The stage play "Onna-Ro-Gumo" produced by Mami Naka will be performed at Club eX, Shinagawa Prince Hotel, Tokyo, from February 19. Written and directed by Nakayashiki Horihito, the play tells the story of "poison women" based on real-life female criminals such as Takahashi Oden and Hanai Oume. In addition to Naka, the cast includes Yu Ranmai, Yuri Ota, Mariisa Yasukawa, Mizuki Nishiba, Kana Nakane, Misaki Iwasa, Sayaka Nagata, Shiru Ichishino, and Saya Hirai. According to Naka, the girls can perform with ease, which is why he wants to make this a work that ignites their passion. Before the opening of this production, I asked Naka, who is the producer and plays the role of Oden Takahashi, and Ota, who plays Oume Hanai, to talk about their impressions of each other and "The Female Spider". ─ Before the interview began, I could hear the two of you laughing happily from the waiting room. Yuri Ota: How many times have we met today? Mami Naka: About the third time? ─ Oh, is that so? I thought you two were so close that you often hang out together. Naka Haha (laughs). Actually, we are not close at all. Ota I have known you for a long time and have always wanted to meet you. Because we have a mutual acquaintance...

Cyborg 009" is a stage adaptation of the popular science fiction manga "Cyborg 009" by Shotaro Ishinomori. The first stage "Cyborg 009" was staged in May 2024, and now the second stage "Cyborg 009 -The 13th Chaser-" will be staged at Shinagawa Prince Hotel Stellar Ball in November. Hiroki Nanami, who plays 009/Shimamura Joe, Masamichi Satonaka, who plays 004/Albert Heinrich, and Dai Goto, who plays 0013 and will appear in this production, discussed their impressions of each other and the appeal of the work "Cyborg 009". The company is like a club, where you can feel the youthfulness. Nanami: I really enjoyed working with the wonderful cast and crew. I really enjoyed the whole process from the production announcement to the rehearsals and the performance. It was like a club activity, like a fulfilling "youth" time. Satonaka I understand. The teamwork was great. Nanami: All that fun and teamwork came together on stage, and it was a lot of fun. What exactly did you feel was the most enjoyable part of the performance? Nanami ...

In this project, we ask a variety of celebrities about their "favorite things to do. In this fifth installment, we talk about "reading" with Yuyo Iuchi, the actor who is rapidly gaining popularity as Taiya Hando/Bun Red in "Bakjo Sentai Bunbunger. We spoke with him about a book that made him realize how much he loves reading, a work he would definitely like to be in if it were to be made into a live-action film, and his passion for reading. Iuchi said, "There is such an interesting novel! What was it that made you start reading books in the first place? Ever since I was a child, I was not good at sitting still, and reading was also rather difficult for me. But one day, one of my teachers at school told me that if I wanted to become an actor, I needed to be able to read and that I should read books to get used to the printed word. As I read more and more books, I began to find them interesting. ─ ─ When did you start reading? Around the first year of high school. I had almost never read before then. ─ ─ What was the first book you picked up when you were told to read? It was "Ningen Shikkaku" (Osamu Dazai). ─ ─ For someone who had read almost no novels up to that point, it must have been quite a hard read? Yes. ....... What novels...

In this program, we ask a variety of celebrities about their "favorite things to do. In this fourth installment, we will talk about "movies" with Tetsuro Tsuchioka of the comedy duo "Haru to Hikoki. Mr. Tsuchioka, who brought a lot of movie goods for the filming, talked about the 1,200 movie reviews he has been drawing for 13 years without showing them to anyone, as well as his childhood encounters with movies. I saw you transcribe the reviews you have written in Excel onto filmarks on your Youtube channel, "Talking about movies, Dogachaga". I have not been able to transcribe all of them yet... I have written some things that would be hard to publish as they are (laughs). 1200 reviews, and I am updating it as I add new reviews of movies that I have seen. Q: 1,200 movies? What made you start recording your impressions of movies? I guess it was when I went to college. I have loved movies since I was in junior high school, so I decided that if I could decide how to spend my time living alone, I would spend a lot of time watching movies. I also wanted to keep track of how many movies I had seen. I wanted to count how many movies I had seen at the same time...