In a bright green kimono…Riho Yoshioka shows her “spirit of an actress at the age of 30” with Eita Nagayama under the blazing sun in the “Spirit of an Actress at the Age of 30” scene photos.

Despite the intense heat, the drama filming never stops, and in late August, a beautiful woman with an overwhelming aura was surrounded by many staff members on Nakamise-dori in Asakusa (Taito Ward).

Riho Yoshioka (30), an actress, was on location early in the morning with Eita Nagayama (40), her first co-star in the drama “Toki wo Kakeruna, Koibito-tachi” (Fuji Television Network), which will start in October. Yoshioka, dressed smoothly in a brightly colored green kimono, filmed the scene where she and Nagayama tie a omikuji together.

While waiting in the rising temperatures, Yoshioka cooled herself with an ice pack in her hand, but she showed her “actress’s spirit” in front of the camera, not changing her color.

Yoshioka is a successful actress in her prime, having appeared in five dramas and four movies this year alone, just as she turns 30. There is a reason why she has been invited to appear in so many productions.

She is a very hard worker, and her scripts are always filled with notes. Even though she is so busy, she is stoic enough to make sure that she has all of the huge and difficult lines in her head by the day of shooting. She told me that she has a specific time in her 24-hour period when she especially concentrates. She says that by setting aside a time to concentrate, she separates on and off within herself.

Normally, she is friendly with the staff, chatting and laughing with them while waiting for the shoot, but when she is concentrating, there is a sense of tension in the air and it is difficult to talk to her.

(Laughs a production company official.) The secret to her continued success is her stoicism and sincerity in her work.

From the September 15 and 22 , 2023 issues of FRIDAY