It has been announced that comedian Tonikaku Akarui Yasumura, the popular junior group KEY TO LIT, and Nobuko from the comedy trio Party-chan will be joining Fuji TV's daytime live program "Pokapoka!" (Monday-Friday, 11:50 AM *starting at 11:47 AM from March 30th) as regular cast members on certain days of the week starting in April.
Yasumura will be joining the show as a new regular cast member on Wednesdays starting April 1st. Yasumura previously appeared frequently on "Viking" (April 2014 - September 2020), a program that helped popularize his signature catchphrase, "Don't worry, I'm wearing underwear." This will be his first appearance on a live daytime program on Fuji TV in a long time.
"KEY TO LIT" will feature five new regular members on Thursdays: Taisho Iwasaki, Mizuki Inoue, Reia Nakamura, Soya Igari, and Daiko Sasaki, who will appear on a rotating weekly basis. For their first appearance on April 2nd, Inoue and Igari are scheduled to appear together.
Nobuko will appear from April 3rd. With her impactful, gal-style appearance and way of speaking, as well as her friendly personality, she is attracting attention as someone who will bring a fresh perspective to the show.
◇Cast of "Pokapoka!" from April (titles omitted)
[MC]
Haraichi (Yuki Iwai, Yu Sawabe), Aika Kanda
[Monday Regular]
Hikaru Ijuin, Natsuko Yokosawa, Genta Matsuda(Travis Japan), and announcer Ryoka Matsuzaki
[Tuesday Regular]
Ryuichi Kosugi (Black Mayonnaise), Kana Hanazawa, Shuta Urano and Katsunari Nakagawa (OWV) *every other week, Kohei Kurita and Mayu Yotsuya (OCTPATH) *every other week, Naofumi Kajitani (announcer)
[Wednesday Regular]
Yasumura (who is always cheerful), Harisenbon (Haruna Kondo, Haruka Minowa), Daigo Kato, and announcer Chihiro Sugihara)
[Thursday Regular]
Wakako Shimazaki, KEY TO LIT (Taisho Iwasaki, Mizuki Inoue, Reia Nakamura, Soya Igari, Daiko Sasaki) *Members change weekly, Aoi Harada (announcer)
[Friday Regular]
Kazuya Kojima (Unjash), Nobuko (Party-chan), and announcer Eriko Komuro
[Currently on break]
Nozomi Tsuji
