In 1996, at the age of 42, Koichi lost his job.
At that time, his child had just been born, but the troupe that had been working as an actor for about 20 years was disbanded. When you need money urgently, you can only ask the president of your own firm for an advance salary, and then pay it back when you have a job.
In this way, with the support of his wife and president, Koichi continued to work as an actor, and five years later he got a chance.
Starred in the Japanese drama "HERO".
"HERO", which aired in 2001, received more than 30% ratings for each episode, and has since been released as a sequel and theatrical version, leaving behind many legendary masterpieces.
Koichi once said in the talk show "Our Time" that everyone remembered my face and name from "HERO".
In this issue of "Our Time", Matsushige Toyotomi, who is now active as a star, expressed his confusion at that time.
At that time, the concept of a supporting role or a Byplayer had not yet become popular. "If a troupe's signature actor like Fumiyoshi Koichi can't be popular, people like us don't even have a role model."
"It's also because he became popular through HERO" that he made a way for us supporting actors. Let us have hope that talented people can really get the public attention through interesting works. And this person can also get the opportunity to challenge more different performances. ”
In 2012, Matsushige Toyotomi, who became a topic of conversation for starring in "The Lonely Foodie", also because of the second season of "HERO", further enhanced its popularity and popularity.
Because of his works from this period, Matsushige Also became the representative of the uncle actors of "コワモテ (scary but popular)" and "コワカワ(fierce but cute)" because of his works from this period.
In addition to Fumiyoshi Koichi and Matsushige, the actor who has become known to the audience from "HERO" is Also Minoru Tanaka. He is also remembered with a famous line, "あるよ". Whatever you order can be done for you the bar owner.
The 27-year-old man who left Japan's state railway group and became an actor was suddenly remembered for his taciturn role.
There is also an actress who became a hit in the second season of "HERO", that is, Yoshida Goat.
This acting school, who seems to have turned out to be a child, joined the troupe during his college years. For ten years from 1997, he has been active as a stage actor in the small theater. During this time, she worked for moving companies, funeral homes, party planning companies, and other places.
A female agent who resigned from a large company watched Yoshida's stage play and sent her an invitation to "do you want to try making a film and television drama" or not. So Yoshida, who entered the 30th generation, and the two brokers established ORANKU, Yoshida's personal office, and began a new challenge. At that time, in order to fully devote herself to the new challenge, she stopped working part-time and her living expenses were supported by borrowing money. She didn't pay it off until shortly before she starred in the second season of HERO.
And now she is also a starring actress.
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20 years later, more supporting actors have shined their own light, and people have been seen.
When they come together, they are the strongest voice of the times, and no matter how big the heart is, how far people can go.
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