Masashi Tashiro

Masashi Tashiro (????? Tashiro Masashi, born August 31, 1956 in Saga Prefecture, brought up in Tokyo) is a former Japanese television performer, former member of Rats & Star. His nickname is "Marcy".

Criminal events

Tashiro was sent the papers pertaining to a criminal case to the Public Prosecutors Office for taking a candid shot of a woman's skirt using a video camera in a station on September 24, 2000. And he was fined 50,000 yen in December, 2000. When he was asked about the reason that took a candid shot secretly by television reporters, he argued unsuccessfully that he was simply filming to make a simple joke which is "an octopus has a mini" (Mini ni Taco ga Dekiru, ?????????). For this ridiculous excuse, he gained the fame which led to "Tashiro Festival" (Tashiro Matsuri, ???) described below.

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Video camera - September 24 - 2000 - Octopus - Mini

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"Tashiro Festival" means an act which chooses Tashiro as "Person of the Year" by 2ch users.

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Person of the Year - 2ch

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For the crime he committed, he was barred from the entertainment activities temporarily. Though he came back to the entertainment world, he was arrested for using a stimulant on December 9, 2001 and for peeping in a male bath near Tashiro's house on December 12, 2001 when he was on probation. As a result he was again barred from the entertainment world because of repeated scandals. (MTM Production, the entertainment agency that managed Tashiro, dismissed him on December 11, 2001)

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Stimulant - December 9 - 2001 - Male - Bath - December 12 - Probation - December 11

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His trial was opened at Tokyo District Court on February 18, 2002 and the Chief Justice sentenced him to "Three years' probation".

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District Court - February 18 - 2002 - Chief Justice - Probation

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He seemed to have felt pressure every day, talked that he used a stimulant to escape from it.

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He came back as a V-Cinema's director after he was sentenced to it in spring of 2002.

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V-Cinema - Spring - 2002

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Because of these arrests, some television performers, who have once costarred with Tashiro in some variety shows, Ken Shimura, Takeshi Kitano and Akiko Wada etc flew into a rage with Tashiro.

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Variety show - Ken Shimura - Takeshi Kitano - Akiko Wada

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He also published a book about the incidents that he committed. Book's title is "Jibaku -The Judgement Day-". (??, lit: self-destruction or suicidal bombing)

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There is a rumor that he came back to the entertainment world in 2004, but he was sent the papers pertaining to a criminal case to the Public Prosecutors Office for causing a car accident in June, 2004. According to news program, he allegedly crashed into a man, who rode a motorcycle, when Tashiro made a U-turn at "No U-turns" area. Moreover, he was arrested for using a stimulant again in September, 2004.

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Rumor - 2004 - Car accident - June - Motorcycle - September

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