2003 April 3, “Gekidan Akusupi kōen ‘HELPME! Version 2003’, hoka [Theater group Akusupi presents ‘HELPME! Version 2003’ and others]”, in Nihon Keizai Shimbun, page 31:
[“Sutorippā monogatari” wa] nijūdai kōhan ni natte sakari o sugita sutorippā to, naguraretari, keraretari shinagara mo kanojo ni kenshinteki ni tsukusu himo otoko to no kyūkyoku no ai no kata o kaku.
[“Stripper Story”] depicts the ultimate love story between a stripper who, in her late twenties, is past her prime and a himo otoko who is devoted to her despite being beaten and kicked.
2018 June 30, “W-hai no ato mo atsui dorama zokuzoku [Even after the World Cup, drama continues]”, in Tokyo Shimbun, page 16:
Terebi Asahi no “Himo men” wa josei ni tabesasetemorau “himo otoko”(Kubota Masataka) to sonna kareshi o kōseisasetai kanojo (Kawaguchi Haruna) to no kōbō o kaku.
TV Asahi’s “Himo men” shows the to-and-fro between a “himo otoko” (Masataka Kubota) who lives off of his girlfriend and the woman who wants to remake her boyfriend (Haruna Kawaguchi).
2019 January 12, “Arafifu no hontō no renai tte (Okayama-ken, yonjū-dai, josei) [True love at around-fifty? (Okayama prefecture, 40s, woman)]”, in Nikkei Purasu Wan, page 11:
“Himo otoko” to tsukiatteiru shiriai no hanashi o otto to shita toki no koto desu. Watashi ga “jibun ga son o suru rennai nante shinai. Aite ga son o shite mo jibun wa tokushitai” to hanasu
I was talking to my husband about an acquaintance who is dating a “himo otoko”. I said, “I could never be in a love affair that costs me. Even if it costs my partner, I want to profit”
