The lineup for Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi, Monday to Friday 1pm), which will air from February 10th to 14th, has been announced. On the 10th, freelance newscaster Kusano Hitoshi will be there, on the 11th actor Takeshita Keiko will be there, on the 12th a selection of "Tough Mother and Daughter" masterpieces will be shown, on the 13th former crime reporter Tokairin Noriko will be there, and on the 14th Sato Hiromichi, who played the role of "The Gymnastics Brother" on the NHK children's program "Okaasan to Issho," and his wife Kumiko will be there.
Even now at the age of 80, Mr. Kusano still trains almost every day with 15kg dumbbells. His wife is a good cook, and before they got married, she was an assistant to a Chinese cooking teacher. When his wife was hospitalized for knee surgery two years ago, his eldest son cooked for her.
Takeshita-san is now over 70 and is paying more attention to his health. He says the secret to his health is walking his dog every day and getting regular checkups for his feet. He says his current goal is to be able to climb a mountain on his own two feet.
The "Strong Mothers and Daughters" masterpiece selection, which features parent-daughter performances, features Azuma Chizuru and her mother, Hideko, Hiroko Moriguchi and her mother, Tamae, Kawakami Maiko and her mother, Reiko, and Kato Tokiko and her mother, Yoshiko.
Tokairin is 90 years old. He fell twice this year, cracking the bones in his left hand and needing stitches in his forehead. He says he is getting energy from his "oshikatsu" and is crazy about guitarist HIROTO, his "third love."
Last June, Sato was rushed into hospital after suffering a spinal cord infarction that left him paralyzed from the waist down. He was in despair that he would continue to be unable to walk, and even thought about dying, but it was his wife and two sons that helped him recover from his rock bottom days.
