Popular actor Eguchi Yosuke (41) took a tumble from his motorbike this week and will need two months to recover from his injuries. Was he out on the wide open highway, or maybe doing some motocross? Nope, he was making a left turn out of a gasoline station. According to a statement yesterday from the Yoyogi police station in central Tokyo, Eguchi was leaving a Shell station on Wednesday evening when he suddenly braked to avoid an oncoming bicycle. He managed to avoid a collision, but bore the weight of his 246kg, 1100cc Kawasaki Z1-R. The cyclist was unhurt, while Eguchi suffered multiple fractures to his left collarbone and ribs. He has been hospitalized and is expected to be immobilized for about three weeks. A police motorcyclist commented on the incident, saying "We do a training maneuver to learn how to fall over with the bike, but it's very frightening. Some people get...


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