▲ What is your favorite work in the TV series starring Takuya Kimura?
Japanese singer and actor Takuya Kimura (48) starred in the TV series "Long Holiday" (Fuji TV) 25 years ago, in 1996, which caused a craze in society, and since then he has starred in a number of tv dramas that have been popular.
This time, J-CAST newspaper published a TV series starring Kimura in "What is my favorite work?" "A reader questionnaire was conducted and more than 2,000 readers participated in the survey. The results showed that the number one was not "Long Vacation" but...
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In 1991, Kimura made his official debut as a member of the Idol Group SMAP of The Janis Studio. His major works include "The Other Side of the Night Sky" (1998), "LION HEART" (2000), "The Only Flower in the World" (2003 single) and so on.
His first appearance as an actor was in the 1993 romantic drama "White Paper on Love" (Fuji TV). Subsequently, he starred in the TV series "Long Holiday" in 1996, which reached nearly 30% in the ratings, setting off a wave of enthusiasm in society.
Since then, he has also starred in many TV series, such as "Love Century" (1997 Fuji TV), "Beautiful Life" (2000 TBS TV), "HERO" (2001, 2014 Fuji TV), etc., establishing his status as an actor with his unique presence. He also played a police academy iron-faced instructor, Kazema Gongqin, in the special TV series "Teaching Field", which aired during the Spring Festival in 2020 and 2021. Although he is nearly 50 years old, he is still constantly breaking new ground in his career.
▲Questionnaire survey statistical results
J-CAST newspaper used the voting system "Toidas" platform to conduct a reader survey, and the participants selected a favorite work from all the TV series starring Kimura from 1995's "Life First" (TBS TV) to the latest work " Teaching Field " series. Voting began at 8 a.m. on May 25 and 2,267 votes had been collected as of 4 p.m. on may 28. Here we have selected 5 top-ranked works to introduce:
▏The 5th to 3rd places are all works from the 2000s
Ranked 5th was the 2003 broadcast of "GOOD LUCK!! (TBS TV 159 votes). Set against the backdrop of the aviation industry, the story tells the story of Kimura's hot-blooded pilot Shinkaimoto, who grows up in the process of constantly clashing with a strict flight inspector (Shinichi Toki) while dealing with his lover, Bumi ogawa (Yuki Shibasaki), who is also a mechanic. The series also received all-round assistance from All Nippon Airways in filming, and the final episode received a record rating of 37.6%.
No. 4 was "Lovers on Ice" (Fuji TV, 184 votes) aired in 2004. This work tells a youthful inspirational love story through the "ice competition" - ice hockey. Kimura plays haru naka, the captain of an ice hockey team owned by a company and the main scorer. As the captain, Richu leads the team members played by Kenji Sakaguchi and Shingoro Ichikawa (now the 10th generation Koshiro Matsumoto). In terms of feelings, he has always had the mentality of "playing", and he has also changed after he met a professional woman who came to watch the game, Murase (Yuko Takeuchi).
Ranked 3rd was the HERO series (339 votes). After the first season aired in 2001, a second season aired in 2014. In the first season, Kimura's out-of-line prosecutor Kurisei Hiromiya and Matsutaka's meticulous prosecutor Maiko Yunomiya are paired up to uncover the truth of various events with prosecutor colleagues. The first season, which garnered more than 30 percent of each episode, was hailed as a "monster series," followed by theatrical versions, specials, and sequels. In the second season of 2014, the role of the female protagonist Prosecutor Numb was played by Keiko Kitagawa.
▏ "Long Holiday" is actually the 2nd? Ranked #1 is...
No. 2 was The Long Holiday (373 votes), which aired in 1996. The drama follows the cohabitation of the runaway model Hayama Minami, played by Kimura' introverted pianist Hidetoshi Seina, and Tomoko Yamaguchi. At first, Setana is in love with his descendant Ryoko Ozawa (Takako Matsu), and Hayama nan supports him behind him. However, as Seta is frustrated, the two gradually approach the end of the story. The relationship between Setuna and the heroine, who is a pianist and dreams of going to Boston, touches the hearts of the audience until the final episode. This drama was Takuya Kimura's famous work, and its popularity at the time even reached the point where "when the TV series started) at 9 o'clock on Monday, there were no female office workers on the street."
Finally, the no. 1 work was The Century of Love (402 votes), which aired in 1997. The story of the drama unfolds at an advertising agency, where Tetsuhei Kata kiri, a playboy salesman played by Kimura, meets Ritsuko Uesugi, a professional woman played by Takako Matsu, and the two have a complicated love story. Kimura's mantra of "Wait, Wait, Go" (ちょ, 待てよ), which appears frequently in this work, was later imitated by the comedy artist HORI and became well known.
In addition, the 6th and later episodes included "Beautiful Life" (146 votes) with more than 40% viewership in the last episode, and "Express Master" (1997 Fuji TV, 88 votes) played by Kimura as a young man who lost his memory. In addition, recent works such as "Tokyo Hotel" (2019 TBS TV 76 votes) and "Teaching Ground" (Fuji TV 73 votes) are also among them.