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mihotose · 2 years

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kishou interview

kishou was a show written with the individual actors in mind, especially mokkun

during mihotose mokkun didnt feel he could “snuggle up” to muramasa but kishou was a show that made him feel they could overlap. muramasa’s outfit is flashy and tricky but mokkun doesnt think thats his true nature, and that fit when he read kishou’s script

when mikasano-san went to see mihotose practice he saw mokkun’s muramasa for the first time. after ichibu was done he said that he was happy but mokkun didnt agree, thinking that he was not reaching his goal as an actor, and mikasano-san was surprised at mokkun’s impatience and his hunger to succeed

mokkun says toumyu practice is difficult but its worth it once they see the reactions from the audience and they get that sense of accomplishment. but even then that isnt enough and he likes to take a birds eye view of the show (mikasano-san: thats why you can safely entrust the role of sengo muramasa to mokkun) in the end he still gets absorbed in doing it with everything he has, but he regrets not coming out of it just a little

mikasano-san: by the way, what was the impression of kishou practice? i get the feeling that mihotose had a lot of onii-san types....

mokkun: i definitely had the impression that besides me and spi the other four were young (laughs) im not the type to teach people how to do things, but since spi is the type to be open to anyone, we may have been able to divide the roles naturally according to that

if someone was struggling they would call out. mihotose was ryuugi’s first big stage so he found it really tough

muramasa is a bright character, even down to his way of speech, so there was tension when mokkun was there (nb mokkun joined mihotose practice extremely late and had to work really hard to catch up) (?)

everyone was already on good terms and he was scared to get to know them. he felt he should really take care especially in nibu as he can move more freely than during ichibu (??)

mikasano-san: maybe you dont want to talk about it, but mokkun isnt that good at dancing are you?

mokkun: im not (laughs)

mikasano-san: but i admire you for booking your own studio and practising by yourself before official practice

mokkun: i did that because i cant dance (laughs) i cant dance as well as other people and i cant catch up without practising, and i didnt want to think i couldnt do it just because my career is getting longer and im getting older. but its still another thing to make it look good, so if i didnt understand i would ask my kouhai properly. “please teach me!” i said, so ryuugi taught me how to dance

mokkun learned his swordwork quickly since he asked ryuugi for help a lot. he thinks the toumyu team has a good atmosphere where they respect each other and can build a show up, together, regardless of their stage in their individual careers. during kishou as well, there was he and spi, the two of whom already had established careers, and four with shorter careers, but that even then they practiced thinking about things they could tell their senpai to build up the work

mikasano-san: i dont have anything specific to say, but i think id like to say to sengo muramasa and oota motohiro, for when they depart to fight in the future, from my position as the scriptwriter, “you are allies.”

mokkun: [muramasa] is a character that formed over the show’s run, a very striking character.

mikasano-san: i wanted to ask too. how does it feel when mokkun is sengo muramasa? i think the other roles mokkun plays are completely different to him, but now youve made him your own (?)

mokkun: i was surprised when i saw the illustration for the first time (laughs) since he was so muscled and it was a type of character id never played before. to begin with i researched muramasa swords, but in my own interpretation the character of sengo muramasa may have a very delicate existence. but during the shoen of mihotose i was playing the sengo muramasa in the script as much as possible. and when it was decided there would be a saien, i thought i could bring out sengo muramasa’s situation and environment, and his relationships with the touken danshi on the same unit more strongly, so i focused strongly on that. from the shoen of mihotose to the saien, from the saien to kishou, sengo muramasa has become deeper, and i gradually started thinking that hes actually a much more human character

mikasano-san: oota motohiro plays sengo muramasa well, but its not the same sengo muramasa as in the original game. as for the timing, i think it was difficult because the shows began before everyone, including the audience, understood the character properly. but, due to oota motohiro played sengo muramasa in such a convincing way, im really pleased.

mokkun: especially since the costume is pretty bold, i think i could have given a bad impression depending on how i did it. since hes clever, and sensitive to the atmosphere, i had to take that into account as to how to move, so i always had to take care. while cherishing the character of sengo muramasa in my own way, i really like the laughter that naturally comes out when i go onstage to interact with actors who act in the same way. the accidental facial expressions that they cant stop themselves from doing are nice. i think that sengo muramasa is a character that can bring out the real atmosphere of when the actor and the role intermingle, so i try to interact with the new kids as much as possible

mokkun likes tachikaze, which was composed by yoshizumi-san, and he likes yoshizumi-san’s other songs too

mikasano-san likes kazaguruma

mokkun likes kazaguruma too, and he thinks its a song that gets deeper into his heart the more he performs it. when he sang it at kotobuki he was moved from the memories of it from mihotose. since the first lines of kazaguruma are his, he cant really feel the tension at that point, so its a moment where he wants to sing with great care. ruriiro no sora is also a good song, he cant choose between them

#as if i wouldnt engrossed in a whole interview with mokkun about mihotose and kishou and muramasa. who do you think i am #gemitus #tkrb #toumyu #chi translations #musical touken ranbu #kishou hongi #mihotose no komoriuta #oota motohiro #sengo muramasa #spi

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