Junichi Ishida Reflects on One Year Since Opening His Yakiniku Restaurant and Passion for Ferraris

Ishida’s face was completely that of a business manager rather than a celebrity. Then, Ishida must be leading a very rich life today. Ishida is known for his unparalleled love of Ferraris, and has owned nearly 10 Ferraris,

But now,” he says, “I drive a Japanese minivan. He has a large family (a family of five, including his wife Riko Higashio, 48, and three children). Actually…I had a Ferrari in secret, but Riko found out and I had to give it up …… (laughs).”

What on earth does that mean ……?

I think Ferrari is a woman with an elegant and bewitching personality.

When one thinks of celebrities and Ferraris, Tetsuya Komuro and Masahiko Kondo come to mind, but Junichi Ishida is also known in the industry as a Ferrari freak.

Ishida took the world by storm as a trendy actor, but he did not suddenly become a popular actor. He also experienced a period of disadvantage. He had no access to a luxury car like a Ferrari at that time, and his first car was a Nissan Cherry, he says.

He says, “Then I went on to drive a Bluebird SSS, then a Ken and Mary Skyline GT, and then a Nissan. I started my career as a stage actor, and my first income was 7,000 yen a year. The next year, it was 70,000 yen. The year after that, I earned 700,000 yen, and the year after that, I earned 7 million yen. After that, it doubled to 14 million yen. …… It wasn’t until I appeared in the 1988 broadcast of “I Want to Hug You! starring Yoko Minamino.

starring Yoko Minamino, and “I want to chase you! and “I’m in love with your eyes! and other dramas on Fuji TV alone, ……. The commercials were so busy that I didn’t even have time to sleep, so I could save up money. I mean, it just piled up on its own. So, of course, I bought a condominium. Then, what about a car? I thought about a Mercedes Benz for a moment and went to see one.

However, the Mercedes Benz was “too good to be true” for Ishida.

I’m not a perfect person, and I’m full of gaps. But I like to play and have fun. The only car for such a man is an Italian car. So I decided to buy a Ferrari 328. It was used, but it had been used as a test car, and it was a manual transmission car with no power steering.