Recently, the news that made the little fairy in the Japanese circle sigh "too southern" is probably that the year-round tour of Kameari and Yayamashita Tomohisa was cancelled due to the epidemic...
At the beginning of the year, Japanese media reported that Kazuya Kameari and Tomohisa Yamashita will hold their first tour of the two major domes in Japan under the name of "亀と山 P" and release their first original album
This is also their second collaboration in 15 years after the TV series "Wild Boar Makeover", with the limited combination of "Shuji and Akira", they co-sang the theme song "Youth Amigo"
The new album name "SI" to be released this time is not only the lyrics in the song "Youth Amigo", but also the upside-down writing of the song's "15" years of launch, symbolizing the return to the original intention of 15 years of youth
At present, the MV of the main song "Amor" has been released for one and a half minutes, but due to the epidemic, the new album has to be postponed, and the original performance "KAME & YAMA-P Dome Tour 2020 SI" has also been cancelled
Although I don't know when I will hear the new album of "Shuji and Akira", it is already a lifetime series for the two to be able to cooperate and perform again, so please be patient and wait
In fact, speaking of Kameari and Yaya & Tomohisa Yamashita, this pair of CP really occupies a lot of post-80s and post-90s youth memories!
After the broadcast of "Wild Boar Transformation", which averaged 16.88% of the ratings that year, it became a social topic for a while, and the three main actors Kazuya Kameari, Tomohisa Yamashita, and Masaki Horikita also became popular throughout Asia
During the broadcast of the TV series, Kameari and Yamashita borrowed the names of the characters in the series for the first time to form a limited group "Shuji and Akira", and released "Youth Amigo" as the ending song of the series.
The single sold 1.627 million copies and became the number one in Japan in 2005 in just three weeks
Recently, Japanese television stations have also rebroadcast the show, which also generated a high rating of 11.0%.
Unlike the current campus idol drama, which is directly equivalent to the love drama, the most important core of "Wild Boar Transformation" is actually the growth of each character in adolescence
Shuji, played by Kazuya Kameari, is a prominent figure on campus, maintaining a comfortable relationship with everyone, and has a school flower girlfriend (played by Eiri toka Toda)
However, the seemingly infinite scenery of the millions of charms, in essence, there is not even a real friend, only one person - Zhang always insisted on coming to him
Tomohisa Yamashita plays Akira, the only son of the president of a large company, and a nervous boy who regards happiness as the highest criterion always appears bouncing around
However, Akira, who is pure Lotte, also has his own pain points, he avoids growing up, afraid to choose between ideal and reality like an adult
In the new semester, a transfer student in the class, Nobuko Otani (Masaki Horikita), is a girl who is withdrawn due to family reasons
She grew her long hair to cover her face, always bowed her head when she walked, did not dare to talk to people loudly, and was bullied from kindergarten to high school...
Shuji and Akira sympathize with her like this, and slowly approach this mysterious and lonely girl
Jokingly giving her the code name "Wild Boar" and drawing up a plan called "Wild Boar Overhaul", determined to free her from the shadow of autism step by step and become a popular object
In the process of transformation, the three twisted children know and pity each other
Although this setting is a bit of a middle two, fifteen years ago, the unforgettable bridges in the story healed countless hearts as sensitive as "wild boars"
Shuji and Akira want to help Nobuko change her image, but Nobuko insists on keeping the same hairstyle as her beloved doll. So the two took the doll and cut a very good hairstyle, and agreed to Nobuko's prank request and put on fancy clothes
To really think about people is not to say "I am for your own good", but to put yourself in your shoes and think for you. I wish you well, but I respect your choices and decisions
Nobuko's school uniform was written with malicious titles behind her, and Shuji and Akira deliberately wrote "nasty ghosts" and "stupid" on the pants of their school uniforms in order not to embarrass her alone, but unexpectedly caused a trend in the school
I still remember the first time Nobuko went on a date with a boy in the same class, when she encountered the old man suddenly spitting white foam and fainting on the ground, Nobuko rushed to the rescue and wiped the vomit off the old man's face with her hands, and as a result, she was disgusted by the boy who was dating
In the ambulance, Akira, who has been secretly stalking, grabs Shinko's hand tightly against his face and warmly tells her, "This is a pair of loving hands, not dirty at all."
In the "wild boar" I saw the light of love, in Akira I saw the kindness and warmth of the heart, in Shuji I saw the spirit of willing to silently help and support
Good friendship and love are all things that can make us better people, just like Shuji and Akira because "wild boar" learned how to love, and "wild boar" learned how to open up to accept love
At the end of the story, the wild boar, who is afraid of loneliness, asks Akira to accompany Shuji, because at that time, she already has the power to cope with the setbacks brought about by life
At the same time that Nobuko, who can finally smile, looks at the sky on the other side of the roof where the three of them used to gather, Shuji and Akira begin their new life
Such an incomparably brilliant youth won almost all the awards of the 47th Japanese Drama Academy Awards without suspense
For a while, "Shuji and Shoji" were synonymous with friendship and hope, but in the days that followed, exclusion, discord, and depression, these negative words often appeared at the same time as their names
There are even many exaggerated rumors about the relationship between the two: mutual jealousy, perennial cold war, and a big fight behind the concert
Just when everyone thought that the cultivation of the great trend had gone, the two were reunited after a gap of 10 years!
At the 2015 J family's New Year's Eve concert, the two sang the memorable and boiling "Youth Amigo" together.
When he finished singing the last lyrics, "Hold on to All This", Kameari Kazuya also turned around and hugged Tomohisa Yamashita's back, really showing off the friendship between Shuji and Akira
Since then, not only "Shuji and Akira" will reunite in various music programs every once in a while. In 2017, they also co-starred in the TV series "The Man I Am Destined to Do" and released the theme song "Still Unseen Opportunity" under the new group name of "Turtle and Mountain P"
At the end of the second episode of the "Wild Boar Makeover" special episode, a new version of "Youth Amigo" sung by Kazuya Kameari and Tomohisa Yamashita was also broadcast
Compared with the voices of the two at that time, the voices of the two were slightly lower, and the singing skills were more skilled, showing the charm of men in their thirties, which seemed to give the lyrics a deeper meaning
After all, in the past fifteen years, Kazukazu Kameari has also participated in countless performances with Tomohisa Yamashita, as well as film and television works, and has accumulated more experience
Moreover, both of them have experienced the debut of the group, and Tomohisa Yamashita has flown solo, continuing to explore different fields of music, and has also starred in the works of our country as an actor
Kazuru Kameari continues to participate in KAT-TUN activities, but she also makes her solo debut, holds solo concerts, and participates in variety shows, and is active in various fields
On a recent talk show, Kazuya Kameari and Tomohisa Yamashita talked about their unknown pasts, and it turned out that they had actually been jealous of each other and fought each other
Kazuru Kazuya also found that her favorite girl's folder had a photo of Yamap posted on it, and the urge to overtake the other party came out of nowhere
Tomohisa Yamashita happened to enter a period of rebellion, refusing to play the role according to the script like Kazuya Kameari, and Akira in the original work was a clear-tongued superior student, but he deliberately pretended to be stupid and frivolous
However, the final appearance of Akira, instead of forming a clever contrast with Shuji, injects life into this character
Just like the "Shuji and Akira" in the story, Kazuya Kameari and Tomohisa Yamashita have always used each other as mirrors, constantly accepting new challenges, accompanying, competing, and growing with each other. It's no wonder that more than a decade later, we still see them on the screen.
*Some image sources are online
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