in the present. He decided to m
Drama: Hokuto: Some Murderer's Conversion (literal title) Romaji: Hokuto Aru Satsujinsha no Kaishin Japanese: 北斗 ある殺人者の回心 Director: Tomoyuki Takimoto Writer: Ira Ishida (novel), Tomoyuki Takimoto Network: WOWOW Episodes: 5 Release Date: March 25 - April 22, 2017 Runtime: Saturdays 22:00 Language: Japanese Country: Japan Synopsis: Drama ini dibintangi oleh Nakayama Yuma dan diadatasi dari Novel dengan judul yang sama karangang Ira Ishida yang terbit di tahun 2012 lalu. Novel ini mampu memenangkan penghargaan dalam the 8th Chuokouron Bungeisho. Yuma berperan sebagai Hokuto Hashizume, pria berusia 20 tahun yang tidak pernah merasa dicintai, sejak kecil ia sering mendapatkan kekerasan fisik dari orangtua kandungnya. Hokuto tinggal di panti asuhan dan menjelang remaja ia diadopsi oleh Ayako Kondo. Semenjak saat itu, dia belajar arti dari 'cinta', namun berakhir menjadi pembunuh dan ia meminta pengacaranya untuk berhenti membelanya.