TOKIO News: TOKIO to invade Japanese TV.. Nagase plays with on-screen daughter
Starting this morning, TOKIO will be the first 24hr TV main personalities to promote the show on 24 different TV shows, it was announced yesterday reports Sports Hochi.
Past 24hr TV personalities have promoted the show on only 10 to 15 different news shows and variety shows.
As main personalities for this year’s “24時間テレビ33「愛は地球を救う」(24Hr TV 33 ‘Love Saves the Earth’)”, TOKIO have called their 24 show challenge the “TOKIO x 24 Project”.
Starting with this morning’s “Zoom In!! Saturday” (August 14), group members will appear on popular shows like “嵐にしやがれ (Arashi ni Shiyagare)” (August 21) and “AKBINGO!” (August 25) until 24hr TV starts on August 28.
TOKIO member Taichi Kokubun (35) hopes their efforts will brush onto others watching TV.
“There’s one week before the show, and we the thirties group will wake up early and work a good sweat even on live television. I hope you can work hard with us (TOKIO),” he said.
source: MOEMOEDGEWOOD
Nagase plays games with his on-screen daughter
Child actor Manatsu Kimura talked about what her on-screen mum (Ryoko Hirosue) and dad (Tomoya Nagase) were like at a preview event on August 9, reports Oricon.
“みぽりんのえくぼ (Miporin no Ekubo)” is the “24時間テレビ33「愛は地球を救う」(24Hr TV 33 ‘Love Saves the Earth’)” drama special, which stars main personality TOKIO member Tomoya Nagase (31).
Nagase plays a father to a 13-year-old girl who dies from a brain tumor, played by Kimura.
The child actor talked about how her on-screen parents helped her calm her nerves down between scenes.
“(Nagase and Hirosue) would play mobile games with me, and we’d play quiz games together.
“My crying scenes were hard. But I was able to relax after Hirosue-san, who plays my mum, spent the whole time chatting with me,” she said.
“みぽりんのえくぼ (Miporin no Ekubo)” is based on a true story. Back in June 2004, 13-year-old Miho Okada had died from a brain tumour and left behind 359 hand-drawn pictures showing how amazing it is to be able to live every day and look forward.
source: MOMOEEDGEWOOD