Former Japanese national soccer team member Tomoaki Makino appeared as a guest on the first episode of the variety show "Off the Record Sports" (TV Asahi, Friday 2:43 AM), hosted by model and TV personality Chihiro Kondo, which aired late at night on October 3rd. He spoke about the "financial situation in the soccer world" and revealed that he had spent 9 million yen to renovate the bathroom in his home.
Makino said, "Foreign players often receive more than 10 million yen for winning a match," and revealed that when he received an offer from a Saudi Arabian team, "the amount (of the fee) was whatever they wanted." On the other hand, players are also subject to fines for being late or absent, and he revealed an inside story about money in the soccer world, saying, "In Germany, even staff members have a list of fines, and if you touch your cell phone in the clubhouse cafeteria, you'll be fined 2,000 euros (about 350,000 yen), and the more interesting one is if you fart, you'll be fined 30 euros (about 5,200 yen)."
Makino, who said he "spends 2 million yen a month treating his juniors," also revealed that he spends 9 million yen to meticulously renovating the bathroom at his home. A photo of the bathroom was also released, showing a jacuzzi bathtub with a monitor and a cypress bathtub. The cypress bathtub is used as a cold bath, and there is also an outdoor bathing space, and he explained that "there are two baths there for hot and cold baths."
The show is billed as "a variety show that delves deeply into off-the-record stories about all kinds of sports and is a fun, behind-the-scenes story," and is a renewal of "Watashi-kaigai," which began in April this year with Kondo as MC. The show will be hosted by the station's announcer, Miyamoto Yumara.
