Yusuke Hino, who gained attention for his role in the special effects drama "Kamen Rider Gavv," which aired its final episode on August 31st, released his first photo book, "Yusuke Hino 1st Photo Book 'hiSTORY 1'" (Wani Books), on September 12th. He personally supervised the story, making it a book that is "worthwhile to read as a story." We spoke to Hino, who revealed that as an actor, "I want to be the most attractive when I'm acting," whether it's a photo book or a film.
◇First photo book in which the story was supervised by the author himself
Hino was born on June 3, 2002, and is 23 years old and from Aichi Prefecture. In "Kamen Rider Gavv," he played Kamen Rider Valen/Kanukida Kizuto.
Regarding his first photo book, "Hino Yusuke 1st Photo Book "hiSTORY 1"," he said, "I feel relieved that I have created a book that I can confidently tell everyone to pick up a copy of." He expressed satisfaction with the finished product.
This work also includes many photographs of him "acting" along with the story he supervised himself.
"As an actor, I want to be at my most attractive when I'm performing, so I thought it would be great to be able to convey my own charm by capturing that acting in photographs. I have very low self-esteem, and I'm the type of person who would normally think, 'Who am I?' But during my first stage performance, I realized that even someone like me can move people's hearts through a work or a role, and I felt that it was fun and cool, so it also represents my desire to 'keep acting forever'."
Filming took place during the heat of this summer. "I went into filming with a concrete image in mind of what kind of shots I wanted, and what kind of expressions I wanted to use to express the changes in my emotions, so all that was left was to get going," he recalls.
"The staff and I really worked together as one, and in the scenes where I was covered in mud, the cameraman got muddy with me as we filmed. It was basically my 'one-man show,' so it was fun to see the gap between what I had imagined and the finished photos."
◇After a year of "Kamen Rider Gavv"
In addition to scenes of her suffering, exploding with emotion and screaming, there are also scenes that give off a sense of "quietness," and Hino's diverse expressions and range of photography are also part of the charm of this work. "I was able to experience for the first time the joy and fun of self-producing," he said.
Hino also revealed, "There was one page in the 'Detective Edition' that was extremely popular with the staff."
"As you read, there's always a point where your hand stops turning the page, and then you want to go back and read it again. I want everyone to pay attention to that. Also, I was very particular about the final shot, not only as the conclusion to this photobook, but also as a message from myself and the story. I put a lot of effort into the "image" of the subject turning his back to the sun and running towards the sun, and I took several takes to get a great shot, including the lighting that you can't get by getting too close or far away, so it's my favorite."
Considering the content of the photobook and the time of the shoot, it is impossible to ignore his experience with "Kamen Rider Gavv." He also spoke about his current state of mind after completing a year of his run.
"It's not often you can experience working on the same set for a whole year, but there wasn't a single moment that dragged on, and I was able to have such a fulfilling time, which I think is thanks to my co-stars, the director, and all the staff. I had an image of the actor I wanted to be, and in order to get there I wanted to absorb more than anyone else, grow bigger, and so I think I grew not only in my acting, but also in my way of thinking as a person and my mental state, and I think that really shows in this photobook. When we started filming the first episode, I had almost no experience in film, and I started by thinking about how I looked on camera, so with this photobook, I think that I would never have been able to think, 'The story I came up with requires these kinds of shots, so I should appear like this in the photos, and my expression should be like this,' a year ago, and although I decided to self-produce it, I think it was only because of the experience I had over the past year that I was able to make it a reality."
