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I believe Subaru went into depression during the last couple of years of his "Johnny's Junior" days. He got a tattoo (which is a taboo) on his wrist of a skull (i think he got it removed now) and he starred in a controversial j-drama (or j-movie, i forget. XD) called "Platonic Sex". it was a very un-Johnny like role, so to say.
however, Johnny's Jimusho didn't fire him. I believe it was because Johnny-san really believed in Subaru and thought he was really talented. I've read that K8 is his favorite group right now (like, he was with Uchi when he made a guest appearance during their "47" tour.)
Mary Kitagawa & Julie (Mary's daughter) run JE now. so, i think all of the recent decisions to not let Kusano / Uchi back into their respected groups was on their actions, not Johnny.
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