The sixth episode of the NHK Asadora drama "Bakebake " (General TV, Monday to Saturday 8:00 AM and others), starring Akari Takaishi , was Sannojo of the Ushimizu family, played by actor Rihito Itagaki , who is making his Asadora debut with this work, attracting the attention of viewers.
In the sixth episode, Toki (Takaishi), who is trying to get married to escape poverty, invites Chiyo ( Anna Kurasawa) and Sen (Adachi Kino) to Yaegaki Shrine, famous for matchmaking, to have their love fortunes read. They make a boat with coins on it, and the speed and distance at which the boat sinks determines their chances of success. However, Toki's boat drifts far away and doesn't sink. Tsukasanosuke(Takashi Okabe) and Fumi (Chizuru Ikewaki) encourage the dejected Toki, promising to find him a good matchmaking partner.
Meanwhile, at the factory, Sen's marriage has been decided as predicted by the love fortune-telling, and Chiyo and Sannojo are giving their congratulations. Sannojo says to Sen, whose fortune-telling turned out to be correct, "It's so accurate, it makes your heart beat faster, doesn't it?" Sen asks, "Have you ever tried it, Sannojo sama?" to which Sannojo replies, "It's so accurate that I'm too scared to do it, I just get excited when I see people." Sen and the others laugh, saying, "Oh, you're a maiden!"
Sannojo, played by Itagaki, is the third son of the Ushimizu family, two years younger than Toki. As his older brother inherited the family business, he has no particular role to play. He has no place in the family, so he spends all his time hanging out at Toki's workshop... That's his role. On this day, his eldest son, Ujimatsu (Yasuda Hiroto), treated him like a nuisance, saying, "I told you this is not the place for you. Get out before your father finds you," and he seemed nervous in front of his father, Den (Shinichi Tsutsumi).
Comments on social media included, "It's refreshing and good. Perfect for a Asadora," "Itagaki ' Sannojo' Ri Mitsuto will be a relief on busy mornings," "Rihito Itagaki is a great actor as always... he's cheerful but also has a strong core and an air of conflict," "I was instantly drawn in," "I was glad to see him play a lively, girly character," "In just a few minutes today, I got a good sense of Sannojo's cuteness and his complicated position at home," and "He has a cute air about him when he's called 'girly,' but you can sense the conflict between him and Fu."
