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On August 24, 2023, a time that will go down in history, Japan announced to the world that it was officially releasing nuclear wastewater into the sea. Japan's selfishness and individualism that only cares about the individual and ignores the collective has been attacked by people from all walks of life in China, and many big-name stars in the entertainment industry have also spoken out about it.
There is such an actor who has lived in China for 23 years and claims to be a Japanese who loves Chinese culture very much, he is Koji Yano. For his hometown to do such a unconscionable thing, he did not speak, and major netizens ran to Yano Koji's social media to comment.
Koji Yano's comment area fell
After Japan announced the discharge of nuclear sewage, Koji Yano, as a Japanese actor living in China, chose to be a silent person for the great evil deeds made by Japan. For Koji Yano's silence, netizens naturally unacceptable, and ran to his comment area to "attack" him.
Some netizens scolded him for "going back to Japan", and some netizens commented, hoping that he could stop his idea of returning to his hometown in Japan. But the vast majority of netizens used Koji Yano's comment area to scold Japan's crimes. There are also some relatively sane netizens who defend Koji Yano below.
But Koji Yano, as a public figure, chose to ignore such a crime in the face of Japan, which is really chilling for the Chinese fans who follow him. After all, he has lived in China for 23 years and has publicly expressed his love for Chinese culture, so when Japan made mistakes, he chose to ignore it, which really disappointed Chinese fans who had supported him for many years.
However, although Koji Yano did not speak on this matter, judging from his past performances and acting career, his love for China is not made up.
A difficult acting career
Born into a poor family in Osaka Prefecture, Japan, Koji Yano had to go out early to work in order to make a living, and Koji worked as a security guard and waiter when he was young.
When Koji Yano was working as a bartender in a bar, a customer looked at his side face and said that his appearance was very tasteful and suitable for being an actor. After this person's persuasion, he had the idea of becoming an actor, so he went to Tokyo alone to start his journey as an actor.
After arriving in Tokyo, he had no reliable background, and he could only rely on his auditions to get some small roles. Finally, Koji Yano got a more important role, but he was driven away by the director on the day of filming, because another actor was temporarily stuffed into the role of Koji Yano.
The discouraged Koji Yano plans to give up his career as an actor and return to his hometown to continue living an ordinary life. At this time, Koji Yano received a call from Japan's Sun Entertainment Company, saying that he wanted to sign a contract with him.
After receiving the call, Koji Yano didn't mention how happy he was, but the other party asked Koji Yano to go to China to film and arrange a male lead for him.
Koji Yano, who heard that he could play the male lead, agreed to the company's request. Koji Yano, who had never been to China, knew nothing about China, and perhaps he did not expect that he would fall in love with China completely and stay in China and settle down.
Decided to stay in China and develop
Koji Yano, who first arrived in China, first visited the Forbidden City in Beijing, and when he visited the Forbidden City for the first time, he was struck by China's vast and profound cultural heritage.
In the process of filming, he was moved by the simple humor of the Chinese, and even felt that living in China was more comfortable than his hometown, and he liked China even more
In order to be more adapted to Chinese life, Koji filmed in the crew during the day and went to night school to learn Chinese characters at night. After a long period of in-depth understanding of Chinese culture, Koji found himself attracted by this ancient civilization with deep cultural heritage.
Koji intends to stay in China for a long time, and he flatly refuses to return to the Japanese company. He emptied his savings to pay liquidated damages from Japanese companies, and signed a contract with a Chinese film and television company half a year after arriving in China, starting his life as an actor in China.
In 2002, Koji Yano participated in the TV series "Towards the Republic", in which he played the role of the emperor, which was also his first "Japanese devil" role in front of Chinese audiences. With Koji's superb "devil" image acting skills, many directors were pleasantly surprised by the acting skills of this newcomer Japanese, and threw olive branches to Koji, most of them are anti-Japanese scripts that need him to play the Japanese image.
But Koji never minded, and carefully studied the script of each play, and through the interpretation of these anti-war films, he also had a clearer understanding of this history.
With a 2005 "Little Soldier Zhang Ga", Koji starred in "Japanese Devil" again, and after playing "Devil" many times, Koji finally established his "Devil" image.
Koji once said in an interview program that China's previous anti-Japanese dramas have never had a specific Japanese image, and he feels honored to star in these anti-Japanese dramas. It is precisely because of these dramas that he learned the real history. When he participated in these anti-Japanese films, he acted with a heart of atonement and apology.
For his speech, it attracted a large number of Chinese fans.
Subsequently, in 2008, Koji was invited to be the host of the "Every Day Up" column. It is also this show that pushes this honest Japanese actor to more audiences. Kouji in the show is always half a beat slower than others, and in the face of other people's jokes, Kouji will respond with a grin.
However, Koji's identity is too special, and in 2012, Koji no longer continued to be the host of "Every Day Up". Unable to take the play in China, the Japanese called Koji a "traitor" every day, and Koji was caught in a dilemma.
Even when Koji returned to Japan to visit his parents, he was beaten by the Japanese, and it was precisely because of this incident that Koji was completely disappointed in Japan and decided to return to China to continue his development. Koji also invited his parents to live in China, but his parents couldn't leave their hometown and insisted on staying in Japan.
Koji, who decided to develop in China, also gave himself the Chinese name "Haoge". He explained that the origin of the name was because everyone called him "Second Brother Hao", so he chose such a name.
Take a Chinese wife to learn Chinese culture
So, does Koji Yano, who stayed in China to develop, really like China or did he create a false persona?
Koji has publicly expressed his love for China more than once, and he loves Chinese culture and is willing to learn about it. He said Japan was his birthplace and China was his second home.
During the epidemic, Koji also donated masks to Wuhan and books to children in poor mountainous areas. During the special period of the epidemic, he also actively responded to the call of the country and planted vaccines in time.
Koji and his Chinese wife, a Chongqing girl, met by accident during filming. The two also gave birth to a lovely daughter, and Koji chose to let her daughter become a Chinese citizen.
After having a daughter, Koji would take his wife and children home to visit his parents on holidays, and he always hoped that his parents could travel to China with them, but Koji's parents still decided to stay in Japan.
Koji's theater path, which has lived in China for more than 20 years, has also become wider and wider, and he is no longer the image of "Dazuo". Sometimes when Koji plays some historical drama roles, Koji will humbly delve into the relevant history of that period to better play the role.
Japan discharges nuclear sewage, should he speak out?
As a public figure, everyone must hope that Kouji can take a stand and speak out on this matter, but Koji's choice not to speak out is not conflicting with whether he really loves China.
Perhaps from Koji's point of view, there are some special reasons why it is inconvenient for him to express his views; Or maybe he didn't want to impose the contradictions on himself.
For actors, we should focus on the work and acting. Judging from Koji Yano's development in China for more than 20 years, he has long regarded China as his second hometown, and we cannot use this to measure whether his heart for China is true or not.
Every time something bad happens in Japan, netizens will run to the comment area of Koji Yano to comment, and it is obviously Japan who makes a mistake, but asks Koji Yano to bear the pressure of public opinion.
The Japanese nuclear pollution incident will definitely put Koji Yano on the cusp again, and now Koji rarely films, and he only returned to Japan to visit his parents and other relatives.
Japan, as his hometown, did such an indiscriminate and dehumanizing thing, and I think in Koji's heart, he could not accept it. It's just that he, as an ordinary person, can't do any practical remedies, and we should not put pressure on innocent people, but should attack those culprits.
Write at the end
We can't lose a good actor because of someone else's crime. Koji, as a Japanese actor living in China, is also difficult for him to be between the two. Now he already has his own home in China, and his every word and action represents his attitude, so let's wait for the good news and wait for the final result!
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