BTS LEADER RM REPEATEDLY SMOKES IN PROHIBITED AREAS IN JAPAN AND LITTERS CIGARETTE BUTTS → NO COMMENTS FROM THE AGENCY OR THE INDIVIDUAL AS OF NOW
【文春砲】BTSのリーダー・RMが禁止エリアで喫煙繰り返すhttps://t.co/SLBxs3s7rD
— the_audience (@theaudience10) April 22, 2026
【写真多数】BTSのリーダー・RMは渋谷の居酒屋＆バーをハシゴして路上喫煙《警備員が明かす「ポイ捨てした吸い殻を…」》https://t.co/JCp82pNHq2#週刊文春
— 文春くん公式 (@bunshunho2386) April 22, 2026
《BTS厳戒トーキョー滞在記》RM→渋谷で飲み会、JIN→伊豆の温泉、V→よみうりランド…密着撮！https://t.co/ehkJ8vO8QC#週刊文春
— 週刊文春 (@shukan_bunshun) April 22, 2026
Weekly Bunshun has exclusively reported that BTS leader RM (31, real name Kim Namjoon) was repeatedly smoking in no-smoking zones while touring izakayas and bars in Shibuya during his stay in Japan.
According to the article, while visiting several establishments in Shibuya, RM smoked in areas marked with “no smoking” signs on the street. He also reportedly smoked and discarded cigarette butts in areas where smoking is clearly prohibited, such as building hallways.
A security guard at the scene testified that he warned him about the behavior, and the article included multiple photos serving as evidence.
As of now, there has been no official comment from BTS’s agency, HYBE, or from RM himself.
1. Is it that hard to not smoke in non-smoking areas?
2. For a leader, he sure is thoughtless
3. Smoking in non-smoking areas is frowned upon even in our country, but he’s acting like that in someone else’s country. Why is he like that?
4. I f*cking hate people who smoke on the streets ㅋㅋㅋ Imagine breathing in the disgusting smoke and the smell
5. V and Jungkook were in the designated smoking area and outdoors, so why are you linking them?
The leader is the biggest problem with this group. Being unpopular truly is a badge of honor for RM. Meanwhile, his plagiarism and misog**istic lyrics are just awful to begin with
6. Not surprised
7. Why are there photos of Jin and V?
First Jungkook caused a stir with his street smoking photo, and now even RM… seriously, BTS is just… Such a mess
8. Looks like RM and Jungkook lose their roots the moment they step out of the country
9. You’re in your 30s and an independent individual, so it’s your freedom, but doesn’t freedom come with responsibility? Smoking on the street, putting cigarette butts, and even posting it on Instagram. It seems like you want to let everyone know just how much of a smoking addict you are
10. Didn’t Jungkook also smoke in non-smoking areas in the streets? And now RM too? It’s their own choice to smoke as adults, but stop doing it in non-smoking areas
