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Mei Nagano's reported two-timing with Kei Tanaka continuing to take commercial toll

TOKYO (TR) – The commercial fallout from the reported two-timing of actress Mei Nagao with actors Kei Tanaka and Kim Mu-jun is continuing. Sankei Sports learned on Tuesday that photos and videos of Tanaka have been removed from the official websites for Suntory Holdings Limited, MOS Food Services, Inc. and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Tanaka, 40, had been appearing in commercials for Suntory's Kakubin whiskey and Kaku Highball products. In an interview with Sankei Sports , Suntory commented, 'In light of the current situation, we have decided that it is difficult to convey the true value of the brand.' The photos and videos were removed on Tuesday afternoon. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries also removed such content on the same day. 'We made a comprehensive judgment after considering various impacts,' a representative of the company said. Affair Last month, a reporter for weekly tabloid Shukan Bunshun found Nagano, 25, inviting an apparently drunk Tanaka, who is married, into her apartment in Minato Ward late at night on April 19. Nagano and Tanaka met when they co-starred in the film 'And the Baton Was Passed' in 2021. Further, she spent the night with Kim, her 26-year-old co-star in the TBS drama 'Caster,' the day before, the magazine reported. On May 7, the online version of Bunshun reported intimate chats between Tanaka and Nagano on the app Line. Mei Nakano (X) Commercial fallout Although both agencies deny the relationship and the existence of the Line conversations, the cancellations from Tuesday show their efforts have not stopped what is a widening scandal. On May 1, images were removed from the official website of Kikkoman Corporation, which uses Tanaka as a pitchman. That same day, Eye City, a contact lens specialty retailer, removed content featuring Nagano. A source with Eye City tells the Sankei that the scandal did not have any impact on the decision, saying that the campaign had ended. Photos and videos have also been removed from the official websites of JCB Co., Ltd. and Sunstar. An insider says, 'This trend will continue, and the contract will likely end when it expires.' No press Meanwhile, Sankei Sports has learned that an opening-day stage event to be held on May 16 for the Nagano-starring movie 'Kakkaku Shikajika' will be held without press in attendance. A source explanis, 'If the media were invited in now, it would be dominated by Nagano's scandal, so they are shutting out the press.' Normally, a stage event is held after a movie is released to mark the film's success. 'But even if it is held, it will be difficult to allow the press into the venue in the same way,' the same source says.