The third episode of the Tuesday drama "Toki Sude ni Osushi!?" (TBS, Tuesdays at 10 PM), starring actress Hiromi Nagasaku, aired on April 21st. A scene in which Kenichi Matsuyama, playing sushi academy instructor Kaiya Oedo, dances to Ken Matsudaira's hit song "Matsuken Samba II" had viewers in stitches.
◇The following contains spoilers.
The drama tells the story of Minato Machiyama (played by Nagasaku), who, having finished raising her children, is bewildered by the "time to herself" that she finally has again at the age of 50, but begins her second life and jumps into a "sushi academy" where she can become a sushi chef in three months.
Oedo was suspended from work after Kurumi (First Summer Uika) found a news article. With Minato's help, she was able to reconcile with Kurumi and return to her teaching job.
Meanwhile, the Oedo class held a get-together at the karaoke bar "Veteran-ko." Kurumi asked, "May I dance to one song?" and then enthusiastically performed "Matsuken Samba II."
Midway through the song, Oedo is encouraged by student Tateishi (Shiro Sano) to dance along, saying, "Come on, teacher, let's dance too!" and heads to the stage where Kurumi is. At first hesitantly, he tries to imitate what he's seen and performs the dance, and at the end, he strikes a pose with Kurumi, shouting "Me!"
Social media was buzzing with comments like, "I can't believe it, Kenichi Matsuyama doing the Matsuken Samba!", "This is awesome, I can't believe they're making Matsuken dance the Matsuken Samba lol", "I love that they're making Kenichi Matsuyama dance the Matsuken Samba. It's my favorite drama right now", and "Matsuken (Kenichi Matsuyama) doing the Matsuken Samba".
