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Two women who appeared in an NHK street-interview segment were recognized by users on 5ch, sparking a thread on the Geinou/Sports Breaking News+ board (“Geisoku Sokuho+”) full of reactions like “Was this staged?” and “I was shocked when they showed up.” The interviewees are reportedly Emi Ando and Nonoko, and it’s the fact that they were presented as ordinary passersby that caught social media’s attention. The thread split between those who think “good-looking people are simply more likely to get picked for street interviews” and those who suspect “the network arranges people in advance,” with the discussion eventually drifting into complaints about NHK’s low license-fee subscription rate.
Emi Ando
Nonoko
A woman who turned up in an NHK street interview turned out to be a surprise celebrity, and social media is buzzing with “Was this staged?” and “I was shocked when they showed up.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Satoshin, Tehiro-naka, Ie-tan, Isetan, Dead Yoshiko (a chain of sound-alike name wordplay/nonsense, not an actual statement)
You still trust TV, huh?
An anonymous board post where people say whatever, true or not, and hit-and-run without accountability
is probably even less credible than that.
You don't have to sign a license contract. Only people who actually want to support them should pay.
I've never had a contract, and I never will.
Being on TV is genuinely a risk now.
So the ones who do — and who happen to look good — are more likely to already work in front of a camera.
It's written as "Ando (lol)" and "Nonoko," see? (her name literally uses the kanji for "laugh/smile," read as "Emi" — so "安藤笑" doubles as a joke)
If it's a spot popular enough for TV to visit, influencers would be there too.
Not an interview, just a street shot — she was waiting at a crosswalk and they held a close-up on her the whole time until the light changed.
Even if your life feels great and fulfilling right now, who knows what happens down the line.
In a digital society, hiding your personal information should be the priority — yet here they are exposing themselves on purpose. I don't get it.
You're the ones imagining that they're interviewing random people they stumbled across.
TV stations don't even have the budget for that anymore these days lol
So they just cold-approach anyone who looks like they might be an influencer.
Reminds me of that story about voice actor Kazuhiko Inoue — coming home at dawn, dozing off at a Shinjuku crosswalk waiting for the light, and getting caught on camera lol
Cyborg 009, huh lol. Guess these days Joe Shimamura is played by Kaji-kun.
If the number of paying households keeps shrinking, NHK will have no choice but to reform or get split up and privatized.
I'll keep not signing a contract and watch it all play out. Should be fun.
It's supposed to be a live broadcast lol
Background and Key Points of the Debate
Suspicion of “staged” street interviews isn’t a new topic — it’s long been known that in places like train stations and busy shopping districts, where passersby tend to be reluctant to be interviewed, TV networks sometimes secure interviewees through casting agencies or extras agencies. Whether these two women are actually affiliated with an agency hasn’t been confirmed as of this writing; the thread’s claim that the name “Emi Ando” looked familiar is limited to a connection with mahjong-related media, and no official explanation or confirmation has come from the show itself. The debate mainly splits into two camps: a “natural selection” theory — that better-looking people are simply more willing to be interviewed — and a “staging” theory — that the network arranges people in advance — and neither has been settled. Some replies also drifted into the separate topic of NHK’s declining license-fee payment rate, which should be read as distinct from the question of whether this particular interview was genuine.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports Breaking News+) thread “[TV] NHK street-interview duo “both are just too cute” — identities spark social media frenzy: “Staged?” “I knew I’d seen them somewhere”.”
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