"Oshio is notorious, swearing at reporters and generally being uncouth, which
has left him with an awful reputation. When the women's magazine took photos of
her pouring suntan lotion over the back of guy whose body was covered in
tattoos she looked like nothing more than a typical yakuza whore."
The revealing shots are expected to be harmful for the 28-year-old actress.
"Yada'll probably lose lots of her sponsors," the producer says. "She was in
the class making around 30 million yen a commercial, but she won't be able to
command that much anymore."
Many feel the only hope Yada has of surviving in Japan's cutthroat
entertainment world is to dump Oshio.
"What's most frightening about this whole thing is that she's not likely to
give him the flick. Yada's incorrigible. Oshio is mainly making a living
performing with his band and Yada, cool as you like, always turns up for his
shows," the producer says. "Just the other day, they were spotted on a date at
(Tokyo's) Odaiba -- right in front of the Fuji TV building. It was like as
though she deliberately wanted somebody to spot her with him."
Not everybody sees the scandal as a total blight on the actress' name.
"If Yada eventually wants to be seen as a serious actress, she's got to make
sure this scandal doesn't come to much," entertainment commentator Masaaki
Hiruma says. "In some ways, the scandal could even open doors for her. But,
she's got to get rid of Oshio. She's finished as an actress as long as she's
with him."
Another entertainment beat reporter advises Yada to get in first.
"Oshio has gone out with and dumped Natsumi Abe, Naomi Zaisen, Ayana Hirayama
and loads of other stars. He's you're archetypical playboy," the hack tells
Shukan Shincho. "There are already whispers about that he's got another woman
now. Yada might even end up finding herself dumped."
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