Senator Mihara’s Personal Loss Drives Car Theft Fight
A Rank Cruiser filled with family memories was stolen overnight from ...... Security devices and buzzers were useless, and GPS could not track it.
Originating from “Tsuppari”
Mihara speaks with a sharp gaze. Her career, which took off when she played the role of the rebellious girl Reiko Yamada in the 1979 TV drama “3-nen B-gumi Kinpachi-sensei” (TBS), is no mere fluke. As a talent, she gained popularity as a delinquent idol.
“At that time, there were no delinquent roles in school dramas, and Reiko’s image from ‘Kinpachi-sensei’ spread rapidly. I wore a leather jacket and rode on the back of a motorcycle, that kind of thing (laughs). I was told to do whatever I wanted, so I was really into it on set. I dyed my hair and flattened my school bag.”
In the drama “Highly Inappropriate!” (TBS), which concluded this January, Mihara’s name frequently came up. After the broadcast, she reacted on X (formerly Twitter) with “Huh? I appeared! (laughs).” She humorously reflected on her past, eliciting laughter.
“Even my secretaries watched the drama and said, ‘We didn’t expect your name to come up like that, it was funny.’ Seiko Noda also told me, ‘Junko, I’m watching,’ almost every time.”
As a politician, she wants to implement measures to crack down on vehicle theft gangs, a matter that cannot be dismissed as merely inappropriate.
From the May 24, 2024 issue of FRIDAY
PHOTO.： Hiroyuki Komatsu
