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A TV Tokyo program featured a scene in which writer-producer Shunsuke Sakuma gave advice to announcer Rio Kitagawa, a former member of Morning Musume. ’22, and the clip went viral on social media. A post describing Hikaru Ijuin’s reaction — “I want the young women at my agency to hear this” — was then shared on 5ch’s Hello! Project board. The thread’s discussion ranged well beyond the actual advice itself, touching on Kitagawa’s new duties since October hosting segments like “Tore Tama neo” on “WBS,” and how her current standing compares with former groupmates Marai Makino and Tsubasa Hasumi — with reactions to the surrounding backstory outweighing talk of the advice itself.
Hikaru Ijuin & Shunsuke Sakuma’s Unauthorized “TV Tokyo Review” @teretouhihyou
Sakuma gives announcer Rio Kitagawa
some real, no-joke advice!
Source: tver.jp / Original article here
What people said
Getting to interact with Sakuma? That's first-class treatment.
She's been hosting "Tore Tama neo" every Thursday since October.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Dd_TvSsypXf/
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Starting in October, I'll be in charge of:
▫WBS Tore Tama neo (every Thursday)
▫Morning Satellite Saturday (every other Saturday)
▫Ii eeeee Park (narration, every Sunday) (a TV Tokyo variety segment)
☺︎
At a TV Tokyo event, a Yoshimoto comedian teased assistant Kitagawa about her Morning Musume past, and she fired back a solid comeback.
https://video.twimg.com/amplify_video/2099434873794781184/vid/avc1/1280×720/y2iqxH7Dczu898Jp.mp4
Even in the follow-up recap they kept calling her "Kitagawa, formerly of Morning Musume."
"How much longer are you gonna keep playing the humble underdog?" — that line hit way too hard.
Looks like it's Hello! Project's turn now.
Only in your head, man.
It's not in the archive yet? Which clip is it?
Isn't that just a setup for her co-appearance on Dekabo?!
Kitagawa: "My self-introduction actually ran longer now than it did back then."
Murakami: "Right, because it was competitive."
Maruyama: "I get that feeling a bit! We were the same way as juniors."
That chat on "Arieheh Sekai" (variety show) the other day was clearly about her idol days, however you look at it.
I don't hear much about young female talent at Horipro these days — about the only one is Sakura Inoue, who ended up filling the gap left after Kojiharu's dramatic fall from grace.
What reason would there even be to respect her, lol
Oyaki's a Makino fan (wota), though.
In a way he picked a fight with someone even more trouble than Soshina, so he'd better be ready for some real pushback.
Announcer Kitagawa was the moderator for the Ijuin vs. Hasumi discussion.
Saturday: appeared with Makino on "Lovit Rock"
Sunday: appeared with Kitagawa at the "drinking with a dictionary" event
Monday: appeared with Makino on the live "Lovit" broadcast
This would drive even Akira Kawashima crazy — realizing the same group produced two such polar-opposite members.
'Mr. Chiton' (a mocking 5ch nickname for Ijuin) is a Fighters fan, so he treats Makino almost like an acquaintance — but he clearly can't stand Shinjo as a manager.
Background and Key Points of This Topic
Announcer Rio Kitagawa is a former member of Morning Musume. ’22 who, after graduating, transitioned into a career as a TV Tokyo announcer. The program clip shared in the thread was essentially a preview of a scene where Shunsuke Sakuma gives her advice, and since the specific content of that advice wasn’t included, discussion in the thread drifted away from “what the advice actually was” and toward Kitagawa’s career background and the people around her. Comparisons were drawn with former groupmates such as Marai Makino (now thriving in variety shows) and Tsubasa Hasumi (known for a debate with Ijuin), along with how she handled teasing about her Morning Musume past at a TV Tokyo event — all feeding into discussion of her position as an announcer with an idol background. Note that mentions of a “secret account” refer to previously reported personal topics and were not presented as confirmed fact even within the thread, so that exchange has been excluded from this article.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Hello! Project) thread “Shunsuke Sakuma gives announcer Rio Kitagawa some real advice! Hikaru Ijuin reacts: “I want the young women at my agency to hear this”.”
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