The first episode of Abema's original romance reality show "Love Power Kingdom 2" (Wednesdays at 10pm) was released on February 11th, with popular girls making aggressive approaches to a handsome fighter one after another.
The show is a romance reality show set in the beautiful Mediterranean island nation of Malta, where 16 self-proclaimed "super popular" handsome men and women compete to determine the most popular man and woman. The men participating are company manager and actor Kota (Iwaki Kota, 33 years old), fighter and fifth RISE super lightweight champion Taiju (Shiratori Daiju, 29 years old), model Taisei (Riku Taisei, 25 years old), internal medicine doctor Takashi (Sakaguchi Takashi, 35 years old), actor and model Naoki (Oguro Naoki, 28 years old), restaurant owner Yuki (Tanaka Yuki, 30 years old), actor Yuto (Oku Yuto, 28 years old), and actor Yukito (Harada Yukikana, 21 years old).
The female participants include talent Kano (Takahashi Kano, 24 years old), Seina (Seina, 23 years old), an exclusive model for the gal fashion magazine "Koakuma Ageha," foreign talent Noriko (Nishiyama Noriko, 25 years old), actress Hazuki (Kimura Hazuki, 25 years old), former AKB48 member and actor Mariya (Nagao Mariya, 31 years old), talent and race queen Moe (Kawase Moe, 32 years old), talent Yume (Hayashi Yume, 30 years old), who has been nominated for the "100 Most Beautiful Faces in the World" for three consecutive years and has been the talk of the town, and show dancer Rumi (27 years old). There are eight episodes in total.
At the opening party in the first episode, the women are given a "popularity mission" to choose one man to carry out. Then, former AKB48 member Mariya calls martial artist Taiju outside.
Taiju, who showed interest in her at first sight, was asked a direct question: "What do you like about him?" When Taiju honestly confessed his feelings, saying, "I like his face, and also the aura he exudes," Mariya approached him, saying, "What I like about you, Taiju..." and made a bold approach by whispering in his ear, "You're surprisingly calm."
Furthermore, Seina, who also participated in Season 1, approached Taiju, saying, "I like you," and "I voted for you (first impression)." Next, talent Yume also called out to Taiju, told him to "close your eyes," and then performed the popular mission of "finger-clasp kissing." A heated popularity battle unfolded from the very first episode.
