Chapter 505: The Successor of the Program
Kiyoshi Sakamoto's decision to quit the band's title program shocked TV Asahi and the entire program team.
However, for his decision, TV Asahi and the program team, including teammates, also expressed their understanding.
The first people to know about this decision were Kiyoshi Sakamoto's teammates, Shin Ogawa and Masaki Chiba.
Although when they heard Sakamoto Kiyoshi's decision, the two were shocked at the time, and even found it difficult to accept it for a while.
However, after Sakamoto Kiyoshi's explanation, the two were also relieved and silently accepted this sudden decision...
In terms of TV stations and programs, it is easier to convince than teammates.
There is not much explanation, just a simple sentence of "Sakamoto-kun is not suitable for continuing the filming of the show", which is enough to make TV Asahi and the program team clear.
After all, Sakamoto Kiyoshi's current identity is no longer what it used to be, how can he continue to be forced by them to drink bitter tea and wear women's clothes like before.
The program team that received this decision was also sad about it.
They have no discipline, and they still think that if the richest classmate, after losing a game session, is forced to wear women's clothes, then the picture...
Tsk tsk, very emotional!
Ratings are definitely soaring!
Unfortunately, this possibility does not exist ...
I didn't know that my decision just allowed him to avoid shameful punishment, and after quitting the show, he didn't forget to recommend a group of funny combinations to the program team to supplement the program team.
That person is Horipro's new comedy group, Banana Man!
Banana Man, a two-person comic comic comic group, if you have watched Nogizaka 46's title group "Where is Nogizaka" and "In the Fortification of Nogizaka", you will know that this is a very good funny combination.
Whether it was at the beginning of the show, when the Nogizaka girls had a very low sense of variety shows, which led to many cold shows, or in the later stage of the show, the Nogizaka girls' sense of variety shows had grown, and the banana people used their strong hosting level to forcibly save the cold scene and throw stalks, making the show look full of interesting points.
Especially Shi Letong, this short drama background, a versatile funny artist, has a very fast response and super cooperation ability, plus a pair, he can be regarded as a handsome appearance among funny artists, and it has developed very rapidly in recent years.
And Yuki Himura, another member of Banana Man, also relies on an interesting appearance with a high degree of discrimination and a good imitation ability to play a bullied role, which is also loved by the audience.
Although the two have not really become a well-known funny group in 2009, they can be described as the leading potential stocks in the budding funny group!
Moreover, as a reborn person, Kiyoshi Sakamoto knows their future development.
In 2017, the banana people held nearly a dozen groups in their hands, and they can be described as top first-line funny artists.
Second only to BIG3 and other variety shows, it is at the top of the middle of the funny artist pyramid...
It is precisely because of Nogizaka that Kiyoshi Sakamoto is very impressed with the two of them, so after he quits the show, he recommends Banana Man to enter the show to help Ogawa Shin and Chiba Masaki.
Sakamoto Kiyoshi's good intentions can be seen...
In fact, in Japan, the road to fame for funny artists can be described as very bumpy and long.
Generally speaking, except for the comedy contest M1, which is an instant hit, basically all comedy groups have gone through a relatively long period of no-name before slowly moving from a small theater with less than 100 people to a large theater...
After the Grand Theater, the next step is to go on TV.
After being on TV, after a few years of accumulation, you can probably become a guest on a late-night show.
After the late-night show, you have to perform very well before you will be favored by the TV station and arranged for the prime-time group.
The status has also gone all the way from a young altar artist, a resident guest, to a regular guest, a deputy MC, and finally became the main MC of the fan group.
There are very few funny combinations, and in a short period of time, they can become the MC of the prime-time group.
And now, after the recommendation of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the banana man actually had the opportunity, the carp jumped over the dragon gate, and became the MC of the prime-time variety show of Asahi TV in one fell swoop, which made the banana man feel flattered, but also grateful to the recommender Kiyoshi Sakamoto!
I still remember that in the last episode of the program that participated in the recording, when Sakamoto Kiyoshi met with the two who had just joined the show, when the two saw Sakamoto Kiyoshi from a distance, they lowered their bodies, trotted, and came to Sakamoto Kiyoshi with a deep bow, which made Sakamoto Kiyoshi also be taken aback.
"Director Sakamoto, thank you very much for your recommendation, we will definitely pay for the show for the rest of our lives!"
"Sudden THE SUN" is a new signature group on TV Asahi.
As the only one, you can see the program of Japan's No. 1 band THE SUN every week, and the ratings of each episode of "Sudden THE SUN" are always high, and they are basically the ratings champions of the same period, and it is not an exaggeration to call it a "national variety show"...
And now, being able to become the MC of this prime-time high-rated fan group, the banana people, is like a dream come true.
You know, this is the first time that their group has become the MC of the prime-time group!
It's a life-long opportunity for them.
Therefore, it is not difficult to understand the respectful attitude of the two when they saw Sakamoto Kiyoshi.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto also turned in his mind and understood the beginning and the end.
"This time, I'm going to leave it to you... Kiyoshi Sakamoto also warmly held the hands of the two of them, smiled and entrusted, "I really still have Masaki's variety show ability, which is not enough to support the entire title show, so I hope you can take them." ”
"Don't worry, Director Sakamoto, we know how to do it!" replied the banana people in unison.
The withdrawal of Kiyoshi Sakamoto, the main MC, will inevitably push Shin Ogawa to the position of the main MC, which has been decided a long time ago.
After all, Ogawa's real hosting ability is second only to Kiyoshi Sakamoto in THE SUN.
However, with Shin Ogawa as a supporting character for complaining, he will do well.
However, if he is made the main MC who presides over the overall situation, he may not be able to control the scene and carry on the show smoothly.
Therefore, Sakamoto Kiyoshi will think that the supplementary banana man will come in, assist and teach Ogawa Zhen, so that he can learn and grow at the same time, and finally be able to become a host in his own right.
Kiyoshi Sakamoto's expectations for him, but THE SUN's Nakai Masahiro!
As for Masaki Chiba?
Kiyoshi Sakamoto continued to let him be on the AKB side, under Yasusu Akimoto, to learn how to make a girl group, and prepare for the establishment of Sony's own girl group, Nogizaka, in the future...
In his eyes, Chiba Masaki, but the future Nogizaka 46's trumpet Akimoto Yasu!