Eiji Akaso Success Road: Following Kei Tanaka's style, he is on the verge of his big break.
Although the household viewership ratings were the worst
recorded since 2010, Akaso first morning drama left a strong impact, and the
final episode was greeted with a lot of "Kiji-kun loss" on social
networking sites. The Fuji TV drama series "Kazama
Kimichika: Kyobo 0," starring Takuya Kimura (50), will start on April 10.
He plays a young detective, Junshi Urihara, and is buddies with Kazama, played
by Kimura, a detective instructor.
He also appears in the TBS Friday drama "Pending Train
- 8:23, Tomorrow with You" starring Hiroki Yamada (32), which starts on
the 21st. He plays a firefighter and has a semi-leading role along with Moeka
Kamihiraishi (23). He has appeared in a series of commercial TV dramas in the
same cool season, and is a key player in the development of the story in both
dramas. In "Pending Train," a group of strangers on the same train
are suddenly transported back in time to the future and must live under extreme
conditions with no food or water. In order to create a sense of reality during
a scene in a sea of trees where the footsteps are not good, the actors did not
even eat during the filming. Akaso is being pulled in by many people who are
worried about whether he will be able to survive the two films he is shooting
at the same time and the physical and mental pressure he is under. The company
he belongs to is Tri-Stone Entertainment, the same company to which Shun Oguri
(40), Go Ayano (41), and Kei Tanaka (38) belong. Kei Tanaka has been shooting
dramas and movies simultaneously since around 2006, and his drama "Ossan
Zurabu" (TV Asahi) became an explosive hit in 2016; it has been made into
two series and a movie, and Tanaka has expanded his activities to include
variety shows and program MC.
Following in Tanaka's footsteps is Akaso, who gained
attention in 2020 with her first starring role in a solo drama series, "I
Can Become a Wizard If I'm a Virgin Until I'm 30" (TV Tokyo), abbreviated
as "Chelimaho. The story is about Kiyoshi Adachi, played by Akachu, who
turns 30 while still a virgin. He obtains a spell that allows him to read the
mind of a handsome guy in his class and falls in love with him. The drama won
the Galaxy Award Monthly Award for December 2020 and was made into a movie last
April.
Entertainment writer Masanako Ito, who interviewed Akaso for
the film, was impressed by his sincere attitude. She said, "When I
actually met Akaso, I felt his core strength; he seemed to ponder over each
question and choose words that fit the feelings he wanted to convey. It was
also reported that her father is Haruyuki Akaso, a linguist and president of
Nagoya Gakuin University, so perhaps she is very careful in her choice of
words. In addition to his words, he is also serious in his attitude toward
acting. The change from the "soothing Takashi" character he played in
the morning drama series for six months to his sudden change in the Gekijuku
series is unexpected and I look forward to his future career. There is no doubt
that Akaso is also walking the Tri-Stone success road.
Source: https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/b31a3ef503f3a15125c5e1d97cecc57eb0035a25