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Actor Mikihisa Azuma (57) appeared in YouTube footage from “BS Eleven Horse Racing Broadcast,” and after Yahoo! News reported on his appearance, reactions spread across 5ch, with comments like “this is close to the ideal way to age” and “he looks better now than he used to.” The thread’s discussion went beyond Azuma himself, expanding into comparisons with other celebrities such as Hiromi Go, Shinichi Mori, and Masaharu Fukuyama, whose looks “fight aging through cosmetic surgery.” There was also a flurry of comments about his acting in the drama “Okane ga Nai” (“I Have No Money”), which happens to be streaming on TVer right now. Meanwhile, some took a cooler view, asking “why does appearing on a horse racing broadcast even count as news?”
“Azuma Mikihisa’s way of aging is about as close to ideal as it gets” — 57-year-old Mikihisa Azuma’s BS appearance sparks reactions: “He looks better now than before!” “He’s really changed a lot.”
Actor Mikihisa Azuma (57) is drawing attention for his appearance.
He appeared on the YouTube channel for “BS Eleven Horse Racing Broadcast,” a Japan Racing Association broadcast program.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Should end up like Umemiya or Yamashiro.
That little shuffling walk of his really conveys what kind of personality the character has — pretty well done.
This guy hasn't landed a single winning pick
Pulling scam-like stunts at his age.
Same with Shinichi Mori — the skin ends up looking eerie.
Hiromi Go is creepy.
Masaharu Fukuyama is creepy too.
Azuma Mikihisa is great at playing a slightly dim, handsome leading-man type — that rich-boy (bonbon) role suited him perfectly.
I'm watching 'Okane ga Nai' right now so the decline looks pretty stark
He's actually one year younger than Yuji Oda.
'Okane ga Nai' was airing on TVer, so Yahoo! News probably just jumped on the bandwagon.
He didn't used to look like this.
He's getting his facial skin pulled to hide the sagging wrinkles
And that unnaturally thick hair means he's getting hair transplants/extensions too
Also, I don't get why, but why is it
that so many middle-aged male celebrities
get that creepy double-eyelid surgery like Miyane
once they hit a certain age
Not a single person
thinks that looks cool.
He even changed the way he walks for the role
Osawa the man is the best.
He's a long-shot bettor (ana-tō, someone who favors underdog picks), but when he hits it's big, so his win-bet return rate is probably good too.
Yeah, it really does come through once in a while.
Both TBS and Azuma screwed up badly, so it can never happen again.
I wonder what that announcer guy who was in the group-sex scandal is doing now lol
Right, there was that orgy scandal tied to 'Wonderful'
And separately from that, there was even a death
TBS has always had bad rumors swirling around it
Fuji TV is downright tame by comparison
There's a lot TBS just can't report on.
I heard that announcer is still at TBS, working on the production side now.
Isn't it because of the 'Wonderful' scandal?
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Mikihisa Azuma is an actor who was active in TV dramas during the 1990s, and in recent years has also become known as a horse racing enthusiast through his appearances on “BS Eleven Horse Racing Broadcast.” This article is a textbook example of a so-called “kotatsu article” — one written simply by gathering reactions from social media — and even within the thread itself, comment #27 took a cool, skeptical view of that very approach. Notably, the discussion centered less on Azuma himself than on comparisons with other celebrities like Hiromi Go, Shinichi Mori, and Masaharu Fukuyama, whose looks “fight aging through cosmetic surgery,” with comments praising the “naturalness” of his aging set against others expressing discomfort with excessive cosmetic procedures. It also appears that the renewed buzz was driven in part by the fact that his drama “Okane ga Nai” (“I Have No Money”) was being re-streamed on TVer at the time.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou Sports Breaking News+) thread “[Entertainment] “Azuma Mikihisa’s way of aging is about as close to ideal as it gets” — 57-year-old Mikihisa Azuma’s BS appearance sparks reactions: “He looks better now than before!”.”
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