# Has any Jrocker ever been "cancelled"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Japanese Music\ **Created:** [June 21, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241 "2023-06-21T06:10:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baroque](https://forum.jrockone.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@Baroque](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Baroque)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 6:10am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/1 "2023-06-21T06:10:14Z")
I talked about cancel culture with a friend and somehow I thought about Japan and what im mostly interested in - Japanese rock/VK. Is there anyone in the Japanese rock-visual kei scene that ever has been cancelled? ---
**Author:** ![JukaForever](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/jukaforever/32/235_2.png) [@JukaForever](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/JukaForever)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 6:53am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/2 "2023-06-21T06:53:44Z")
I could only think of Jun from Golden Bomber with his cheating thing. ---
**Author:** ![Kang\_Disconnect](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/kang_disconnect/32/8326_2.png) [@Kang\_Disconnect](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Kang_Disconnect)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/3 "2023-06-21T06:54:43Z")
Should Wataru from 12012 counted? iirc he’s been charged with cases of physical abuse back in the day. ---
**Author:** ![Baroque](https://forum.jrockone.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@Baroque](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Baroque)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 7:07am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/4 "2023-06-21T07:07:01Z")
Wait I never heard of that one! ---
**Author:** ![JukaForever](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/jukaforever/32/235_2.png) [@JukaForever](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/JukaForever)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 7:11am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/5 "2023-06-21T07:11:25Z")
> [@Golden Bomber's bassist goes on hiatus after his affair is made public](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/golden-bombers-bassist-goes-on-hiatus-after-his-affair-is-made-public/3861): > > [image] Golden Bomber band’s 36-year-old bassist Jun Utahiroba announced on Wednesday that he is putting his career on hiatus. Bungeishunju’s Weekly Bunshun Digital magazine reported on Wednesday that Utahiroba had an alleged affair with a woman in her twenties last January, which led to a pregnancy discovery in February and subsequent abortion. The band’s Euclid Agency label revealed on Wednesday that “media questions” regarding Utahiroba were generally true, and that the situation was cause… Looks like he hasn’t come back yet ---
**Author:** ![Jigsaw](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/jigsaw/32/25619_2.png) [@Jigsaw](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Jigsaw)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/6 "2023-06-21T07:12:04Z")
Not visual kei, but in the more mainstream J-rock/alternative the biggest and most recent one I can think of is Cornelius (Keigo Oyamada). Some old interviews were uncovered where he jokingly reminisced about bullying some kids with disabilities back in his school days. Because of the scandal he had to resign from the 2020 Summer Olympics opening ceremony committee, and the then-upcoming album of METAFIVE (the supergroup he was part of at the time) was indefinitely cancelled/postponed (the album was then released in limited quantities via alternate methods and then a year later in regular stores). I don’t know if he’s had any recent activities after that. ---
**Author:** ![jon\_jonz](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/jon_jonz/32/49215_2.png) [@jon\_jonz](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/jon_jonz)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 10:01am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/7 "2023-06-21T10:01:20Z")
He IS back. Stayed absent for an year or so but did return in time for their latest album and he’s now touring with the band again. Answering the topic: Dunno about the rest of pop culture in Japan in general, but cancel culture doesn’t seem to be as relevant in Japan when it comes to VK as it is in the West. In most cases folks seem to be fine with the cancelled dudes saying they’re sorry. Most recent example I can think of is [MERRY’s black face controversy](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/merry-new-album-strip-release). But if we start digging deeper with the intent of cancelling people VK is a hotspot for controversy. I mean: ![download (1)](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/c/6c4f9bb07a23c315247153c81dceed6b4a49b7a5.jpeg) ![tumblr_inline_nej3m55Tir1rhzssx](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/9/19bcaa2b50a39231283e7dad04d4ea0bccb50a61.jpeg) ![FBbITtOUcAA3C2h](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/e/ae62dc44bec03be24a4b9667e38112c90e22f1a7.jpeg) ![FBbMcc8VQA8QTKo](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/2/6280fb0f1d4c8a0fa299715f0bbb231c34466bfb.jpeg) ![FBbMo0WVIAEBJ1J](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/3/3/33155f04993ffc2c1b10d707f4a1aaa4fed0403e.jpeg) ![images (1)](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/5/65ba5465cd043a98d8b1f45739e76512166a190b.jpeg) ![images (2)](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/2/42b40d3e2f93ab2b86b2954c50a9051160b2feca.jpeg) ![images](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/0/a00e24157ff04081c95fdd5c8059f00267e2a901.jpeg) ![tumblr_inline_pjzx3nmTxM1s0xzd3_400](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/3/9327f07612c9dd3f3990e38a5d61e750fb233dd9.jpeg) ![tumblr_inline_pjzx3oLUx41s0xzd3_250](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/b/1/b15f740d51c738a65fc37135af8715fc0f18f93c.jpeg) ![tumblr_inline_pjzx3p8rTs1s0xzd3_400](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/2/72c577242ea01cf13ab4fa63ac69174f95ca7e09.jpeg) ![tumblr_inline_pi34ssa5IT1siifly_400](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/7/4/7467dbc973794433767c5fe8044786b5114c5b86.jpeg) ![tumblr_inline_pjzx3q7B0Y1s0xzd3_400](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/9/898d58f67d1a1a58de232a7f17543d3c869f51d1.jpeg) ![tumblr_inline_pjzx3rjNFh1s0xzd3_500](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/7/d7a3c8ed398f7531e807fe4affde02fd638cd318.jpeg) ![tumblr_inline_pjzx3rwMIT1s0xzd3_500](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/5/159a7d8dc580e1c09d0dcbd7ebb3a4de59aecc8b.png) ![tumblr_inline_pjzx3s5Xdz1s0xzd3_400](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/9/9/99ff6ced81197d9c14d86c53320a82fae76a7be2.png) ![tumblr_inline_pjzx3t2SIk1s0xzd3_500](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/6/469c333997a3fb0466551e1c1c367a1718b81dc7.jpeg) ![tumblr_inline_pjzx3tkltP1s0xzd3_500](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/1/a14e994c553ebea17393d8236df3f61beb82b079.jpeg) ![tumblr_inline_pjzx3uJRpS1s0xzd3_400](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/a/7/a7e889268a03d9126c5c69279627812e5a90ee6d.jpeg) ![tumblr_pi1qoxc9Fl1vfbb0x_250](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/2/7/27cefbed903c806dc57e241f379476384afec043.jpeg) ![tumblr_pi1qoxGuYc1vfbb0x_500](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/d/2/d285a122a8fbaaa8c85b42bda684b16bf07bea0d.jpeg) ![tumblr_pi1qoxqJ931vfbb0x_500](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/d/4dd4a8d0b2b3cb24c7d46a527806975d6807023e.jpeg) ![tumblr_pi1qoyeNJd1vfbb0x_500](https://forum.jrockone.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/8/e8a6d6e77271b0a76eeb0392cc50e61570b1af69.jpeg) and that’s just the tip of the iceberg from a quick Google search… ---
**Author:** ![NowhereGirl](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/nowheregirl/32/522_2.png) [@NowhereGirl](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/NowhereGirl)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 10:09am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/8 "2023-06-21T10:09:06Z")
What about that Kisaki fellow? A link to the old thread for reference: [Sign In - Monochrome Heaven](https://mh.jrockone.com/topic/53544-kisaki-drama-2k18/#comments) ---
**Author:** ![platy](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/platy/32/29425_2.png) [@platy](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/platy)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/9 "2023-06-21T10:14:06Z")
Cancelled by japanese fans, or cancelled by western twitter? Because I can think of a few, like Ai from gulu gulu and that ojisan band who did ““blackface””" ---
**Author:** ![suji](https://forum.jrockone.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@suji](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/suji)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 11:24am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/10 "2023-06-21T11:24:38Z")
> [@platy](#): > > that ojisan band who did ““blackface””" OMG NO YOU DIDN’T ---
**Author:** ![TrentReznor](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/trentreznor/32/56809_2.png) [@TrentReznor](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/TrentReznor)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/11 "2023-06-21T11:50:45Z")
I guess Sakura…at least for the time between L’Arc-en-Ciel and Zigzo? Is weird how over there seems musicians and similars get “heavily” more cancelled over drugs than over more serious issues (or at least thats how it looks from the outside). ---
**Author:** ![Rena](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/rena/32/84321_2.png) [@Rena](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Rena)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/12 "2023-06-21T12:06:16Z")
Lynn/Lin from abstracts, who is here probably more known as a “short time” member of Nocturnal Bloodlust who left the band a month after he got got arrested on suspicions of violating the Cannabis Control Law. Dude changed scenes afterwards ---
**Author:** ![xxxx](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/xxxx/32/97053_2.png) [@xxxx](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/xxxx)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/13 "2023-06-21T13:43:52Z")
Your western sensibilities of things and artists being problematic and cancelable have no meaning in a country like Japan where everything is homogenous, but also where people can do damn near anything and if they apologize get away with it. Ai has a new band, Cornelius is performing in what may be the most woke country in the world right now in Australia, KISAKI is celebrating his 30th, etc. You’re more likely for a politician to be ruined/cancelled in Japan than any musician or entertainer. ---
**Author:** ![nekkichi](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/nekkichi/32/648_2.png) [@nekkichi](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/nekkichi)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/14 "2023-06-21T14:33:43Z")
> [@Baroque](#): > > Is there anyone in the Japanese rock-visual kei scene that ever has been cancelled? unless you count as “fired by the management and told to never come back”/“mysteriously fell from the roof to death during PV shooting” as cancel culture, no. there’re probably a bunch of former bandmen who got cancelled for getting fat though. I can think of fair amount of stan drama old and new, but unless other scene ppl were involved, or management stepped in and forced people out, worse case scenario would be tanuki gya mailing someone a bag of coal for the NY party along with another ¥billion cheque for inconvenience. ---
**Author:** ![ZephyrHFN](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/zephyrhfn/32/457_2.png) [@ZephyrHFN](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/ZephyrHFN)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 6:11pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/15 "2023-06-21T18:11:31Z")
Yo, ive heard that same story about THE PIASS, and was never really clear on the specifics. Got any? ---
**Author:** ![scottykins](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/scottykins/32/20882_2.png) [@scottykins](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/scottykins)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 9:08pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/16 "2023-06-21T21:08:45Z")
Does Kisaki count?? ---
**Author:** ![Baroque](https://forum.jrockone.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@Baroque](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Baroque)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 5:05am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/17 "2023-06-22T05:05:15Z")
Did Kiseki get cancelled? ---
**Author:** ![NowhereGirl](https://forum.jrockone.com/user_avatar/forum.jrockone.com/nowheregirl/32/522_2.png) [@NowhereGirl](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/NowhereGirl)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 12:29pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/18 "2023-06-22T12:29:30Z")
If the allegations are true, not only should he be cancelled, he should be in prison for life. ---
**Author:** ![honeybear](https://forum.jrockone.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@honeybear](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/honeybear)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2023, 9:10pm UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/19 "2023-06-22T21:10:29Z")
Cancel culture does not exist in Japan thankfully and I have rarely met a vkei musician or Japanese fans who gives a shit what the foreign fans think esp. stuff not related to the music, so no. ---
**Author:** ![Baroque](https://forum.jrockone.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/c77e96/32.png) [@Baroque](https://forum.jrockone.com/u/Baroque)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 5:40am UTC](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241/20 "2023-06-23T05:40:06Z")
It exists for sure but not as toxic as western/korean. I am in Japan currently and especially comedians get cancelled quite often. Especially cheating is one thing that will cancel you hard in Japan. [Next page](https://forum.jrockone.com/t/has-any-jrocker-ever-been-cancelled/8241.md?page=2)