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<p><span class="strongInContent"> He said, &#8220;I know that the first prime minister was Hirobumi Ito. What did he do?　I can only remember his &#8230;&#8230; face because I have memorized the history books as a &#8220;picture&#8221;. A stern man with a beard, right? (Laughs)&#8221;</span></p>
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<p>A record 56 candidates ran in the last Tokyo gubernatorial election. As we all know, the election campaign was chaotic, with posters not being put up in their entirety, naked posters becoming a problem, and people hijacking billboards.</p>
<p>Amidst the chaos, one person who created quite a stir was Airi Uchino, 31, the leader of the political group &#8220;Watch my cute political broadcast,&#8221; who ran for office <span class="strongInContent">with &#8220;zero interest in politics and almost no knowledge of the subject</span>.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I never thought I would run for office until I was invited to do so.</span><span class="strongInContent"> I never thought I would run for office until I was invited. Of course, I had voted, but I never thought I would be the one being voted for. Until I ran for office, I was working as a cameraman, distributing videos, editing videos, and running this bar (bar airia). This is exactly where I was persuaded to run for office. &#8230;&#8230;I was a bit lost, to be honest. Incidentally, Ayumi OZEKI of the &#8220;Poker Party&#8221; also decided to run for office here, saying, &#8220;I want to run for office! I want to run! The origin of the Poker Party is bar airia (laughs).</span></p>
<p>(Laughs)&#8221; It was a political broadcast that made the name &#8220;Airi Uchino&#8221; famous. After being introduced <span class="strongInContent">as &#8220;the original voice distributor with big tits, beautiful breasts, and a beautiful buttocks, chairman of the cute factory committee of the moe voice popularization committee, and the top goddess of cute evangelist,&#8221;</span> Ms <span class="strongInContent">.</span> Uchino called out the names in an animated voice and then took off her shirt and put on a tube top&#8230;. He then took off his shirt and donned a tube top&#8230;.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> We recorded the video in NHK&#8217;s studio, which is about three to four times the size of this store. The distance between me and the cameraman was about 3 meters. There was a monitor between me and the cameraman, so I could only see him during rehearsals. I couldn&#8217;t see the monitor during the show, but I&#8217;m glad I couldn&#8217;t see &#8230;&#8230;. I couldn&#8217;t help but be curious (laughs). There were directors and ADs in the studio, but everyone was expressionless. Only the sign language assistant looked on with a smile.</span></p>
<p>When I told him how impressed I was that he could read out the introductions <span class="strongInContent">such as &#8220;Beautiful Breasts, Big Tits, and Beautiful Ass&#8221; and &#8220;Top of the Goddesses&#8221;</span> without hesitation, he laughed and <span class="strongInContent">said, &#8220;That&#8217;s an AI reading out loud.</span> He laughed and said, &#8220;That&#8217;s an AI reading out loud.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I&#8217;m sorry to say this, but the result of 2,152 votes was not so good compared to the buzz of the press conference. The buzz was worldwide. The candidates had strong characters this time, so I think the votes that would have normally gone to me were scattered to other candidates. Well, I was ranked 20th, one place above Joker-san (candidate Yusuke <em>Kawai</em>, who wore the make-up of the main character in the movie &#8220;The Joker&#8221;), and I think it is good that I am a woman who embodies the &#8220;middle of the pack&#8221;. I think it&#8217;s a good thing that she is the embodiment of the &#8220;middle of the pack&#8221; in terms of cuteness. I&#8217;m just a woman who embodies the &#8216;top of the middle&#8217; in terms of cuteness!</span><span class="strongInContent"> I myself consider myself &#8216;extra cute&#8217;!&#8221;</span></p>
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<p>Although it was the most popular of all the candidates&#8217; press conference broadcasts, making news even overseas, the people around him were split down the middle in their evaluations.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Some people said, &#8216;You did a good job,&#8217; and others said, &#8216;Give me a break. My mother sent me a line saying, &#8216;Don&#8217;t try to be so sexy. I haven&#8217;t contacted my father at &#8230;&#8230;, so I don&#8217;t know how he feels about it (laughs). But the people who message me on my social networking sites are usually the ones who compliment me. A high school girl who belongs to the drama club sent me a long message saying, &#8220;It&#8217;s great that you can show yourself off so well. She complimented me saying, &#8216;You are an entertainer. I watched my political broadcasts several times, and my personal impression was that I was a bad guy (laughs).</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Fifty percent of the messages on my social networking sites were supportive, 30% were date invitations or reports that I had &#8220;pulled it off,&#8221; and the remaining 20% were slanderous. The remaining 20% were slanderous. They would send me messages like, &#8220;This is the first time I&#8217;ve pulled it out during a political broadcast,&#8221; even though I didn&#8217;t need such a report. I really can&#8217;t help it. Another comment was, &#8220;Your voice is very good. I received many compliments on my voice. I am the original voice distributor. I have been using my voice to broadcast on Internet radio since junior high school, and the first time I did it, the number of people who &#8220;connected&#8221; (simultaneously) reached 100. After a while, the number of people reached 500, and I felt I was getting a good response. I was cute, I had a great voice, and all sorts of other factors exploded with the election of the governor of Tokyo.</span></p>
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<p>How has Representative Uchino&#8217;s life changed after the turbulent Tokyo gubernatorial election?</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I have been called on the street and told, &#8220;Good job. Also, I have been invited to more and more events. I&#8217;ve been invited to dinners, events, and even &#8220;Would you like to come to the pre-opening of the villa? and so on. I even worked as the manager of a yakiniku restaurant for a day. I guess I was slightly in the &#8220;influencer&#8221; category, wasn&#8217;t I?　I get a lot of sudden offers, so I&#8217;m working like a celebrity. I&#8217;m sorry that I&#8217;m so busy that I can&#8217;t open the store much anymore.</span></p>
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<p>The Tokyo gubernatorial election has done wonders for his publicity. Will he continue to live as a TV personality and influencer?</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I think I will no longer be able to work as a full-time employee, although I have gained a lot of publicity from my political broadcasts. Also, my tax accountant said, &#8216;I want to terminate my contract. He said, &#8216;The staff at the office saw that political broadcast and decided it would be difficult to be involved any longer. I didn&#8217;t commit any crime. &#8230;&#8230; Isn&#8217;t it confidentiality to say whose tax accountant you are working for in the first place?　I lost my tax accountant because of that political broadcast (laughs).</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> But I gained more. As well as name recognition, I met a lot of people. And worldwide encounters. The other day, a foreigner I don&#8217;t know contacted me and said, &#8216;Would you like to see a picture of my goat? I replied, &#8220;Yes, I would like to see them. I replied, &#8220;Yes, I would like to see them,&#8221; and he really did send me four pictures of his goats. They are called Howard and Todd Thomas (laughs). Also, we got a Chinese part-timer in the store. Just now, I also received a shout-out from someone in Spain. Thanks to the buzz.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_386159" class="wp-caption alignnone" style="width: 1667px;" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-386159"><a href="#" data-ident_hash="f4dc0ee2"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/fridaydigital/image/private/t_article_image/wpmedia/2024/08/46599b7bbd1f0ef3ecc3898bd77d2a01.jpg" alt=""></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-386159" class="wp-caption-text">I&#8217;m not taking off any more clothes! (Laughs)&#8221;</figcaption></figure>
<p><span class="strongInContent">As</span> for the future, Uchino said, <span class="strongInContent">&#8220;I still want to enter politics.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I would like to run for political office somewhere in the 23 wards of Tokyo. I would like to run for ward assembly or metropolitan assembly. I haven&#8217;t been approached by any party yet (laughs). But this is the only time I&#8217;m taking off my clothes. That was my best work. I don&#8217;t do photogravure work either (laughs). During the Tokyo gubernatorial election, many people approached me during my street speeches. One girl said, &#8220;Airi-san gives me courage. Most of them were young people. They were all high school students and teenagers. I don&#8217;t have the right to vote, but I support you! I&#8217;m rooting for you! I&#8217;m running for governor of Tokyo again in four years, when they will be able to vote. （I don&#8217;t know.)</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Shinji Ishimaru also gained name recognition in the Tokyo gubernatorial election and became a man of the hour. After giving a speech in Kamata, I was heading home via Tokyo Station when I heard an announcement that Ishimaru was about to give a speech, so I thought, &#8220;Since I&#8217;m here, I&#8217;ll go see what he has to say. I went to see what was going on, and was amazed at how different we were even though we were both candidates for governor of Tokyo. I was surprised that no one noticed me. I took a video of him giving his speech in the background and said, &#8220;The crowd is so excited! I took a video of his speech in the background, but even so, no one noticed me (laughs). I was impressed by his ability to stage a speech like it was a music festival. I also really like how confident he was. After the election, Ishimaru-san was beaten up, wasn&#8217;t he? That was because he was too hard on the interviewer. He may be too quick-witted, and the interaction with the interviewer may be irritating, but a politician is supposed to speak in a way that people who don&#8217;t understand understand can understand. A politician is a public figure, not a corporate bigwig or an artist. I think, &#8220;Ishimaru, you are so blue!　I&#8217;m bluer than you! (laughs).</span></p>
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<p>With the dramatic increase in the number of invitations he receives and the number of worldwide encounters he has had, he must be very content in his private life as well.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> I get messages to death asking me to go on dates or have a drink with them. But I already have enough to do. Boyfriends?　I don&#8217;t remember the first 10 (laughs).</span></p>
<p>The number of LINE subscribers has reached the upper limit of 5,000. He says he is currently waiting for his turn to join. She is sure to turn her scandals into a driving force, though she should be wary of trouble related to her love life.</p>
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