CHO-ANIMEDIA.JP: "I came to love Saitama more" Nikaido Fumi shows her love at Tonde Saitama stage greeting 【Report】

Nikaido Fumi, GACKT, Iseya Yusuke, Kyomoto Masaki, and director Takeuchi Hideki attended the opening day stage greeting for the movie Tonde Saitama.

Nikaido, who played a male role for the first time, said that she “wanted to wear a Montsuki Hakama” and appeared in a white Montsuki. Showered in applause from the audience, she smiled in high spirits. In addition, she visited the governor of Saitama during the promotional campaign and spoke of her love for Saitama, saying, “I was told that ‘Saitama natives won’t get angry because they are magnanimous’. It’s a magnanimous place that has accepted such a movie. I’ve come to love it more”.

On the other hand, when it was revealed by director Takeuchi that the kiss scene between GACKT and Iseya was proposed by GACKT, he had a wry smile on his face as he confessed, “I wanted to kiss Iseya-kun no matter what”. Iseya, too, displayed his mutual affection, getting cheers and giggles from the audience as he said, “I was allowed a warm performance in GACKT-san’s bosom”.

Also, Kyomoto revealed that when he received the offer, “I heard that I was playing GACKT-san father and I thought, ‘What’, but then I heard that ‘Rei (played by GACKT) is 18 years old’ and I understood”.

Lastly, GACKT appealed with “Before filming, the director spoke to me about the movie, saying ‘There’s a moving scene at the start, but the end breaks through with a spectacle’. You’ll be able to discover all kinds of things, so please do watch it on a big screen”. Following that, Nikaido drew laughter when she said with a bitter smile, “Among the highly individualistic persons, I wondered if my personality would shine through. I thought that I was the most decent one”.