Does anyone know if Scandal changed their manager? I mean, it's not that odd to change them as time goes on. Just curious.

When I would watch some of the old documentaries, it seems that it was a guy.

But I just saw a clip where it seems it was a woman. Am I wrong?

You mean Eisuke? 

I believe he is the current manager/producer of SCANDAL and had always been their manager. 
There are other managers in Team SCANDAL, but I believe he had always been the head. 

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

If you look back at some of the CDs, you will see : Manager: Taga Eisuke, Arisa Yamamoto
But on Honey release, Manager: Arisa Yamamoto

But after Honey, I think around Kitty -> Rooftop change, Arisa has since left team Scandal for whatever reason, I don't think we need to know. During the Asia tour etc, I had a bit of free time talking to Team Scandal and I asked, how come we haven't we seen Arisa lately, and the staff told me she quit.

So my assumption Eisuke will be listed as Manager once again.

How many people work for Scandal?
The Feedback brand is managed by the same people?

@izzy wrote:How many people work for Scandal?
The Feedback brand is managed by the same people?

The core Team Scandal staff various if they go on Tour domestically or overseas.

Feedback! there seems to be another turnover of shop staff recently, hence they were recently hiring and someone new is at the shop or they are on holiday.

Rooftop manages: Scandal, Feedback! and Kazoo Food Truck.

Kazoo Food Truck... Scandal also sells food?  

@izzy wrote:Kazoo Food Truck... Scandal also sells food?  

No, the management company.

Rooftop is the management company.

This team is amazing! Thanks for all this info guys! I was just really curious.

I don't get how Scandal has not been with a larger label. 

@wildthing wrote:

@izzy wrote:Kazoo Food Truck... Scandal also sells food?  

No, the management company.

Rooftop is the management company.

Thanks for all the details!
it's good that the management company only deals with Scandal and not other bands besides

Today they mentioned the young girl Team Scandal staff as their new Manager.

What happened to Eisuke then? Does he have another position?

@peachclub wrote:What happened to Eisuke then? Does he have another position?

Eisuke still is their CHIEF manager. That means he's head manager above any other managers they have.


And yes, they did have a manager named Arisa (who's a woman) who left recently. You can see her in quite a few older videos. If I'm remembering her early 2015 hairstyle correctly, she's the one with the bob in the HELLO WORLD documentary.

As of technically a few months ago, their new interim manager has been a woman named Mikako who had originally started out as a merch salesperson (sold merch at their live shows). That's pretty awesome that she was able to climb that high!

@thoseguiltyeyes wrote:

@peachclub wrote:What happened to Eisuke then? Does he have another position?

Eisuke still is their CHIEF manager. That means he's head manager above any other managers they have.


And yes, they did have a manager named Arisa (who's a woman) who left recently. You can see her in quite a few older videos. If I'm remembering her early 2015 hairstyle correctly, she's the one with the bob in the HELLO WORLD documentary.

As of technically a few months ago, their new manager has been a woman named Mikako, who started out as a merch salesperson (sold merch at their live shows). That's pretty awesome that she was able to climb that high!

Not Mikako Ogura its the very young girl that has been overseas for Asia tour, the cute girl that was very popular with the Philippines fans in the Philippines. We are not 100% sure of her name as she doesn't give it out.

@wildthing wrote:Not Mikako Ogura its the very young girl that has been overseas for Asia tour, the cute girl that was very popular with the Philippines fans in the Philippines. We are not 100% sure of her name as she doesn't give it out.

Oh, the infamous "Staff-chan" hah. Well, I do know that Mikako was definitely considered an interim manager a few months ago. Maybe at this point "Staff-chan" could have officially been given the title of manager instead.

@thoseguiltyeyes wrote:

@wildthing wrote:Not Mikako Ogura its the very young girl that has been overseas for Asia tour, the cute girl that was very popular with the Philippines fans in the Philippines. We are not 100% sure of her name as she doesn't give it out.

Oh, the infamous "Staff-chan" hah. Well, I do know that Mikako was definitely considered an interim manager a few months ago. Maybe at this point "Staff-chan" could have officially been given the title of manager instead.

Yep she is, she did the MC intro today for the show. Later when the girl came on stage with the box for ticket stub lottery, Haruna told us she did the MC and is our new manager.

I remember there was also a lady who shared the duty of manager with Eisuke since the very beginning of Scandal's major label debut. She had been with Scandal to Hong Kong all those times. I also watched a clip of her being interviewed (not about Scandal) on You Tube. I learned that she left few years ago.

@Metal Mickey wrote:I remember there was also a lady who shared the duty of manager with Eisuke since the very beginning of Scandal's major label debut. She had been with Scandal to Hong Kong all those times. I also watched a clip of her being interviewed (not about Scandal) on You Tube. I learned that she left few years ago.

Photo/video?　Not sure who you mean...

Also when they recently tour in Asia and US/Mexico, they bring along a translator for themselves (not for MC translation heh)

Hah! Staff-chan rising up to become Manager-chan! Question tho, isn't she too young to be a manager?

(Or maybe I just don't exactly know what a manager of a band means) 

@LK wrote:Hah! Staff-chan rising up to become Manager-chan! Question tho, isn't she too young to be a manager?

(Or maybe I just don't exactly know what a manager of a band means) 

lol you don't need to be older/any specific age to be a manager. You just need to be capable enough to handle whatever's needed of you to do. Apparently Eisuke, who's still pretty young himself at 32 years old, finds her capable enough.  

I understand that Jade. I know many young people who act more mature than older ones.

But Staff-chan... she looks like a kid, LoL. No offense tho. She's just too cute I think. 

BNK48 ( Bangkok ) 's Manager Jobsan ( Nataphol Pavaravadhana ) is also very young and he has done an amazing job in the year they have been going, but then his older brother holds the licence and he would be in deep trouble if he did not

@tonymiller BNK48 sure looks well-managed at least when compared to its south-east Asian sister groups/

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Look at all this information!