So iconic, even the prime minister is a fan.
During a radio show on Jan 11, ’90s Japanese heartthrob Takuya Kimura shared how he recently met Japan Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on a flight to Noto with comedian Sanma Akashiya.
One of her personnel approached them on the flight and said Takaichi, 64, wanted to say hello.
“I was wearing a mask, and I was sitting on the aisle seat. Sanma was sitting by the window. I assumed that Prime Minister Takaichi was going to say hello to Sanma, so I just sat there,” said the 53-year-old on the radio show.
Takaichi had small talk with 70-year-old Sanma, who is from her hometown in Nara.
“When I heard that, I said, ‘So you two are both true Nara locals,’ and I pulled down my mask,” Takuya recalled.
When he did so, Takaichi reportedly gasped and said: “It’s Takuya Kimura! It feels like a dream!”
But what surprised him was her later remark before she got off the plane.
“She suddenly looked my way and said, ‘Your first photobook is a treasure to me,'” he recounted, adding that he was stunned and exclaimed: “Majika (seriously)?”
Takuya, also known by a shortened version of his name KimuTaku, was a member of Japan’s once-biggest boy band Smap.
He is regarded as a Japanese icon who was a sex symbol, known for his roles in hit dramas such as Long Vacation (1996), Love Generation (1997) and Hero (2001).
His first photobook was released in 1996.
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