Junichi Okada, the president of an agency, a producer, and a leading actor, is very busy walking around in the city center as if he were a fighter.
His well-trained body looks like a…
Around 2:00 p.m. in mid-September, Junichi Okada, 43, was walking alone in a downtown area of Tokyo with a stride as if he were walking.
On the way, he stopped in front of a sign for an acupuncture, moxibustion, and bodywork clinic placed at the entrance of a multi-tenant building, pulled out some pamphlets, read them, and continued walking again. Okada got into his car, which was parked in a nearby coin-operated parking lot, but the body of his car was very dirty with mud splatter, as if he had gone somewhere far away.
Okada is currently working on “Iksagami,” Netflix’s first live-action original period drama from Japan, as a lead actor, producer, and action planner. The film was shot on location in the mountains near the Kanto region for about 10 days.
What took place was a large-scale battle scene, and both actors and staff were filming while getting into the doldrums. Okada also accompanied them on location scouts throughout Japan as a producer.” (TV magazine writer)
The dirt on his beloved car seemed to testify to the harshness of the situation. Okada was dressed in a sporty, all-black corset that day, but it was clear to anyone who saw him that he was wearing muscles as well-developed as a martial artist.
If my body were safe, it would be an extraordinary work of art.”
The black T-shirt had the double name “AISTON” and “PHAETON,” a select shop in Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture.
Okada quit the former Johnny’s office at the end of November 2011 and became independent. In December of the same year, he established the entertainment agency ‘AISTON. Also, on November 5, 2011, he invited PHAETON owner Yushito Sakaya as a guest on his radio program “Growing Reed” (J-WAVE), and the T-shirt seems to have been a collaboration between the two” (fashion magazine writer).
At first, “AISTON” was thought to be Okada’s personal office, but on June 15, actor Shohei Ueki (41) joined, and on September 24, new actress Midika Yamazaki (24), who played the lead in the movie “Kafune,” released on October 12, joined.
Okada is also very busy as president, but now he is putting all his energy into “Ixagami. In an interview for the piece,
If my body was safe, it would be an extraordinary work” (from the Netflix Newsroom).
(from Netflix Newsroom),” he said, something that should make fans worried, but from the looks of things on this day, it seems that there are no problems at all…
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