Akira Kobayashi:"Singing makes millions of yen a day" - The hit song that paid off "billions of yen" of debt was the result of a fracture that took three months to heal last year,

Actor Akira Kobayashi appeared on Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi) broadcast on January 6th. He talked about how he paid off his huge debts through singing, and how he broke a bone before a concert last year that took three months to heal.

Two years after his debut as an actor, he also debuted as a singer. When his business failed and he was left with a huge debt, "I'm Performing Under My Old Name" became a big hit. "My singing jobs doubled, and I was able to pay off my debts in no time," he said. "Even though I was burdened with billions of yen, I was still earning money from that (singing) job."

A movie took several months to shoot and earned millions of yen, but "in the world of singing, you can earn millions in a day," so the effect of paying off the debt was great. "I'm very grateful because I've had several big hits that even singers rarely have."

One month before a concert held in October last year, she suffered a compression fracture of her hip bone. "When I put one foot on the 12th step of the second floor, my slipper slipped, and I did about three and a half turns backwards and fell." It took three months to recover.

Chairs were prepared on the stage so that he could sit down whenever he wanted, but he only sat down twice during the two-hour show. The moment the curtain came down, he sat down cross-legged on the stage. "It was the first time I'd ever experienced my body collapsing as soon as it was over."