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“24-Hour TV 49” kicked off on August 29, and it was announced that actress Mari Hoshino, serving as the charity marathon runner, will set out from Nissan Stadium in Yokohama together with roughly 1,000 recruited cheer runners, aiming for Ryogoku Kokugikan. TOKIO’s Shigeru Joshima sent Hoshino a message of encouragement, saying “everything you’ve done up to now will push you forward.” On 5ch, reactions split between supportive comments and more cynical ones, with skeptical remarks about how donations are used and cast pay, along with wisecracks about the course distance and how the runners are treated.
Fri, Aug 29, 7:27 PM
The annual Nippon TV charity program “24-Hour TV 49 — Love Saves the Earth —” (August 29-30) began at 6:30 p.m. on the 29th at Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo.
It was announced that actress Mari Hoshino, the charity marathon runner, will start from Nissan Stadium in Yokohama alongside roughly 1,000 recruited cheer runners for the “Kids’ Fund to Grow the ‘I Did It!’ Feeling.” They will run 4 kilometers together inside the stadium before Hoshino continues on toward Kokugikan.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
Is that how it works?
She's the charity marathon runner, of course she's getting paid big.
Kind-hearted people don't age.
Try walking 30km.
It's brutal.
True if you never walk normally, but get a little used to it and it's doable.
That's just 15 laps around Komazawa Park.
For a ¥10 million paycheck plus more work offers coming your way, it'd be a breeze.
get put on display for free
while the broadcast profits get booked as revenue by a for-profit outfit
and you guys are the ones donating.
This show completely ignores the people doing the truly hard work of caring for the disabled.
Kumamoto's a no-go, but if they had the guts to make Inoue Sakura run all the way from Toyama, that might actually get people hyped…
Setting aside any embezzlement, they've actually got that part cleverly worked out.
They use the donations to buy sponsors' products, then donate those to friendly organizations —
that way the show pulls in big money from sponsors, and that's where the cast's pay comes from.
It's just that they get more attention — it's actually just as common everywhere.
Speaking from an organized-crime point of view,
this kind of thing's probably going to become necessary as times go on.
That's former AKB48 member Nana Okada.
Seriously?
So the pay works out to over ¥200,000 per km?
Jealous.
Bet nobody would notice if she got swapped out for Karen Miyama partway through.
Maybe the punchline is she ends up as Suzuka Daigo by the end?
Background and Talking Points on This Story
“24-Hour TV” is a charity special that Nippon TV airs every August, and a segment where a cast member travels a long distance has become a yearly fixture. This time, charity marathon runner Mari Hoshino heads from Nissan Stadium in Yokohama to Ryogoku Kokugikan, with the twist that she runs the first 4 kilometers together with roughly 1,000 recruited cheer runners. The show hasn’t disclosed cast pay or exactly how donations are used, so claims circulating in the thread — that she’s “getting paid big” or that funds are being “skimmed” — remain unsubstantiated speculation. Worth noting: this kind of criticism gets leveled at the show every single year, not just this time around.
*This article is compiled from excerpts and a summary of the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “[24-Hour TV] 1,000 Cheer Runners Join Marathon Runner Mari Hoshino, TOKIO’s Shigeru Joshima Encourages Her: “Everything You’ve Done So Far Will Push You Forward”“
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