On April 22nd, Taiga Kyomoto of the popular group SixTONES attended the preview screening of the movie "Mieruko-chan" (directed by Nakamura Yoshihiro, to be released on June 6th) held in Tokyo. He cut his long hair and appeared with a new hairstyle that he had revealed on his personal account (@TAIGA_KYOMO33) the day before, saying that "it looks like it will really be popular," and was met with loud cheers from the audience.
As an anecdote from the filming, Kyomoto said he found takoyaki in the food court of a large supermarket where the filming took place, and revealed that "I thought it would be embarrassing to eat it alone, but Nae Nano was eating it too."
Lead actress Nanoka Hara, who was not aware of this episode, expressed surprise, saying, "It was an important scene, but you were eating takoyaki at that time?" Director Nakamura also said he did not know, and when he said, "That's disappointing," Kyomoto burst out laughing, saying, "It's not often that a director says 'disappointing,' is it?"
The movie is based on the horror comedy manga by Izumi Tomoki, which has sold over 3 million copies in Japan and was also made into a TV anime. One day, high school girl Yotsuya Miko (Nanoka Hara of a spirit creeps up on even her best friend, will Miko be able to continue ignoring the spirits? This is the story.
Kyomoto will play Tono Zen, a teacher who is assigned as a substitute homeroom teacher at the high school Miko attends.
Hara, Rinka Kumada, Nae Nano, Koki Yamashita, Hotta Akane, Kenichi Takito, and Director Nakamura also attended the event.
