Kyohei Takahashi of the popular group Naniwa Danshi appeared on stage on December 12th at the opening day greetings event for his starring movie, Romantic Killer (directed by Tsutomu Hanabusa), in Tokyo. Takahashi said, "I think everyone is probably still lacking in romance, so I hope this movie will help you recharge 100%."
On this day, the men were divided into the Romantic Team and the women into the Killer Team, and they played three games. At one point, they even turned their backs to the audience to discuss their options, and the men won all three games.
Takahashi said, "This is the first time we've been able to hold such a variety-themed event in a place like this. It was also the first time we've been able to show that many people playing rock-paper-scissors while it's being streamed nationwide, and the movie is also fully focused on variety, so I hope everyone will check it out."
"Romantic Killer" was released on LINE Manga Indies in 2018 and won a silver prize at the 1st LINE Manga Awards. It was then serialized on Shueisha's manga app Jump+ from 2019 to 2020, and is based on a manga by Wataru Momoyo, which won the grand prize at the 2nd Jump Vertical Scrolling Manga Awards. The series has become so popular that an anime adaptation will be released on Netflix in 2022.
A wizard who feeds on human romantic energy sets one romantic trap after another for Kyoko Hoshino, a high school girl who absolutely doesn't want to fall in love, and the heroine keeps blowing away the heart-pounding plot twists that are sure to make her fall in love... This romantic comedy follows Kyoko Hoshino, played by Moka Kamishiraishi, and the three boys who quickly become close to Kyoko are the cool, somewhat shady transfer student Tsukasa Katsuki, played by Takahashi, the baseball team ace and naive childhood friend Junta Hayami, played by Masaya Kimura from "INI," and the overly condescending prince of a certain country, Hijiri Koganei, played by Sota Nakajima from "FANTASTICS."
The event was also attended by Takahashi's fellow Quattro stars Kamishiraishi, Kimura, and Nakajima, as well as Takahashi Hikaru, Mori Kasumi, Atsuhiro Inukai, Nishigaki Takumi, Yuutaro, Yudai Toyoda, and director Hideaki.
