Unconventional Thinking Wins Hearts: Kazushige Nagashima Surprised by Unexpected Cheers Amidst Ongoing Challenges

In late January, a variety show was being filmed in Tokyo Station. The group seemed to be strolling through the stores on the premises in a town-browsing style, and several celebrities were walking happily chatting and laughing in the center surrounded by a large number of film crew members. Among them, a man with a large body and a shiny black face was cheered the most by passersby. It was Kazushige Nagashima (58).

He was the man who was the most cheered by the passersby in the “Zawatsuku! Friday” (TV Asahi, hereafter “Zawatsuku”), a spin-off program of “Kazushige Nagashima & Savannah Takahashi’s Zawatsuku! (TV Asahi, hereafter “Zawatsuku”), a spin-off program of “Kazushige Nagashima & Savannah Takahashi’s Zawatsuku! Shigeo Takahashi of Savanna (48) was holding a booklet like a script, and Eiji Wentz (38), two members of Harisenbon, and Airi Taira (39) were wandering around Tokyo Station, talking about how amazing Tokyo Station is.

People who noticed them waved and cheered, but the ladies cheered for Kazushige the most,” said one passerby.

Speaking of Kazushige, he had just caused controversy when he took a winter vacation during the year-end and New Year holidays and missed three consecutive weeks of the “Hatori Shinichi Morning Show” (TV Asahi), for which he serves as a Friday commentator.

He was on vacation for a trip to Hawaii for the New Year’s holiday, which seems to have been an annual tradition for Kazushige. However, some media reported that he returned to the station with a black face after the Noto Peninsula earthquake on January 1, which killed many people, and that there was an “unnecessary argument” within the station.

However, the reaction on SNS was quite the opposite,

If she had applied in advance to take the day off, there would be no problem.

However, the reaction on social networking sites was quite the opposite: “There’s nothing wrong if she had applied for the time off in advance. I think it’s fine even if you don’t care about it at all, since you are expected to be that kind of character.

The majority of the respondents were of the opinion that there was no problem. Haruna Kondo (40), a popular comedian, was also on location that day, but it seems that most of the yellow cheers from the ladies were directed at Kazushige.