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Masahiro Nakai
Masahiro Nakai's destiny holds his first guardian element in the position of the emperor, and places dissolution, independence and retirement within the very decade in which that element comes round. A television personality who, as leader of the national group SMAP, stood continuously at the forefront as a host and on the programmes he fronted. We read the phases of destiny and time against his path from the formation of the group through its dissolution, his independence and his retirement from show business, and against the public record.
At a Glance
The case
- Subject
- Masahiro Nakai (中居正広) — Television personality; formerly of SMAP
- Period analysed
- 1972–2026
- Three pillars
- Day 辛巳 / Month 戊申 / Year 壬子
- Void branches
- 申酉 (Monkey–Rooster)
- Fifth ten-year phase
- 癸卯, 2016–2026
- Destiny area
- 0.41 The area of the triangle formed by the three pillars on the sixty-cycle circle (maximum 1.30)
- Format
- PDF, 12 pages — written in Japanese
- Price
- ¥50,000 including tax
Research Brief
What the case shows
- In February 2015 his father dies. His father corresponds to 壬, the first guardian element standing in the year stem of his destiny.
- On 14 August 2016 SMAP's dissolution by the end of the year is announced. Four days later, on his birthday, his ten-year phase switches from 甲辰 to 癸卯.
- The group's dissolution (2016), his departure from the agency (2020) and his retirement from show business (2025) all lie within the ten-year phase of 癸卯.
- 2024 is the year in which the Tzolkin and I Ching values return to the same values as his destiny. From the press reports to his retirement, everything fits within this one year.
Questions
The questions the report answers
- Why did a destiny holding its first guardian element in the position of the emperor break down in the very decade that element came round?
- What happened after the guardian element that was his father had gone?
- Who sits in the month pillar of his destiny, a pillar with no bond to the family line?
Public Record
The record, year by year
Selected events from the public record. Analysis and judgement are given in the report itself.
| 1972 | 壬子 | 18 Aug — Born (from Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture) |
| 1988 | 戊辰 | SMAP is formed |
| 1991 | 辛未 | 9 Sep — SMAP's CD debut |
| 1994 | 甲戌 | Becomes a regular on Waratte Iitomo! |
| 1997 | 丁丑 | Hosts the White team at the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen, the youngest host ever |
| 2007 | 丁亥 | Hosts the Red team at the NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen |
| 2015 | 乙未 | 19 Feb — His father, Masashi, dies |
| 2016 | 乙未 | Jan — Reports of SMAP's dissolution and split |
| 2016 | 丙申 (天) | 14 Aug — Dissolution by the end of the year is announced. 31 Dec — SMAP disbands |
| 2017 | 丁酉 (天) | Sep — Three members leave the agency; Nakai remains |
| 2020 | 庚子 | 31 Mar — Leaves Johnny & Associates and goes independent with his own agency |
| 2023 | 癸卯 | 2 Jun — Trouble with a woman |
| 2024 | 甲辰 | Dec — A weekly magazine reports it |
| 2025 | 甲辰 | 23 Jan — Announces his retirement from show business |
| 2025 | 乙巳 | 31 Mar — Fuji Television's third-party committee publishes its report |
Year pillars change at Risshun, in early February. (天) = void year or void decade.
Contents
14 pages
- Destiny profile and chart
- Yin and yang charts
- The father as guardian element
- Ten-year phases
- The boundary between 甲 and 癸
- The decade of the fifth phase
- 2023 癸卯
- The return to destiny
- Axis and type of destiny
- Timeline chart
- Public record
- Conclusion
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Analysis supervised by FAITH (Makoto Tokunaga) — MSc Economics, University of Warwick · CICP · Shugakuin Saii