<figure id="attachment_337046" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-337046" style="width: 1247px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="ff18e842"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/10/ace0568328c2f479deff976133ef8134.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-337046" class="wp-caption-text">Yui Aragaki plays a completely different character from her previous image in the film &#8220;Shogeki&#8221; to be released in November.</figcaption></figure>
<p> Yui Aragaki (35) will appear in the film &#8220;Shokugan,&#8221; which will be released in November.</p>
<p> The film tells the story of five men and women who are conflicted by their own desires. Aragaki plays Natsuki Kiryu, a saleswoman who hides her special sexual orientation and lives her life in a way that disconnects her from the world. Her sexual proclivity is such that she can only satisfy her sexual desires by putting her hand on the water spurting from the faucet and changing its shape, and it is unlikely that we will see that fresh smile in the film.</p>
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<p> Director Yoshiyuki Kishi, who also helmed the film, commented on the use of Aragaki,</p>
<p><strong> She is struggling with her true self, which is unknown to her parents and the world. I thought it was very important to express this gap. I wanted to have someone whose previous roles have given the opposite image of Natsuki,&#8221; he commented.</strong></p>
<p> He commented. The character she plays is completely different from the &#8220;Gakki&#8221; of &#8220;Runaway Shame&#8221; that we know.</p>
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<p> Niigaki, on the other hand, commented, &#8220;During the filming, I tried to play the role in my own way,</p>
<p><strong> I will try my best to live in the world where Natsuki and her friends live, in my own way.</strong></p>
<p> I want to desperately live in the world where Natsuki and her friends live,&#8221; she commented. In an article in the September 21, 2011 issue of Shukan Bunshun (September 21, 2011 issue) titled &#8220;Yui Aragaki Yui, a purist actress who was &#8220;sexually aroused by splashing water&#8230;&#8221; What&#8217;s behind her radical makeover?</p>
<p><strong> In the article titled, &#8220;The background behind the radical makeover of Yui Aragaki, a pure and innocent actress,&#8221; a person involved in the movie industry wrote, &#8220;Aragaki, who is in her mid-30s, must have decided to take on the challenge herself after consulting with Hoshino as a step toward becoming an adult actress and breaking away from the image of the &#8216;runaway shame.</strong></p>
<p> She also said that her husband, Minamoto Hoshino (42), probably helped her with the project.</p>
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" Gakki in a Pocky commercial and &quot;Mikuri&quot; in &quot;Runaway Shame"></div>
<p><strong>Niigaki got her big break in 2006 with a commercial for Ezaki Glico&#8217;s &#8220;Pocky&#8221; and was nicknamed &#8220;Gakky. Her roles in TV dramas and movies are mainly comedies, and her role as Mikuri Moriyama in &#8220;Escape is Shameful but Useful&#8221; (TBS) broadcast in 2004 defined her character.</strong></p>
<p><strong> However, Mikuri was so addictive that Niigaki has tried several times to change her character in an attempt to break away from it. The first time she tried it was in &#8220;The Beasts Can&#8217;t Be Our Friends&#8221; (NTV) broadcast in 2006&#8243; (TV magazine writer).</strong></p>
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<p> The main character, Akira, played by Niigaki, is a clumsy woman who works for a black company and lives a life of &#8220;wearing down&#8221; her body and soul, taking care of everyone behind her smile. The show became a hot topic under the name &#8220;Kemore,&#8221; but many female viewers, who could see the show as if they were themselves, dropped out, saying it was &#8220;too painful. The ratings also declined with each episode, resulting in a failure.</p>
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<p><strong> Niigaki herself said in her speech at the crank-up: &#8220;The role of Akira was harder than I had imagined in the beginning, and I didn&#8217;t even want to remember my lines anymore&#8230;&#8221; &#8220;As I thought, Gakki is only good at comedies. Some people said, &#8220;After all, Gakki can only play comedies.&#8221; As if to contradict these words, she next tried her hand at the role of Yae in the NHK historical drama &#8220;Kamakuradono no 13-nin.</strong></p>
<p> Yae, who became the wife of Hojo Yoshitoki but died a violent death in the end, was an even more difficult role than in &#8220;Kemore,&#8221; but she was praised as &#8220;an image of a woman in the Kamakura period that combines &#8216;healing&#8217; and &#8216;strength&#8217; that only Niigaki could have created. The role was more difficult than her role in &#8220;Kemore&#8221;, but she was highly acclaimed as &#8220;an image of a woman in the Kamakura period that combines &#8216;healing&#8217; and &#8216;strength&#8217; that only Niigaki could create. Her first appearance in a historical drama was also her first full-fledged role in a TV drama series, but it was a great success.</p>
<div data-friday-nextpage-lead=" Marriage, independence, freelance work, and a makeover"></div>
<figure id="attachment_337047" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-337047" style="width: 1000px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="4a28c539"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2023/10/7f026ce660eee38cc16689a57defe09c.jpeg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-337047" class="wp-caption-text">Niigaki on location for &#8220;The Beast That Can&#8217;t Be Ours&#8221; (NTV) in &#8217;18.</figcaption></figure>
<p><strong> Hoshino, who got married in &#8217;21, was a major factor in the success of Yae&#8217;s role. At the same time as her marriage, Niigaki resigned from her longtime agency, Repro (with which she is now affiliated), and became independent. As for her acting career, Hoshino has continued to choose the works and roles she will appear in and audition for them on her own. I believe that Hoshino&#8217;s advice has helped Niigaki&#8217;s acting to produce good results.</strong></p>
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<p> Niigaki&#8217;s taciturn and unemotional performance is top-notch. With the help of Hoshino, who is also known as &#8220;an actor who doesn&#8217;t act,&#8221; will Niigaki be able to make a successful makeover? We look forward to seeing the new Gakki.</p>
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 Yoshito Murata, Yuri Adachi

 Yui Aragaki will appear in the movie "Shogeki," which will be released in November. Aragaki plays a sales clerk who lives her life concealing her special sexual preferences. Will her makeover from the Pocky commercials and the drama "Escape is Shameful but Useful" be a success...

Yui Aragaki, who is reported to have undergone a &#8220;makeover&#8221; for the movie &#8220;Shogeki,&#8221; says that &#8220;Gen Hoshino&#8217;s cooperation&#8221; was behind her &#8220;completely different&#8221; character from Mikuri.

Yui Aragaki, who is reported to have undergone a “makeover” for the movie “Shogeki,” says that “Gen Hoshino’s cooperation” was behind her “completely different” character from Mikuri.

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