Masaru Nashimoto (梨元 勝, Nashimoto Masaru, 1 December 1944 – 21 August 2010) was a Japanese reporter who specialized in covering show-business gossip and scandals.
[1] After graduating from Hosei University in 1968, Nashimoto first worked as a magazine reporter for the publisher Kodansha.
[1][2] He became a reporter for a TV Asahi show in 1976, covering celebrity gossip and scandals.
His catchphrase was "kyoshuku desu" (sorry to bother you) when questioning show business celebrities.
[2] In 2002, Nashimoto, together with the Tokyo Sports newspaper, was successfully sued by actor Mayo Kawasaki over insinuations that he had been involved in an extra-marital relationship.