Eguchi Takuya Responds To FRIDAY’s Article [Blog Post Translation]
“Handsome Voice Actor, Eguchi Takuya and Beautiful ex-BanG Dream! Voice Actress Secretly Living Together”
As reported on June 25th 2020 by gossip publication, FRIDAY, Eguchi Takuya is currently living with a woman. It is suspected to be ex-voice actress, Endo Yurika.
In response to the article he updated his blog with a post.
“ABOUT THE ARTICLE”
“Even though my company denied various interviews with that weekly magazine, they still went ahead and ran the article lol“
“…which means, I believe I need to share my opinion on the matter.”
“In the case that in the future I have a partner that I have the option to marry, I believe I myself would like to make that official announcement.”
“For me, there may be some people that think “Do you need to even make that statement?”, but there may be some people that would rather hear it from a weekly publication that will run their own articles as they please because it would be faster than hearing it from me directly.”
“What I originally thought was, people would take me as I am, as “Eguchi Takuya the entertainer”. As such, I want to be someone that lives an extraordinary life without sharing any private details. Then again, the truth is there are people out there that don’t care about that. This is the era we live in.”
“That’s why, even if I share the bare minimum, I think it would be better for people to judge that information for themselves.”
“These past few months, there have been strange vehicles and people chasing after me, so while I feel more or less better about my true colours as a gloomy person have been revealed, this is not the kind of life I signed up for when I aimed to be a voice actor…is what I’ve been thinking. I believe this is a cause of mental anguish for anyone…and thinking about it in any normal circumstance it’s frightening. Well, I’m not going to cry myself to sleep over it. It’s the system as it is. Going forward this [story] will be a matter for the industry [to deal with].”
“Nonetheless, I love this job and I wouldn’t change it. For everyone involved [in this industry] they’re all so kind, and I think they love their jobs too. I just don’t want to give in to an irrational system that makes me feel stressed.”
“This blog is here for me to coexist with this kind of irrationality since I want to continue being an actor until the day I die.”
“If you’ve read this far, thank you very much!”
“I will devote myself to giving it my all to continue to deliver the best entertainment.”
“Eguchi Takuya”
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(I think many of us have thought about the topic of the entertainment industry and the right to privacy, not just for Japanese entertainers but for people around the world.
I think Egu has made some really good points in his blog post, and I feel you can really get where he’s coming from when he talks about wanting to share his own information rather than have you hear or read it from other platforms because it can always be skewed.)
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Thank you for reading the translation, and for reading this far! Apologies for any mistakes in translation! I hope this blows over soon for him because having had such a gross invasion of privacy SUCKS ASS. We’re behind you, dude!
