Free Announcer Aika Kanda: “Alone with a Man for the First Time Since Marriage.”

I have been married for five and a half years. I have never been alone with a man, other than my manager, in a private room.

For example, let’s say I’m going golfing with my girl friend & her male friend. I feel comfortable with him because he is a friend of my friend, and when he drives me to the car he is driving for the first time, I do my best to get the conversation going because of my personality. Then he says, “We talk well together. Huh?　I’m worried that he’ll think I might like him ……”.

I am very paranoid!　You may think I am, but I have my own reasons. It is hard to believe now, but I have led a relatively popular life. This is due to the fact that I grew up sandwiched between my older and younger brothers, which allowed me to have a good time with men.

When I was in school, a boy invited me to climb the back gate of the university late at night and explore the campus building while avoiding the security guards. It sounded like fun, so I took him up on the offer. It was thrilling and the tension was at its maximum, but as soon as the guard left, he started to press me for a kiss. He said, “You wanted to be alone with me in a place like this, didn’t you?” I was surprised. I was surprised. I didn’t care who I was as long as I could enjoy this game. It became boring and sad all at once. I learned that men are creatures that make mistakes beyond imagination by pretending to enjoy themselves.

When the male employees at my part-time job were talking about luxury watches, I was the only woman in the circle of conversation. One of them said, “I’m buying a watch and I want you to come with me,” so I went along because it sounded like fun. On the way home, he told me that he liked me …… for going along with such a boring thing. I was surprised. I only accompanied him because it was a good opportunity to see the real thing. I learned that men are creatures that glorify women and interpret them in their own convenient way.

I have had many such experiences, and for me, the male mind is many times more unpredictable than the female mind. I never know what will be perceived and favored. To avoid any trouble, I decided to never be alone with a man after marriage.

However, just a few weeks ago, I broke that resolution. Once every two weeks, I meet alone with a man in a room in an apartment in Ebisu. I lie on the bed the whole time, and he raises and lowers my legs. Yes, I have started going to physical therapy.

It has been 10 months since the start of the daytime TV show “Poka Poka. She has become flabby from the waist down to her hips. The main reason was that he could not go on location in the local area and had fewer opportunities to walk. Now, I spend my days just driving between the TV station and my home. It’s no wonder I’ve gained weight. When I talked about this at a women’s magazine photo shoot, they introduced me to a chiropractor. He said he could solve my body shape problems.

Voices coming from behind the sliding door.

Just a long time ago, I saw a naughty video of a “bodyworker performing a disgusting act on me. I couldn’t get that out of my head and asked, “Are you worried about that?” I asked him, “No! He said, “No!

I gathered up my courage and went there. I heard a man’s voice and a woman’s voice from the back room separated by a sliding door saying, “I’m coming,” and a woman’s voice saying, “Nkk …… ha ……” (I knew it!). (I knew it!). ). I wanted to run away from the room, as I was reminded of the intense images I had seen in the past. But that would have left me with the flab on my waist for the rest of my life. （Don’t lose, Aika!) (Don’t lose, Aika!) I told myself to wait, and then the sliding door opened and an old lady came out. (What was that voice I heard a moment ago?) (What was that voice?) Then she said, “The next person please come in. She said, “Next please come in,” and went into the back.

There was a bed and a young man standing alone in the 8-mat room. My sensor to run away reacted strongly! (I never heard that he was young!). (I didn’t hear that he was young!). I had assumed that all the osteopaths in the world were old men, but here I was alone in a closed room with a man of the opposite sex whom I could not beat in terms of strength. My happy life so far went around like a running light, and I was ready (it was over ……). From there, to show that I was “wary,” I didn’t even make eye contact and asked, “Does it hurt here?” to which I answered “yes” in a low, thick voice. I struggled to survive until the next customer arrived, trying my best to make him hate me.

Then the treatment was over. Just by lying down and moving my body as I was told, I felt a muscle ache in the pit of my stomach the next day. Moreover, I felt a little bit of weight loss. (In just one session?　That chiropractor is good!) I was scared, but I was not. I had been frightened, but where was I? I was fascinated by the immediate effect, and opened a bag of potato chips for the first time in a while. ), I opened a bag of potato chips for the first time in a while. I let my iPhone recognize my face to make an appointment for the next time.

Aika Kanda was born in 1980 in Kanagawa Prefecture. After graduating from Gakushuin University with a degree in mathematics, she joined NHK as an announcer in 2003, and left in 2012 to become a freelance announcer. Since then, she has been active mainly in variety shows, and currently makes regular appearances as the main MC of the daytime TV program “Poka Poka” (Fuji Television Network).

From the December 1, 2023 issue of FRIDAY