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All 18 cast members who took on the challenge of auditioning and appeared in the drama will gather together for the first time! The 8th episode of the spin-off project “Gekokujo Selection Complete Edition” of the Sunday theater “Gekokujo Kyuji” will be exclusively distributed on U-NEXT from December 9th (Saturday)!
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“U-NEXT”, a video distribution service operated by U-NEXT Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, President and CEO: Tenshin Tsutsumi) of USEN-NEXT GROUP, will be launched on Saturday, December 9, 2023. We will exclusively distribute the 8th episode of
“Selection”.
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The Sunday theater “Gekokujo Kyuji” is currently being broadcast on TBS. In the 8th episode of the spin-off project “Gekokujo Selection Complete Edition” – a heated qualifying competition for drama appearances, 18 cast members who tried to audition to appear in “Gekokujo Kyuji” and successfully appeared in the drama. We met together for the first time and held a roundtable discussion. ▶This is the first time all 18 people have gathered together! We will deliver “Full Swing Talk” that can only be seen here, such as auditions for baseball players and secret stories from filming the drama!
This time, the 12 people who won the role of baseball player were Motoki Nakazawa, Koumi Hyodo, Asahi Ito, Gennosuke Kobayashi, Yuki Tachibana, Shunpei Ikuta, Shinki Sugao, Yutaro Zaitsu, Atsuya Suzuki, Rin Fukumatsu, So Okuno, There are a total of 18 people including Souichi Ayase and the 6 people who failed in the audition but made a splendid “decoration” and appeared in the drama: Sansuke Yanagiya, Shōki Nakayama, Toshio Aoyama, Katsuta Hadani, Shunru Kiyotani, and Leon Niihama. . This was the first time that all of them were together in the same place, and it was a roundtable discussion where many valuable anecdotes were shared, including secrets from during the audition and filming the drama.
As soon as the recording started, there were relentless questions such as, “Who was the most surprised among the six people who were promoted?” and “How did you feel when you received an offer for a different role after failing the audition?” A roundtable discussion where questions were asked.
In addition, secret stories about co-starring with the star Ryohei Suzuki and Haru Kuroki, among others, were revealed one after another. Kobayashi, who had many scenes with Suzuki at the beginning of the story, had a slightly different relationship with Suzuki than the other baseball players, and confessed that he was drawn away from them because of this. .
Also, in episode 8 of the main story, there was a scene in which Mr. Yamazumi, played by Kuroki, handed out amulets to each of the baseball players, but when Hyodo revealed that the amulets were actually handmade by Kuroki, the cast members who had not received the amulets There was a voice of envy.
In addition, anecdotes were shared one after another, such as what was difficult during the baseball play scene, favorite scenes from the drama, and unexpected aspects of the teammates during and before filming, making the roundtable discussion lively from beginning to end. .
Please enjoy the story of their growth along with the main story, “Kyokujyo Kyuji.”
-Overview of the work-
“Sunday Theater Gekokujou Kyuni spin-off project “Gekokujou Selection Complete Edition” ~A hot qualifying competition for drama
appearances~” [Distribution date] Saturday, December 9, 2023, 12:00 [Viewing page] https://www.
[Cast] Motoki Nakazawa, Koumi Hyodo, Asahi Ito, Kyunosuke Kobayashi, Yuki Tachibana, Shunpei Ikuta, Shinki Sugou, Yutaro Zaitsu, Atsuya Suzuki, Rin Fukumatsu, So Okuno, Soichi Kaze, Sansuke Yanagiya, Sho Nakayama Takashi, Toshio Aoyama, Katsuta Hadani, Haruru Kiyotani, Leon Niihama MC: Tomohiro Kiiri TBS announcer (C) TBS Sparkle/TBS What is U-NEXT?
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