Takeda Tetsuya said to the celebrity torchbearers that he was "depressed and didn't say a word of excitement"

▲ Actor Takeda Tetsuya

Singer and actor Takeda Tetsuya (71) will star in "Wide na Show" (Sunday at 10 a.m.) broadcast by Fuji TV on the 28th. He expressed his views on the transmission of the flame that began on the 25th.

The torch relay began in the midst of a crisis of celebrity torchbearers resigning, to which Takeda said: "When you hear the news of artists resigning from torchbearers, you will be very depressed." "Although it is said that there is an epidemic, although everyone is right, they have not said a word of excitement. Especially in the coverage of the Olympic Games, it is like killing each other", expressing great regret for the status quo.

Still, for the torch relay that has already begun, he said, "It's really nice if the torchbearers are running on the road between the fields and the kids are running behind." Pass the sacred flame in the middle of the rice field, and the sacred flame will surely inspire some people. I don't think there's any need to use this as an event to heat up the atmosphere." "I also thought about giving up for a moment", "The flame relay is also a way of running, and everyone just runs forward with things." It's also OK for barbecue... At one point, it had fallen to this level. Just like the opening and closing ceremonies, if the first-class people want to engage, it will still become a competition between the top levels. If that's the case, then don't do it. Initiated by Tokyo and then ended. Takeda's 57-year-old view agrees, "The idea of sharing the flame together is not bad."

Immediately after, Takeda also said, "We must insist on running the most unlucky Olympic Games." This is the first time in history that there has been such an unlucky Olympic Games. The goal is to make the Olympic Games the least expensive. If it goes well towards that goal, people will say it's different since the Tokyo Olympics, and it's worth it." (Roar/Translation)