Osamu Mukai confesses behind-the-scenes stories from the filming of “Paripi Komei” and also reveals the unexpected personalities of the cast: “The only one who is truly Paripi is DJ KOO” | ORICON NEWS

Singer EIKO, played by actor Moka Kamishiraishi, held an event to commemorate the release of her first album “Dreamer” at the Tower Records Shibuya store in Tokyo on the 12th, and Osamu Mukai attended as a special guest.

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Kamishiraishi plays the role of Eiko Tsukimi, a girl who aspires to become a singer, in the Wednesday 10th drama “Paripi Komei” currently airing on Fuji TV. On the 1st of this month, she released her 1st album “Dreamer”, which includes songs sung by the artist “EIKO”, and this day was her first real live performance. During the live part, they performed the title song “Dreamer”.

After the live performance, Mukai was called onto the stage by Kamishiraishi, who introduced him as “Koumei!” and said with a wry smile, “When you’re introduced like that, it’s hard to say, “Hello” (lol). The fact that he appeared in a casual style instead of the costume he wears in the movie was met with pranks from the beginning, with people asking, “Where has Komei gone!? Aren’t you trying to be cool?”

During the talk, they looked back on the filming process and reported on the completion of the shoot. Mukai was pleased with the response, saying, “Even people I don’t normally get in touch with say, “That’s interesting,” and people in the music industry are also reaching out to me.” I was told, “Today is normal, isn’t it?” he said with a wry smile again.

Mukai is also grateful that such gorgeous artists have been cast. She appealed, “Anyway, more than half of them are artists. Among the performers, Rikako Yagi and I are the only ones who aren’t doing pure artist activities.”

He said that the most memorable incident during filming was on the set of episode 7, saying, “It was the episode where DJ KOO appeared for the first time, and (Sugawara) Koharu-chan said that DJ KOO would appear. It’s like he didn’t know. I think we said hello on set, but the moment I found out he was going to be participating in the recording, I couldn’t stop laughing and filming stopped for a while (lol).”

He also said, “DJ KOO has a very service-oriented attitude, and he gave me his own headphones and said, “You can use these for filming.” When I found out that my name was on it (lol), I was very grateful and it was very interesting (lol).”

At the end, they talked about the 8th episode, which will be broadcast on the 15th, and what will happen after that. Mukai said, “Everyone is really serious.Koharu-chan has been practicing her vocals in the dressing room since the beginning of the morning…” and added, “The only one who is truly paripi is DJ KOO.On the other hand, the real paripi came. So, the people on set were confused,” he confessed. At the end, he said, “A new big-name guest will appear, and I also filmed here at Tower Records. Please look forward to seeing what kind of scene it will be.”