Actress Kaho won the 50th Elan d'or Award in 2026 and attended the awards ceremony held in Tokyo on February 4th.
Ryoma Takeuchi, who co-starred with Kaho in the drama series "So, You Make It" (TBS) that aired last year, came to the awards ceremony to congratulate her, and confessed, "I've been a fan of Kaho for a long time, and when I was in junior high school, I decided to use my favorite actress as my mobile phone wallpaper for a month, and Kaho was my wallpaper."
In a subsequent interview, Kaho smiled and said, "I've never heard of it before (laughs). I'm honored and happy."
Takeuchi said that he decided to reveal it now, saying, "I thought it might be weird to say it before the drama started filming," but Kaho said, "I don't think it would have made a difference if I had heard it before we started filming (laughs). Maybe I've become too used to it."
When asked about his future goals as an actor, he enthusiastically said, "Anyway, I just hope that the viewers will enjoy it. I want to become an actor who can firmly support the production so that we can deliver works that will add color to our everyday lives."
The Elan d'or Awards are an awards system that began in 1956. This year, the Newcomer Award was removed and the winners were Amane Okayama, Kaho, Jiro Sato, Akari Takaishi, Hokuto Matsumura and Kyoko Yoshine of the popular group SixTONES. The Producer's Award went to Chieko Murata of the film "National Treasure," and Ayaka Sugita and Izumi Maruyama of the TBS drama series "So, You Make It," while the Producer's Encouragement Award went to Shota Okada of the film "Bomb" and Rena Oda of the Nippon TV drama series "Hot Spot."
