The 63rd episode of the NHK Asadora drama series "Kaze,Kaoru " (NHK General, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM, etc.), starring Ai Mikami and Juri Kosaka , aired on June 24th, and featured the full appearance of Army Sergeant Goro Ogawa, played by Shoma Kai, which became a hot topic among viewers.
In the final scene of episode 62 (aired June 23), Goro made his first appearance and, after passing Naomi (played by Uesaka) near a dumpling shop, he was seen praying to a Jizo statue.
In episode 63, Goro (Shoma Kai) visits hospitalized patient Kiyoshi Jinnai (Gaku Hosokawa) and offers him his favorite botamochi (rice cake). Naomi then arrives and takes the botamochi away, saying that Jinnai is on a restricted diet and shouldn't eat it. Naomi scolds Jinnai sternly, saying, "If you eat this, you'll go back to square one," to which Goro retorts, "You don't have to be so harsh," and "If you're a woman, you should be gentler." The two then get into an argument.
When Naomi said, "As the head of the internal medicine nurses, I am responsible for Mr. Jinnai's care," Goro raised his voice and said, "What's a head of the nurses?!" Naomi said, "It's poison to the eye to have something in front of you that you can't eat," and pushed the rice cake back at Goro and started to leave, but Goro said, "What a bossy nun." Hearing this, Naomi was furious and muttered as she walked down the corridor, "What's wrong with that country bumpkin?"
Kai, who will be making his first appearance in a Asadora, made his acting debut in the tokusatsu drama "Kamen Rider Ex-Aid" (2016) as Parad/Kamen Rider Paradox. In 2020, he made his stage debut and first leading role in "Death Note THE MUSICAL". Since then, he has appeared in many popular stage and drama productions. In the NHK night drama "Radio Star" (General Channel), which aired from March of this year, he played Rikuto Umino, the son of a public bathhouse owner, and attracted attention.
On social media, comments included: "Is that the guy who was on Radio Star!", "That's Rikuto from 'Radio Star', I'm surprised he looks so different!", "Shoma Kai looks great in that military uniform, so cool!", "Isn't a bad first encounter a sure sign of romance?", "Is there a hint of love between him and Naomi?", and "A romance flag has been raised."
