Playback ‘04 Announcer Minako Nakano Finds New Role as Commuter Wife in Young Actor’s Home

Ito, on the other hand, was a young actor who was emerging at the time. Three years earlier, right after this magazine reported his love affair with actress Miki Mizuno, he was hospitalized for hallucinations after eating magic mushrooms, and his acting career was once in jeopardy. However, he later appeared in the historical drama “Toshiie to Matsumatsu” and the drama “Shiroi Kyotou” (Fuji Television Network), and the movie “Umizaru,” which would later become his masterpiece, was scheduled for release in the summer of that year.

After going out, they returned home after 11:30 p.m., accompanied by a male friend. This friend returned alone the next morning, but Ito and Nakano did not appear until 4:00 pm.

In the article, an acquaintance of Ito’s testified that the two were already officially acquainted with each other as follows.

It seems that Ito, who was originally a big fan of hers, asked a female announcer he knew to introduce them to each other. Late last year, he suddenly brought her to the launch of a TV show he was on. They seemed to get along very well and jabbed at each other. Since then, they have often been seen drinking together. Now when I have dinner with the members of “Shiroi Kyotou,” she sometimes accompanies me. It seems that Ito finds her cute and adorable and can’t help it.

Nakano, however, was not to be outdone. This magazine also witnessed her visiting Ito’s apartment on a weekend in late January and returning home the next morning with a sleepy, spruced-up face, as well as her rushing to “go to work” at around 3:00 a.m. on a weekday to appear on “Mezamashi. It was truly a “commuter love” that spared no time for sleep.

This is all I have to say about the situation at the time. The two were so excited and passionate about each other, but they broke up after about a year. After the breakup, a heartbroken Nakano considered quitting Fuji Television for a time.

According to what Nakano later said in an interview with a magazine, when he first joined Fuji Television, he had no self-confidence in himself, and his days were “hell. He was viewed as a rival to Uchi, Ayapan, and others around him, and his days were quite stressful.

The time spent with Ito may have been a source of support for her during those days.