Kataoka Rin talks about meeting the president of her agency

In "Fateful Encounters," we ask today's hottest actors and artists about the people who influenced them. This time, we will have Kataoka Rin, who plays Chikage, the granddaughter of Izumi (played by Miyamoto Nobuko) in the TBS Sunday Theatre (Sunday 9:00 p.m.) drama "Diamonds Sleeping in the Sea," talk about her meeting with the president of her agency, Flamme. ◇ For me, my "fateful encounter" was with the president of my agency. I got into this job because I was scouted. A staff member at the agency at the time saw my Instagram and scouted me. So when I visited my current agency with my father, I met the president for the first time. My first impression was that he was a "boss" (laughs). That was my impression. He has a great aura, and words like cool and strong really fit him, so I was really drawn to him. He is a person who makes me feel very safe when I'm with him, and he listens to me and tries to get to know me, so it's reassuring. He is someone who always accepts me and walks with me through good times and bad. He is a really important person to me. The words that the president said to me that have stayed in my mind are, "Love your role." Before and after I enter the filming scene, I want to be an actor who thinks of the role first, and these words have further strengthened my desire to do so. Thanks to these words, I always have the awareness that I am close to the role, and they are definitely somewhere inside me. Recently, I have learned the joy of acting. I also like ad-libs. At those moments, I feel that the filming scene is really fun. Also, when the work is completed and various people watch it and give me their feedback, I feel good. This was my first time appearing in Sunday Theatre, and I think that "Diamonds Sleeping in the Sea" is a work that makes you think about what it means to live and love people, so I hope you will definitely see it. <Profile> Kataoka Rin Born on October 6, 2003, from Gunma Prefecture. She opened TikTok in the spring of 2021 and posted videos and photos on Instagram, which attracted attention, and at the end of the same year, she joined the talent agency "Flamme". She made her drama debut in the TBS drama "Ishiko and Hane-O: Sue for That?" (2022), produced by Arai Junko and directed by Tsukahara Ayuko. Her performance as Misae in the NHK morning drama "Wings on a Tiger" broadcast this year and as Shinako, one of the triplets living in the "Doll House" in the Fuji TV "Monday 9" drama "Usouki Rhetoric" attracted attention. The drama is a story of love, friendship, and family spanning 70 years, set on Hashima Island (Gunkanjima) in Nagasaki Prefecture, which developed through coal mining from the beginning of the Meiji era to the high economic growth period after the war, and in modern-day Tokyo. It is produced by the team behind the dramas "Unnatural" and "MIU404" (same series) and the movie "The Last Mile", with screenwriter Nogi Akiko, director Tsukahara, and producer Arai.