The lineup for Tetsuko Kuroyanagi's long-running talk show "Tetsuko's Room" (TV Asahi, Monday to Friday 1pm), which will air from January 13th to 17th, has been announced. On the 13th, actor Kotaro Satomi will appear, on the 14th, Kabuki actor Ichikawa Danjuro XIII, on the 15th, singer Misato Watanabe, on the 16th, eraser stamp artist Natsuko Taguchi, and on the 17th, Japan Volleyball Association president Shunichi Kawai.
Satomi-san celebrated his 88th birthday last year. He often goes shopping at a nearby supermarket, and even though he was trying to disguise himself with a mask, the store clerk would call out to him, "Satomi-san!" He reveals the untold story of his father, who died in the war at the young age of 34 when Satomi-san was 10 months old.
Danjuro says he wants to make "Ichikawa Danjuro" a new beginning for himself as the 13th generation, just as the zodiac comes full circle at 12. He also talks about his son Kangen, who took on the stage name Ichikawa Shinnosuke, and his daughter Reika, who is now a junior high school student.
Watanabe has been a singer for 40 years. She says she thinks her songs are influenced by her grandparents from Kyoto. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she grew various plants and worked hard on her balcony garden. She also started sewing and will be showing off her work.
Taguchi's work is an eraser version of a print, in which an eraser is carved and pressed to create a picture. She has exhibited at the historic "Ban-in Exhibition" four times, and won prizes all four times. Her biggest supporters are her husband and her son, who is a high school student.
Kawai-san has been retired for 35 years. He says that it was his father, who passed away at the age of 90 two years ago, who led him to the path of volleyball. For six years, from junior high school to high school graduation, he spent two hours every night drinking with his father and listening to his lectures. He talks about his gratitude to his father.
