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Mariko Goto was a member of a rock band “Midori” previosuly (The band broke up on 2010), and known as playing hard-core performance like acting violently or making herself bleed by hitting microphone on her forehead. She continued the performance style on her solo activity and frequently she dived into the audience.
If you want to recover from a scandal and rebuild your career, one tried-and-tested method is to reinvent yourself: take a different kind of acting role, do something more provocative.
Previously, female Japanese idols, actors, and models in a career slump have dropped their clothes for sexually explicit roles or have appeared in nude shoots. Angelica Michibata’s nude photo book after her scandal is a case in point, as was Maki Goto’s after her rumored affair.
Former AKB48 idol Mariko Shinoda found herself in a personal and professional pickle when her alleged adultery was exposed in 2022. …


















