At the beginning of the year, Masato Sakai… “No. 3 is Non, No. 2 is Mahiro Takasugi,” No. 1 is a surprising actor who has succeeded independently.

No. 1 Takeru Sato (33)

In March 2009, he and Ryunosuke Kamiki (29), who also belonged to Amuse, became independent. They established a new company. Amuse also invested in the new company, making it an amicable independence with a near goodwill split.

The new company is owned by Amuse, and it is a close amicable split between the two companies. Mr. Sato has always seemed extremely busy. For the past 10 years or so, he has appeared in two or three films every year. In between, he has also appeared in serial dramas. Moreover, many of them, such as the “Rurouni Kenshin” movie series, involved hard action. When I went to interview him, he sometimes fell asleep in the middle of the interview, and I felt that he must be very tired.

After I became independent, there was almost no sign that I was working (laughs). The Netflix drama “First Love: First Love” distributed at the end of last year was probably a job that was set before he became independent, so excluding that, this season’s serial drama “It would have been nice to say it a million times” (TBS) is almost certainly his first main job. I get the impression that she is choosing work that she enjoys, such as frequently posting her true self on YouTube and appearing on her favorite mystery-solving show.

(Another entertainment reporter) Some choose to stay, while others choose to fly away. Whether this turns out to be a good thing or a bad thing may depend on their own abilities in the end.