Why Chiriko Sakashita, who “hasn’t changed at all,” has shown her true value at the age of 45.

Halaichi Iwai’s “benefactor” …

It was in early January that the name “Chiriko Sakashita” ranked high on the SNS trend list for a long time.

It seems to have been triggered by her appearance on “Ariyoshi-kun no Masanao Sanpo” (“Honest Sanpo” / Fuji Television Network, aired on January 8), with the comment “I’m surprised that she is 45 years old. You haven’t changed at all! Many tweets were seen, such as “Always cute,” and “Chiriko Sakashita is the most beautiful 45-year-old woman on earth.

One of the reasons for the trend was that Chiriko Sakashita wrote a calligraphy on Instagram as a model for her children’s New Year’s calligraphy, which became a topic of conversation as being “too good” and “brilliant. Furthermore, the fact that Sakashita and Yuuki Iwai of Haraiichi co-starred in “Masanao Sanpo” seems to have had a synergistic effect.

The reason for this is that Chiriko Sakashita had recognized the talent of Haraiichi Iwai, who has become a kind of charismatic figure for comedy lovers, and had continued to promote him since he was a youngster, and Iwai called her his “benefactor.

We asked him directly how he perceives this situation at …….

He said, “Mr. Iwai certainly calls me a ‘benefactor. Now he makes fun of me at all, though (laughs).

I was just a fan of Mr. Iwai from the moment I saw him on TV.

But at the time, Tasuku Sawabe was the only member of Haraiichi on TV, and although I had worked with Sawabe many times, I never had a chance to meet Mr. Iwai. Then, when I happened to meet the two Haraiichis in a special program, I said to Mr. Iwai, “You’re amazing!　It’s wonderful! I told them how much I had been thinking about them.

I told him how much I was indebted to him, and he made a lot of jokes about it on the radio, etc. Whenever it is his birthday, he always holds a “Chiriko Sakashita-san Birthday Festival” (laughs).

I am often approached by Ms. Iwai’s fans, and they are all so passionate that I feel the same “pressure” as when I myself approached Ms. Iwai for the first time. It was like looking at myself and saying, “I totally understand how you feel! I accept it with a feeling of ‘I know exactly how you feel!

King’s Brunch” trained my “variety” skills.

Ariyoshi’s trusted personalities and good friends frequently appear on “Shonen Sanpo,” and Sakashita is one of these “regulars.

When I appear on “Shonjo Sanpo,” I get a lot of feedback on Instagram and other sites saying how interesting it was, which makes me happy, but Ariyoshi-san has a lot of different ideas, and he passes on words that are easy for me to respond to. No matter what I say, Ariyoshi-san makes it interesting, so I just enjoy the location.”

You have a reputation for your “high level of variety. When asked, …….

‘Is it the power of location?　I think my roots are in the location skills I developed as a bran girl (female reporter) for “King’s Branch. I received particularly strict instruction in food reporting (laughs). I was told, “Your comment is wrong! I remember being told, “Your comment is wrong,” and being forced to drink dozens of cups of tea.

Nowadays, I think they are looking for people who can work immediately, but at the time I joined “King’s Brunch,” all the directors were eager to nurture and develop newcomers who were just amateurs.

So, before the show, while the technicians were filming things in the back, I was made to practice drinking lots of tea and giving my impressions. I had already had dozens of drinks behind the scenes, so I couldn’t act like it was my first time (laughs).

The episode is like the Shimura Ken/Kato Tea “healthy milk” comedy.

So, what have you learned on location?

I think it’s about reading the flow and atmosphere around you. If I sense that the performer I am working with is not interested in the topic at hand, I don’t dig any deeper. Ariyoshi-san is very perceptive of this, and even when we are on location together, I can tell immediately when he is not interested (laughs).

Incidentally, among the many bran girls, the director had to designate who would go on which location. Who were the “foster parents” on location?

The director, Tomoka Sato, who still does the “Shopping Expert” segment (which became a regular feature in October 2008).

Emi Hashino’s “JoOusama’s Shopping” corner was started by Tomoka Sato, and at that time, for the first time, one of the Blancmusume members asked me to work with her because she wanted to create a corner that would be crowned by Blancmusume.

I was very happy to have a corner from Blancmusume, and I also heard that if it didn’t work out, they would end it in a single season, so I remember working very hard on it.

Another person to mention is Wataru Hiraga, who was in charge of the trend section called “boom up.

Mr. Hiraga taught me everything I needed to know about location work, such as how to take care of the technical staff.

When Mr. Hiraga was making his debut as a director, he took me and another Bran girl on a Disneyland location shoot. He told us, “You guys have to convey a fun atmosphere to the viewers,” and “If you don’t have fun, the message won’t get through.” I was young, so I forgot about work and really enjoyed myself.

When I went to the site on Saturday morning, they were doing the final V-check the day before putting the show on live TV. The producer said, “You guys were so excited, report properly! I was so angry with him. I said, ‘I’m also doing a report,’ but he said, ‘That’s just playing around.

But that week, the only part of our Disneyland VTR that got a huge boost in numbers, so the producer changed his tune and said, ‘Well, that was a great VTV’ (laughs).

He also speaks of his impression of Hashinoemi, with whom he often tag-teamed on the show.

“ Emi-chan and I are completely different types. Emi-chan was an actress in the Kin-chan troupe, so she was good at comedy anyway. On the contrary, she said she hated anything without a script, so I saw her as an “actress” at the time.

However, when “King’s Brunch” celebrated its 10th anniversary, I had the opportunity to do a segment with Emi-chan, and she was very easy to work with. I don’t know how Emi-chan felt about it, but I felt a sense of nostalgia, as if I were meeting my old partner.

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She is now a mother of two children, a junior high school student and a fifth grader. When her children were in nursery school, she had to work until “pick-up time” as her standard, so she refused to work on local programs that required overnight stays. She also decided with her husband, a freelance photographer, that one of them would watch the children on weekends, and they followed the rule of “the one who gets the job first gets it, and the one who gets the job later has to turn it down.

What do you want to do now that you have settled down to raise your children?

Since I started raising my children, I have appeared on Akira Ikegami’s programs and information programs, and I have come to really like news and information programs that I can learn from, so I would like to do such programs again.

I would also like to visit programs like “Honest Sanpo. However, I don’t think Ariyoshi-san would like it if I appeared on every show (laughs). Anyway, the best thing for me is to continue working at my own pace.

By the way, what comedians are you paying attention to right now for their “foresight”?

I have been pushing for “Nasunanakashi” for more than 15 years, and I am glad that he has finally come around. The other day, Nasunanushi’s manager said to me, “Nasunanaka has sold! ‘ He reported to me, ‘I have a work schedule every day,’ so I’m really happy for them.”