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<h3><span class="strongInContent"> Not into GP-band dramas?</span></h3>
<p> Hokuto Matsumura (30) of &#8220;SixTONES&#8221; is doing very well. He is a member of a popular idol group and has also been slowly gaining a reputation as an actor over the past few years. Recently, he gave a &#8220;super&#8221; good performance as the sidekick of Yuya Yagira&#8217;s character in the Netflix drama &#8220;Kujo no Daishin&#8221; (The Deadly Sins of Kujo). Finally, he is set to play the lead role in the drama series &#8220;Confession: 25 Years of Secrets&#8221; (NTV), which will be broadcast from July.</p>
<p> It should be noted that his high reputation is not only supported by his idol fans. A writer well versed in the entertainment industry explains as follows.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> Matsumura&#8217;s first major role as an actor was in the NHK morning drama &#8220;Come Come Everybody,&#8221; in which he played a young man of the Showa era. He played the role of a young man in the Showa era (1926-1989) and won the support of the middle-aged and older generation, who are the main audience for morning dramas.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> He has also won numerous awards for his films, but what is interesting is that they are all light-hearted cultural works, such as &#8220;All at Dawn,&#8221; &#8220;First Kiss 1ST KISS,&#8221; and &#8220;5 Centimeters per Second. This shows that they are appreciated not by fans of Hokuto Matsumura as an idol, but by pure movie fans.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> His group SixTONES is very popular. He is also highly regarded as an actor. Although it sounds like Matsumura has a bright future ahead of him, in fact, that is why he has some concerns about starring in a series of dramas starting in July. Although his roles in morning dramas and movies have been well-received, he has not been well-received in golden-zone dramas so far. What does this mean?</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> The worldview of cultural works such as NHK dramas and movies is, on the contrary, distinct from the glitter of the mainstream. In other words, the less idol-like sparkling elements, the more people will get into it. For Mr. Matsumura, whose main field of activity is idols, this may be something he is reluctant to let go of.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> As evidence of this, Ms. Matsumura&#8217;s reputation in the mainstream golden-band dramas has not been good. It seems that the trendy atmosphere does not suit her. &#8230;&#8230;</span></p>
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<h3><span class="strongInContent">The &#8220;leopard&#8217;s change&#8221; shown at the concert</span></h3>
<p> Editors and writers who regularly cover Matsumura and SixTONES say that the real Matsumura is not the sparkling idol type.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> He is not the sparkling idol type. &#8220;The members of SixTONES are all cheerful and often joke around with each other like children between interviews and photo shoots,&#8221; he says. But Matsumura is the only one who is always quiet and watches the scene with a smile on his face. I have never seen her in a high-spirited, boisterous mood.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> He seems to be a typical subculture lover, and the &#8220;things he is into&#8221; that he mentions in interviews are things like the illustrator Misaki Tanaka. He also describes himself as a &#8220;shady character,&#8221; and in fact, even though he has a good reputation for his acting, he always asks, &#8220;Are you sure? He always seems to lack confidence and has no sense of smugness.</span></p>
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<p> (Entertainment writer) Another story that makes it difficult to tell whether it is a compliment or not.</p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> He is a very good actor, but I think his acting ability is very high without any discovery. In &#8220;The Nine Deadly Sins,&#8221; he matched the gloomy, underground worldview so well that I no longer wondered, &#8220;Why is such a man playing an idol?&#8221; (another entertainment writer).</span></p>
<p> The more I hear about her, the more I worry about the new drama, but she is not just a top idol. We also heard testimonies about Matsumura&#8217;s &#8220;other face,&#8221; which is not just a &#8220;quiet, brooding&#8221; persona.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> Matsumura-san is usually quiet and reserved, but once he gets on stage, he is amazing. I once went to see SixTONES perform live shortly after the interview. It was so cool that I was a little scared. And he was so cool that I got a little scared!&#8221; (freelance editor)</span></p>
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<h3><span class="strongInContent">The gap between the two is amazing when they show their emotions.</span></h3>
<p> Which is the real Matsumura? Media critic and professor at Doshisha Women&#8217;s University&#8217;s Department of Media Creation, Takahiko Kageyama, analyzed Matsumura as both an idol and an actor.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> I love Hokuto Matsumura as an actor, so much so that I watch every drama and movie he is in. His charm is his stoic, Showa-esque presence. He is taciturn, but inside he is thinking about many things and has complex emotions swirling around in his mind. And he expresses them by focusing on his words. Minoru-san in &#8220;Come Come Everybody&#8221; was wonderful.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> However, he is not stoic all the time. Therefore, the gap between his performance and that of other actors is a gap in which we can see the outpouring of emotion, which makes me tremble with excitement.</span></p>
<p> Personally, he is hoping that his acting career will bring him a big flower in the future.　&#8221;I have seen him in variety shows.</p>
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<p><span class="strongInContent"> When I see him in variety shows, I don&#8217;t get the impression that he is trying to go forward too aggressively. Perhaps that is a sign of his humble confidence in himself as an actor.</span></p>
<p><span class="strongInContent"> Some people have said that he doesn&#8217;t look confident, but I don&#8217;t think that&#8217;s true inside. The fact that he keeps it hidden and doesn&#8217;t show it in that way also gives a sense of Showa-esque stoicism, which is refreshing.&#8221;</span></p>
<p> In the new drama, he plays a young man who is madly in love with a certain woman, in a way that can be described as pure love or obsession. We can&#8217;t wait to see what kind of &#8220;emotional outbursts&#8221; he will show us this time.</p>

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 Nanako

 Kumataro Arai

 Hokuto Matsumura will play the solo lead role for the first time in a serial drama series on Nippon Television starting in July. Matsumura has been highly acclaimed in morning dramas and movies, but his reputation in serial dramas on the GP belt has not been good so far. What is the reason for this?

Whispers of “insecurity” about Hokuto Matsumura in his first solo lead role in a drama series in the July season.

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