Extravagant Line Up: KAT-TUN's Kamenashi Kazuya, Sashihara Rino, Naka Riisa selected to be Tokyo Olympic Torchbearers
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The concept for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay is "Hope Lights Our Way." The Olympic torch will traverse all of Japan's 47 prefectures for a period of 121 days. On the day of the opening ceremony, the final runner will light up the Olympic Cauldron in the main stadium. The flame will remain lit until the end of the Olympics.
The Torch Relay will begin on March 26 in Fukushima Prefecture. The first runners will be Nadeshiko Japan, who won the 2011 Women's Soccer World Cup.
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| Nishikawa Takanori |
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| Sano Hayato |
Singers chosen to be Olympic torch runners include, KAT-TUN's Kamenashi Kazuya (Tokyo), Vocal Dance Unit's M!LK's Sano Hayato (Aichi), Nishikawa Takanori (Shiga), Momoiro Clover Z's Sasaki Ayaka, Tamai Shiori and Takagi Reni (Kanagawa).
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| Momoiro Clover Z |
Actresses: Matsui Rena (Aichi), Naka Riisa (Nagasaki), Ono Ito (Fukuoka)
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| Ono Ito |
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| Hiraoka Yuta |
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| Tanihara Shosuke |
Talents Sashihara Rino (Oita) and Nakagawa Shoko (Tokyo) and model Chibana Kurara (Okinawa) are also torch runners.
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| Chibana Kurara |
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???
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Extravagant (lol)
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Yikes
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Mysterious selection
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The photo choices are splendidly not extravagant www
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Sick of Sashihara...
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Don't get into any scandals, okay?
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This Olympics is looking more and more worthless
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How did they they choose such an unimpressive lineup~
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>>10
It makes sense if you look at the birthplace
>>10
It makes sense if you look at the birthplace
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Who decided this?
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Are they all clean??
Don't want any arrests right before the Olympics
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Are [celebrity] runners necessary?
I bet they're going to be paid for this
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Because he always wants to live on the edge
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What is this? Can't they use non-celebrities?
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As expected, the Dentsu - Akimoto influence is going to turn the opening ceremony into crap
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Nothing but cost-efficient talents
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The level of Japan's entertainment industry ww
Embarrassing
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This is... extravagant?
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I wish they had chosen more sports related people~
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Why are the torch runners full of celebrities? Are they guessing Abe-san's tastes?
*There was a scandal in April 2019 involving Tsukada Ichiro, a member of the House of Councilors and deputy transportation minister of the Liberal Democratic Party. Tsukada "guessed" the Prime Minister and Deputy Prime Minister's intentions concerning a new highway. He later apologised for making a factually incorrect statement but resigned due to the criticism from both the ruling and opposing parties.
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>>22
Isn't this more the taste of Koike, the governor of Tokyo?
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>>22
Eh? Lots of non-celebrities are running too, right? Doesn't it only seem that way because they're mostly reporting about the celebrities?
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>>22
If you look at the whole list, celebrities only make up a tiny fraction.
It's mostly ordinary people.
>>22
Isn't this more the taste of Koike, the governor of Tokyo?
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>>22
Eh? Lots of non-celebrities are running too, right? Doesn't it only seem that way because they're mostly reporting about the celebrities?
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>>22
If you look at the whole list, celebrities only make up a tiny fraction.
It's mostly ordinary people.
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If it's for Iwate, they could've chosen Nonen. Ignoring where she's from.
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>>23
Amachan connection
>>23
Amachan connection
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Is Kamenashi the only runner for Tokyo's Shitamachi?
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I thought that Johnny's wouldn't be taking part in the torch relay.
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>>26
Same~
It seems like it'll be a security nightmare
Even if nothing bad happens, it'll still be hard.
>>26
Same~
It seems like it'll be a security nightmare
Even if nothing bad happens, it'll still be hard.
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Is it me or is the lineup full of problematic people??
Is Japan okay?
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It's the Olympics so I wish they had chosen former athletes.
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This lineup is as extravagant as a group of people attending a cherry blossom viewing party!
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Miyazon is the runner for Gifu, apparently because Basho's journey in Oku no Hosomichi started in Adachi, which doesn't even make sense.
*Oku no Hosomichi (The Narrow Road to the Deep North) is a famous text written by Japanese poet Matsuo Basho about his journey on foot through Edo Japan.
*Miyazon comes from Adachi. Adachi is a ward in Tokyo prefecture. Gifu is a city in Gifu Prefecture.
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Why are only 3 Momokuro members running?
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>>32
Because one of them isn't from Kanagawa
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They left one of them out LOL
>>32
Because one of them isn't from Kanagawa
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They left one of them out LOL
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The mysterious photo which looks like Kamenashi when you look at it normally but looks like Akanishi when you look at it upside down.
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Actresses include Matsui Rena (Aichi)
She's an actress? That's news to me.
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I apologise for my ignorance but are their appearance fees paid with our taxes?
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We only care because it's our own country but other countries are probably only interested in the last runner.
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