It has been announced that a documentary series titled "7 STARS - 7 Answers - The Present of Hikaru Genji Connected by Atsuhiro Sato," in which Atsuhiro Sato, the youngest member of the national idol group "Hikaru Genji" that debuted in 1987 and took the world by storm, visits the members, will start on WOWOW. The seven-part series will premiere on January 5, 2025 at 7 p.m.
Hikaru Genji is a seven-member group consisting of "Hikaru" (light) consisting of Koji Utsumi and Itsuki Osawa, and "Genji" (genji) consisting of Kazumi Morohoshi, Hiroyuki Sato, Junichi Yamamoto, Akira Akasaka, and Atsushi Sato. They debuted in 1987 with "STAR LIGHT" and won the Japan Record Award the following year with "Paradise Galaxy". They continued to have hits such as "Taiyo ga Ippai" and "Lila no Saku Koro Barcelona e" but disbanded in 1995.
This is a documentary series in which Sato Atsushi, who was 13 years old when Hikaru Genji debuted, visits former members with one strong desire in mind, 30 years after the group disbanded. He commented, "I want to ask what the other members were thinking and how they spent their time back then. I feel like there are a lot of things that the members of Hikaru Genji want to talk about and can talk about now that we're at this age."
