On January 10th, popular idol group
Arashi member,
Aiba Masaki appeared at the stage greeting for the pre-screening for his upcoming drama “
Last Hope” held at Omotesando Hills.
In the drama, Aiba will be playing the role of a doctor for the first
time, and that day, he made an appearance wearing a white coat. When
the emcees of the event, Fuji TV announcers, Nishiyama Kikue and
Nakamura Mitsuhiro, complimented Aiba how cool he looked in the white
coat, Aiba showed a smile, and said,
“Am I that cool? I’m gaining self confidence now. I think I will show the cool side of me more this year.”
As reported,
“Last Hope” is a medical suspense drama which features a team of
doctors who engage in advanced medical care as the “last stronghold” for
the patients that were given up by other doctors. It also shows the
hidden pasts of those doctors. Aiba’s role “Hatano Takumi” is skilled in
diagnosis as he figures out the patients’ symptoms by checking their
heartbeat through his stethoscope.
According to Aiba, he was always wearing a stethoscope around his neck even at home while preparing for his role. He said, “
I
also started to listen to a cardiac sound CD, but when I was listening
to it at night, my heart was beating so fast, which made me scared, so I
stopped that right away.” Aiba also revealed that he had a hard time reading the lines with lots of medical terms.
As one of the highlights of the drama, Aiba mentioned the afternoon snack time which is indispensable for “Takumi”. He said,
“The banana cheese tart on the episode 3 was the best one so far.”
It was also announced that Arashi’s new single “Calling” (to be
released on March 6th) has been chosen as its theme song. Aiba
explained,
“Just like the drama, its lyrics are themed with lives
and hopes, and it is a catchy rock number. Since it isn’t very
‘Arashi-like’ song, I had a fresh feeling singling to it.”
To commemorate the broadcast of the drama, there will be an
illumination called “Last Hope Illumination”, in which about 250,000
champagne gold colored LEDs will be lighted in Omotesando for 15 days
(1/10~1/14).
In the end, Aiba talked about his ambitions for this year, commenting,
“This
is an anniversary year as I will be turning 30. I am glad I was able to
start off this year with this drama, and I want to enjoy it. I also
want to be active as Arashi.”
“Last Hope” will begin airing on January 10th on Fuji TV (every Tuesday at 9:00 pm).
Source:
Oricon
Image:
Last Hope official site
