A documentary film will be released in November…A collection of “brilliant” images of former “SMAP” member Katsuyuki Mori.

Mori was a member of SMAP for only eight years, but his illustrious idol days have not faded away. FRIDAY” has paid attention to Mori since March 1989, one year after the group’s formation, when he made his debut in a commercial, and has reported on him in various ways, from the way he posed with a smile when he got the commercial to his passionate love affair with the woman who would later become his wife. We would like to look back at an article we reported in the March 3, 1989 issue.

A two-shot with a popular idol

Sitting on a large stepladder in the studio, with her face turned to the side and showing a silly expression, is Mami Yamase, a very popular idol at the time who had 10 regular TV programs. The boy with a beaming smile next to her is Katsuyuki Mori. In fact, this is a commemorative photo taken during a visit to a recording session for “Tsuyoshi Shikkari Shisshinasai,” a TV show that began airing in February 1989.

Yamase looks bigger than Mori in the photo, but Mori was in his third year of junior high school at the time. With her height of 174 cm, long legs, and outstanding style, she quickly became a very popular idol. In fact, another young actor was initially chosen to play the lead role in this drama, but he died suddenly in a car accident. As a result, the drama had to be re-selected from scratch, and Mori was chosen as the lead.

(TV magazine writer) “The producer of the drama at the time said,

The producer of the drama at the time said, “I don’t mean that he is a substitute actor. His looks and talent are as good as those of the original lead actor.

He was a great admirer of Yamase’s performance. Yamase told the magazine about Mori: “I have a younger brother who is the same age as him,

I have a younger brother the same age as Mori, but he is much cuter.

Yamase said of Mori, “I have a younger brother the same age as him, but Mori is much cuter than him. Mori, on the other hand, was just honeycombing.