On the 22nd, Beijing time, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee announced the dismissal of the director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games Kentaro Kobayashi.
After Kentaro Kobayashi was dismissed, some netizens complained: The opening ceremony of this Olympic Games is about to become a "three nos" event that lacks audiences, directors, and composers.
Screenshots of media reports.
According to Japanese media reports, Kentaro Kobayashi was fired because he once filmed a funny short drama, the video content is based on the history of the Jewish massacre by the Nazis as a paragraph.
In this way, he was dismissed "not injustice."
There is no audience because of the need for epidemic prevention, so what is the lack of composition?
Recently, it was revealed that Keigo Koyamada, a Japanese musician who had bullied the disabled, handed in his resignation to the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and will no longer be responsible for the composition of the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics.
Koyamada Keigo published an apology article on his personal social media platform on the 19th. The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee responded by saying that Koyamada's behavior was unacceptable and agreed to his resignation.
Toshiro Muto, chief executive of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, said that the music composed by Koyamada has 4 minutes in the opening ceremony music, and this piece of music will not be used.
The production team also urgently formulated corresponding countermeasures.
Screenshots of media reports.
As the Olympics approached the opening of the Olympic Games, the responsible personnel of important links had repeatedly exposed scandals and left their posts. This had to make people sweat for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics held on the evening of the 23rd.
In fact, the people in charge of the preparations for the Tokyo Olympics in the past two years have not happened without incident...
In January 2020, Kaoru Kanno, the creative director of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee and a key member of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, resigned due to power harassment within his own large Japanese advertising company Dentsu.
The Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee stated at the time, "Heavy acceptance of this result will minimize the impact in the future and advance the preparations (for the conference)."
However, I never expected that all this is just the beginning.
In March 2020, affected by the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Tokyo Olympic Games was postponed for one year.
Since then, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee has begun to work hard to successfully host the Olympic Games under the epidemic.
Fighting the virus has already made it difficult, but the insiders are not worrying.
At Hibiya Park in Tokyo, the caretaker is maintaining and trimming the Olympic five-ring flower beds.
In February 2021, Yoshiro Mori, the chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee, spoke at the Japanese Olympic Committee's interim committee meeting, saying that in a board with many women, the meeting would take a long time.
This remark was accused of discriminating against women and triggered a public opinion backlash in Japanese society.
Subsequently, Yoshiro Mori announced his resignation.
For a time, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee was in a state of no leader. Under such circumstances, Seiko Hashimoto took over as the chairman, which can be described as a line of rescue.
But after she took office, life was not smooth.
Just one month after she took office, she received a disastrous piece of news.
Hiroshi Sasaki, the chief director of the opening and closing ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics, was exposed by the media. Last year, he told the staff around him that the famous Japanese female artist Naomi Watanabe could perform the role of "Olympig" (Olympic pig) at the opening ceremony of the Olympics. Obviously he used Olympig. It is a homophony of Olympic (Olympics).
Sasaki Hiroshi.
Image source: Screenshot of Zhongxin Video.
This sentence is obviously an insult to Watanabe Naomi, who is heavier.
Subsequently, Sasaki Hiroshi announced his resignation.
Important figures have repeatedly "turned over", which has also caused the Tokyo Olympics to be negatively affected, and public opinion has continued to decline.
After Yoshiro Mori discriminated against women, many Olympic volunteers offered to resign.
Since then, due to the epidemic, personal reasons, etc., volunteers have repeatedly asked to resign.
In early June of this year, the Tokyo Olympic Organizing Committee announced that more than 10,000 people have resigned as volunteers for the Olympic Games.
Yoshiro Mori.
Image source: Screenshot of Zhongxin Video.
In addition, the Olympic torch bearers have also become the hardest hit areas for resignation.
Before the Olympic torch relay began in March this year, more than 30 torchbearers had chosen to resign...
Nowadays, athletes from all over the world have gathered in Japan, and the Tokyo Olympics is on the line.
Despite many twists and turns, there are still countless people who are full of expectations for the Olympics.
I hope Japan can successfully host this sports event, and all Olympic participants will be healthy and safe, and there will be no more accidents!
(Author Wang Hao)