TV talent Haruna Ai will be appearing on Kuroyanagi Tetsuko's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi), broadcasting at 1pm on October 1st. Haruna, now 52, loves enka, influenced by her aunt who also loves it. Her favorite singer at the moment is singer Kimura Tetsuji, the second son of Toba Ichiro. As she talks about her "love" for Kimura, she says she has a surprise for him.
Her grandmother, who passed away at the age of 93, accepted Haruna without hesitation when she became a "girl." She reminisces fondly about her grandmother. She says she appeared in a kimono this time because her grandmother loved kimonos.
Her younger brother, who was in a wheelchair after a cerebral infarction, and her parents, who are divorced and living with different partners, sparkle with tears in Haruna's eyes as she talks about her days with her mother, who was unable to accept her son as a "girl" and continued to struggle.
