Tokyo Reborn: Dark Superstar

Chapter 30 The gentleman is far away from the chef

In 1996, the younger sister Akiho Nakamori, who debuted as a beautiful motorcycle rider, signed a contract with Diamond Pictures without Nakamori Akina's prior knowledge, and collaborated with Nishimura Tohru to shoot art works.

Then, after the two sisters had a big quarrel, they attempted suicide.

As a result, Akina Nakamori, her elder sister and senior, has been criticized by public opinion.

The once plump-cheeked, cute, ignorant and innocent Nakamori Akina gradually faded away.

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After the incident involving my sister Akiho Nakamori.

Her figure began to lose weight significantly, and she often showed a gray and worried look when she appeared in public, which became a familiar appearance for later generations.

Nakamori Akina's girlhood is over...

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Originally, Bunta Takakura had no time to pay attention to this. He was looking for the TV Asahi studio to record "Clouds Turn into Rain".

However, the entire TV station staff, including mixers, reverberation engineers, recording engineers, and arrangement assistants, were all discussing this matter.

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Nakamori Akiho officially debuted in a motorcycle racing variety show hosted by Broadcasting Asahi in 1995 on the recommendation of her sister.

This motorcycle racing variety show features artists from all walks of life, and also invited the Honda team, which won the fourth motorcycle GP championship, to participate.

In contrast, Nakamori Akiho, who is a pure vegetarian in the community business motorcycle team, can make her debut in this show.

Sister Akina Nakamori, who is already active as a top idol, can be said to have devoted all her resources and connections to help.

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During this period, Nakamori Akina used her own reputation as a guarantee to promote her sister's image as a positive, healthy, competitive, athletic, and independent female motorcycle rider in the new century.

He even helped his sister Akiho Nakamori negotiate an endorsement deal for Honda motorcycles.

As a result, Nakamori Akiho did it without any negotiation.

With the encouragement of his father and brother, he got rid of his "sister's control", signed a sky-high film contract with Diamond Pictures, chose a motorcycle-related subject, and became an art rider.

The next year, Akiho Nakamori published a single volume of the plastic-covered magazine, and then the art videos began to sell out...

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Bunta Takakura still remembers the news in 2010 that Akiho Nakamori suffered a traffic accident and suffered sequelae on his right leg and could no longer ride a motorcycle.

Then I saw the news of Nakamori Akiho's death due to liver cirrhosis.

At the funeral, her father, Mr. Akio Nakamori, with the support of his brother Yuta Nakamori, tried his best to disclose the death of his youngest daughter to magazine reporters.

"If Akina knew the news of Mingsui's death, she would definitely be severely shocked because she was younger than him..."

"But the estrangement in her heart is too deep. She doesn't want to see her family no matter what. She will definitely be sad and lost alone..."

"Please tell Mingna, please come back and take a look... Mingsui was in this state in the end, I want to tell Mingna..."

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This dark star world, I heard from the staff of TV Asahi.

Nakamori Akina's father and brother were in debt due to pachinko machines and eating mulberries.

When Akina Nakamori first debuted, the news department of TV Asahi originally wanted to use this as a topic.

It was Akina Nakamori's management company, Yanyin Office, and executives from Warner Records who came to Taili for public relations and suppressed the matter.

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This kind of top-notch thing in the entertainment industry is still too far away from Takakura Bunta.

In the studio of TV Asahi, apart from listening to gossip and eating melons, he was making songs.

Takakura Bunta's poor music theory knowledge makes the production of songs much more difficult than ordinary singers.

Together with accompaniment, mixing, and formal recording, Bunta Takakura stayed in the recording studio for thirteen days.

After the song recording was completed, the arranger assistant called Uchiyama Seiko to come and review the song.

Half an hour later, Uchiyama Seiko rushed to the recording studio with a girl, it was Sato Aiko, the heroine of "Love with a Kiss".

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Sato Aiko looked very unfriendly.

Because the theme song for the overseas release of "Love with a Kiss" was originally intended to be sung by Ozawa Makoto. Ozawa Makoto started learning Chinese many years ago. After the honeymoon period between the two countries, visas were opened, and she often traveled to Long Country with her father and grandfather.

Now that Takakura Bunta has been cut off midway, Sato Aiko and Ozawa Maju have become best friends on the set. After hearing about this, they came to fight for Ozawa Maju.

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Ozawa Makoto and Uchiyama Seiko, wearing Sony MDR headphones, appraised the quality of "Clouds and Rain".

Bunta Takakura lit a cigarette outside.

The appearance of Sato Aiko does not look like the impression given by the typical RB woman. Her big eyes and big ears are what makes her unique and most charming.

She often makes funny and cute expressions in front of the camera, but she always has a pure blue color that never fades.

In addition, Sato Aiko is also the most famous among the previous "National Beautiful Girl" champions.

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The last two episodes of "Love with a Kiss" have begun to feel a bit sad, paving the way for the ending of heroine Reiko Matsumoto and hero Naoki Irie.

However, when the second female lead Ozawa Makoto is so beautiful.

According to a survey conducted by TV Asahi, 96.3% of viewers still demand a happy ending.

That is, the heroine Kotoko Aihara and the hero Naoki Irie are together.

Sato Aiko did interpret Kotoko's persistence and stupid cuteness to the extreme, and successfully moved the audience.

Therefore, after the sadness of the last two episodes, the happy ending is as abrupt as it seems to be the screenwriter's consolation prize for Kotoko.

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Sato Aiko's persistence is also reflected in her work as an artist...

Sato Aiko once took on twenty-five TV commercials from different companies in one year, setting a new record for the number of commercials shot in a single year, and was called the Queen of Advertising.

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight

Sato Aiko, it was revealed many years later, had been in the luxurious shower room of a Tokyo Hilton hotel suite.

During the New Year period, we received visits from advertisers for two consecutive weeks...

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Takakura Bunta is very open-minded about these news.

Characters and actors are treated completely separately.

Characters are art created by a team of writers, cartoonists, directors, screenwriters, actors, artists, lighting designers, makeup artists, etc.

The actor is an independent reality.

The two are different dimensions of art and reality, often diametrically opposed to one another.

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Teacher Ma Dehua, who plays Zhu Bajie in "Journey to the West", is from the Protoss.

In "Huan Zhu Ge Ge", Grandma Rong Li Ming does many evil things and is deeply hated. An old lady who often participates in community welfare activities and serves as a volunteer, and has been doing so for decades.

The green snake and the white snake who worship Guanyin in "The Legend of White Snake" believe in Jesus. Zhao Yazhi graduated from the Catholic Chongde English College, and Chen Meiqi is a Catholic artist.

The leading actor in "Causeway Bay" is Ho Nam Ge, whose actor Ekin Cheng comes from an ordinary working-class family in Hong Kong and has a background in hosting children's programs.

His personality is simple and unsociable, he is a really silly person who is often shy and prone to crying.

There are countless examples of the opposite in the entertainment industry.

For example: the weak girl, Silly Baitian in the play, the green tea table, the scheming girl Ziwei, Shuangzi, Haotian Emperor, Xiaolu, Da Baobao, etc. outside the play.

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A gentleman is like a beast.

Seeing its life, one cannot bear to see its death; hearing its voice, one cannot bear to eat its flesh;
  Therefore, a gentleman is far away from the kitchen.

Life in the entertainment industry should be treated as an animal, as Mencius said.

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"Hello, I am Sato Aiko."

Sato Aiko walked out of the video studio and interrupted Takakura Bunta's thoughts...

(End of this chapter)