Why does Rio Uchida Dashes Along a Riverbed with a Large Dog in JK School Uniform!?
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At the end of August, at 9:00 in the morning on the banks of the Tama River. Actress Rio Uchida (30) was being pulled along by a large white dog in school uniform, Yet Uchida was still laughing and running along the riverbank with it.
This was actually a location shooting for the drama “Bicycle Shop Takahashi-kun” (TV Tokyo), which will be broadcast from November. With the lingering summer heat still lingering, Uchida cooled his face with an ice pack and used a handheld fan for the location shooting.
Uchida has appeared in a number of films, but it was a late-night drama that caught his attention. Her breakthrough role was playing a sex-dependent girl in “I’ll Do It Right in My Next Life” (TV Tokyo), and she will appear in “Dad, I’m Marrying This Person! (BS Shochiku Tokyu),” which will start airing in October, in which she plays a girl who brings a different marriage partner each time.
(BS Shochiku Tokyu), which will start airing in October. “In these works, I think that the sense of being a complicated character matched well with Uchida’s natural sex appeal. She has played many “props” roles in the past, but it will be interesting to see her take on more naturalistic roles. In fact, that may be where her real charm lies,” says columnist Takahiko Kageyama.
Bicycle Shop Man’s Takahashi-kun” is a shy office worker, played by Uchida, and a young yankee, played by Suzuki Nobuyuki (29), in a deep but frustrating love story. You may be able to see a slightly different side to her.
From the September 23, 2022 issue of FRIDAY
Photographed by: Yusuke Kondo