Because of the epidemic, an actor who returned to China to quarantine finally came back to life.
Koji Yano, after staying in Japan for a while, the Japanese actor who has been active on the Chinese screen for a long time has continued to return to China to shoot.
Back in China, 47-year-old Koji Yano posted his latest on-set photos, and he teased that "the role of this play is high-status", before he announced that his new play was "The Amazing Miss D", which is a period play.
As a result, when many people welcomed him back to China to shoot a movie, they also asked him if he ate too well, because he was indeed gaining weight.
It is not clear how Japan ate, but it was satisfying to return to China.
After the 28-day quarantine, Yano Koji was in a good mood, first posting a video of himself dancing, and then posting a table full of Chinese meals, big fish and meat, and fine wine enjoyed at this year's Lantern Festival, he said, "After 28 days, yesterday's Lantern Festival was the happiest Lantern Festival ever, thank you to my Chinese friends." ”
Eat Chinese food, but also like Chinese idols. During the New Year, Koji Yano publicly chased the star Andy Lau: he posted a screenshot showing him next to Andy Lau, and he said at the time: "The first time I was so close to my idol, what should I do?" ”
In this regard, many Chinese fans left messages for him, jokingly telling him to "catch up quickly".
Koji Yano, who regards China as his second home, probably did not expect him to become such a popular Japanese actor in China.
Born on January 21, 1974 in Osaka, Japan, he worked and studied in Japan in his early years, worked as a bartender after graduating from high school, and later had the opportunity to be exposed to drama, and he transformed into an actor.
In 2000, he came to Beijing and began his own development in China, and in the same year he debuted in the TV series "Eternal Lover" in China.
Playing the role of the "Japanese soldier" Saito in the anti-war drama "Little Soldier Zhang Ga" is the role that makes Yano Koji successfully enter the Chinese public vision. In the play, the character played by Koji Yano makes the people hate him, but it also makes people start to pay attention to him.
So far, Koji Yano has starred in many works with anti-Japanese themes, in order to better participate in the performance, interpret the era without mobile phones, his waiting time on the set basically does not look at mobile phones, in order to achieve his integration with the era of the role.
Slowly, even Koji Yano himself forgot how many times he played the role of the Japanese army, and the name of "Devil's Professional Household" spread. For nearly three years, all the roles he has played have been like this, which has also allowed more Chinese audiences to gradually get to know him and further deepen their understanding of him, as an actor Koji Yano, those performances were not in vain.
Koji Yano once said, "I can confidently say to the Japanese, 'I'm still acting in Chinese films and TELEVISION!' That's something that makes me very proud. ”
Gradually, Koji Yano re-examined himself, and he decided not to play only the same villain roles, and later, even starred as an underground member of the Communist Party of China in the TV series "Feast", becoming the first Japanese to play a Chinese in the Chinese anti-Japanese drama.
After that, not only did he start to participate in various modern dramas, which also made him aim at the stage in addition to acting.
In 2008, Koji Yano was selected as the host of Hunan Satellite TV's "Every Day Upward" program, because of his easy-going personality and very funny hosting style, coupled with his relatively fluent Chinese, he quickly became a popular Japanese artist in China through this program. A sentence of "Happy, happy, very happy!" It became a classic quote for his successful out-of-the-loop at that time.
Although Chinese is not very good, many viewers gradually feel Yano Koji's love for China, and his enthusiasm for learning Chinese. His hilarious Chinese sounds a little crappy, but at the same time it has formed its own style.
In 2010, he was awarded the best foreign artist of the year by the Chinese media, when someone said: The more such "Japanese devils", the better!
After gaining more attention, controversy and skepticism followed.
The development of a Japanese in China was criticized by the Japanese side, and many Japanese netizens accused Yano Koji, and even once there was news that Yano Koji was boycotted by some Japanese radicals.
A few years ago, Koji Yano recorded a program in which representatives of three countries, China, Japan and South Korea debated a certain topic, when Yano koji made a speech on the issue of dog ownership, and when he talked about some Chinese dog raising practices, it caused some controversy.
In this regard, Yano Koji publicly responded, first apologizing, saying that his remarks were out of proportion and partial, and he must pay attention to it in the future, but he also stressed: "My wife and children are Chinese, I am the son-in-law of Chinese, China is my second hometown, saying that I insult China, am I insulting myself?" ”
As a result, this wave of remarks has doubled the favor of many Chinese netizens, and 330,000 people have liked him at that time.
It should be mentioned here that Yano Koji married a Chinese Chongqing girl, and because of his wife's identity as an outsider, Yano Koji has not been exposed, and he has protected her well. The daughter born together by the two Chinese named Xinyue, who directly entered the Chinese nationality, which fully reflects Yano Koji's love for China and really regards China as his second hometown.
In 2016, Koji moved from Beijing to Japan with his Chinese wife and children, and is now active between China and Japan at the same time. The work center also moved from China to Japan, and his work was mainly in acting, and in the same year he signed a contract with a well-known Japanese agency, the Oscar Office, announcing the official launch of artistic activities in Japan.
He said: "Start running on both sides, in Japan, like me, there is no, just me." But he still can't put down the acting career in China, "I like the Chinese way, it's easy-going and simple, back in Japan, I can quickly switch to the way here." 」 ”
In April 2016, he starred as a regular member in the Japanese drama "Metropolitan Police Department Search Chief", which is a high-profile Japanese TV series, and now the drama has reached its fourth season. When you see him speaking Japanese lines in large sections of the play, many Chinese viewers will feel unaccustomed because he speaks fluent Japanese, because too many people know him first because of Chinese TV dramas.
In 2020, the world is shrouded in the epidemic, and the epidemic prevention and control special session of "Every Day Upward" also invited this old friend to connect in the air. As a son-in-law in Chongqing, China, Yano koji was worried about his grandparents and many friends in China, so he contacted friends who had worked in Tokyo and donated 130,000 masks to Chinese medical workers in the initial global shortage of masks.
"I was supposed to return to China in March (2020) to shoot the film, and I am still waiting for the notice of the crew. Watching the report in Tokyo, I was very worried about my friends in Japan. When the epidemic happened, we can only do a little thing, if we can bring a little warmth to our friends in China, even if it is a second of warmth, it is very satisfied. This is Koji Yano's self-description at the time.
Koji Yano personally participated in the process of packing and packing masks, and the warmth of such a heart made many Chinese audiences feel very warm. At that time, many netizens commented, "We will remember your kindness in our hearts!" "Or our Chinese son-in-law is reliable!"
Even as a member of the former "Tiantian Brothers", Yano Koji also donated 1 million yuan to support Wuhan together with Wang Han, Wang Yibo and other new and old "Tiantian Brothers" and purchased epidemic prevention materials to support Wuhan.
Although he cannot return to China temporarily because of the epidemic, Koji Yano has also been active in China's current popular short video platform, he introduces the cultural differences between China and Japan from a first-person perspective, and introduces the food, customs and culture of China and Japan to fans.
As a well-known foreign actor, Koji Yano also plays the role of a bridge for the mutual output and communication of the two cultures, and only by facing history and facing the future can we promote each other's long-term development.
On a social platform, there is a line that reads," "What is the name of a Japanese person that you can think of in 5 seconds?" Of the more than 86,000 comments received, Koji Yano received the highest approval rating.
It is undeniable that today, Koji Yano is already the most popular and well-known Japanese actor in China, which he has accumulated over time and won with his time and practical actions.
Now, he has returned to act, and the Chinese audience is naturally all kinds of welcome.
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