Occupation Reporter | Name Masaru Nashimoto | |
Died August 21, 2010, Shibuya, Tokyo City, Tokyo, Japan | ||
Masaru Nashimoto (梨元 勝, Nashimoto Masaru) (1 December 1944 – 21 August 2010) was a Japanese show business reporter.
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Nashimoto was born in Nakano, Tokyo on 1 December 1944.
Career
After graduating from Hosei University in 1968, Nashimoto first worked as a magazine reporter for the publisher Kodansha. He became a reporter for a TV Asahi show in 1976, covering celebrity gossip and scandals. His catchphrase was "kyoshuku desu" (sorry to bother you) when questioning show business celebrities. He served as a guest professor at Hakodate University from 2000 to 2004.
Illness and death
Nashimoto announced in June 2010 that he had been diagnosed with lung cancer. He died in a Tokyo hospital on 21 August 2010, aged 65.
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