The name of the restaurant is “Kitagawa”… The handsome younger brother of Kisumai’s Kennaga Senga has become the owner of a butcher store!

As the sun sets and the melody of “Yuyake Koyake” plays, the butcher store in front of a park near a shopping district in Minato Ward, Tokyo, closes its doors. The signboard on which the handsome man had closed the store’s shutters read, “Meat Garage Kitagaya!

Meat Garage Kitagawa.

I’ve had customers ask me, ‘Is this shop owned directly by Johnny’s? Of course not, but there is a bit of a relationship.

Of course not, but there is a slight relationship. The handsome owner of the restaurant is Mr. Joi, 30, the younger brother of Kis-My-Ft2’s Kento Senga, 31.

The restaurant is said to be frequented by members of Kismai and other Japanese celebrities.

He says, “Some of them drop by on a whim, saying, ‘I’m going to have a barbecue. They wait in line at the cash register along with the general customers, but strangely enough, they don’t notice us.

The restaurant opened in March 2009. It has taken root in the community and is blessed with regular customers, but it has been kept secret that it is the restaurant of “Kismai Senga’s younger brother.

He said, “Every once in a while, a fan of Kismai comes to visit me, but I don’t do social networking. But I don’t do social networking, and I didn’t want to make that part of my business.

The reason for this was that he was tired of being “Kismai Senga’s little brother.

I wondered what I was. There was a time when I closed my mind.

The Senga brothers, who are two years apart in age, attended dance school in their hometown of Nagoya from an early age, partly because of their mother’s influence as a big fan of Takuya Kimura (50). When Takei was in the third grade of elementary school, the mother and son decided to move to Tokyo in order to enter the Johnny’s office.

I had planned to go with them and had my classmates hold a farewell party, but after reading their letters, it became difficult for me to leave them, so I decided to stay in Nagoya with my father,” Takei said. My older brother was my admirer and rival in the entertainment industry. Being separated from my brother made me lose my goal, or rather,…… I quit the dance school at some point.”

While living with her father, she became interested in cooking. He cooked meals, made lunch boxes, and after graduating from college, he opened a restaurant in Tokyo where he could have barbecues on the rooftop.

When I was little, my parents ran a yakiniku restaurant in Nagoya,” he said. So I was used to handling meat. But after the COVID-19 crisis, I had to close the restaurant, and after that I worked in apparel and beauty.

Although his life was stable, he could not shake the feeling of discomfort. Something was different.

I’m hungry. Make me something for lunch.

His brother wandered back to his parents’ house and asked him to make basil pasta. As he was eating, Kenaga muttered, “Your basil pasta is so good!

Your basil pasta is the best in Japan.

I don’t think my brother remembers this,” Joi said with a laugh.

I realized that being told that my pasta was delicious was what made my life worth living,” he said. Looking back, my brother cared about me more than anyone else. He would ask me, ‘Isn’t it hard being the younger brother? I recently realized that my complex is a small thing.

That is the reason why he was interviewed for this article. Incidentally, the restaurant is named after his co-partner. Although his acquaintances were cool with the idea, he decided to go ahead with the name, saying, “What a wonderful name that brings me a lot of joy.

Recently, I became friends with the younger brother of Yuta Tamamori (32), and we had a lot of fun talking about how younger brothers tend to hide so they won’t be seen by the Kismai fans. I also know Taisuke Fujigaya’s (35) younger brother, so I hope the three of us can meet soon.

His smile was full of confidence.

From the March 24, 2023 issue of FRIDAY