Sentai Cast Members Talk Off the Record! Toei Special Effects Fan Appreciation Festival 2017" [Part 1: Super Sentai Times] Report

Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club" (hereinafter referred to as "TTFC"), an application that allows users to enjoy Toei Tokusatsu 24 hours a day x 365 days a year, celebrated its 2nd anniversary on October 1, 2017 (Sunday), and "Toei Tokusatsu Fan Appreciation Festival 2017" was held in Tokyo on the same day.

The event, to which the winners among TTFC members were invited, was held in two parts as "Part 1: Super Sentai Episode" and "Part 2: Kamen Rider Episode," with original talk programs and "Toei Tokusatsu Fan Talk" to answer fans' questions.

In this article, we will introduce Yosuke Ito as Senichi Enari/Deca Green, Mika Kikuchi as Koume Kodo/Deca Pink, and as a secret guest, Nao Nagasawa as Nanami Nono/Hariken Blue from "Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger," which was aired from February 2004 to February 2005. The MC was Kohei Yamamoto, who played the role of Howta Odo/Hariken Yellow in "Ninja Sentai Hurricaneger". The following is a brief report of the first part of the Super Sentai session, which was attended by a splendid lineup.

After the three cast members took the stage and each introduced themselves, "Toei Tokusatsu Fan Talk: Super Sentai" was held.
The MC switched from Ms. Yamamoto to Ms. Ito, and Ms. Ito's presentation corner, which she also did for "Space Squad: Gabin vs. Decaranger" (released July 19, 2017), unfolded. A slide presentation that he had created himself was projected on the screen, and Mr. Ito began by introducing himself and projecting his own profile. A female voice said, "I am 33 years old and from Tokyo," and a gasp went up from the audience, which was followed by the appearance on stage of Ms. Nagasawa, who played the role of Hurricane Blue, to loud cheers.

Ms. Nagasawa, who had been on maternity and childcare leave since giving birth in March, had recently returned to work as a guest on "Kohei Yamamoto's Ninja Road," a program on "TTFC. Yamamoto, who was the only one who had not been notified, did his best to "Tell me if you are going to appear! The other two had been informed of the secret guest's appearance in advance, and when it was revealed that only Yamamoto's script was different, Yamamoto looked frustrated that he had been tricked, but happy that his ally Nagasawa would be appearing.

The audience laughed at Ms. Ito's presentation plan!

Finally, it was time for Ms. Ito's presentation in earnest, and she proposed a plan under the theme of "I want to create a very popular program at TTFC. Mr. Ito, who says he likes presentations, first mentioned the current status of "TTFC. He showed a matrix diagram and analyzed the video content in four categories: "many updates," "variety," "active-active type," and "few updates. He commented that "Kamen Rider GIRLS Blog" was "just cute," but he made the audience laugh with a scathing comment about Yamamoto's "Ninja Road," saying "the picture is too old man. Ito-san then presented what kind of program was needed, including an image of Sen-chan standing on his head when he was thinking.

Finally, they came up with "Aim!　Sentai Cafe," "Sentai Light Music Club," "Launch!　Sentai Expo" and "TTFC Drama Club.
The "Aim!　Sentai Café," Mr. Ito plans to open a café specializing in Sentai items with his own money and make a documentary program about the process of opening the café, and is eager to have Ms. Kikuchi, who plays Umeko, work at the café.

The next proposal, "Sentai Keiton Club," will invite guests such as Hitoshi Hiramaki, who played Tokacchi (Haru Tokashiki)/Tokkyu No. 2 in "Ressha Sentai Tokkyu Jar" and YOFFY of Psychic Rubber, who sang the OP and ED songs for "Tokuso Sentai Dekaranger," with Mr. Ito aiming to sing the theme song for the squadron. The theme song was "Hatsushin!
And "Launch!　Sentai Expo" is a concrete proposal to establish April 5, the first day of the broadcast of the first Super Sentai series "Secret Sentai Goranger," as "Sentai Day," and to hold an event every year to "carry on the culture of Sentai," which was applauded by the audience.

And finally, for the "TTFC Drama Club," Mr. Ito said that he would create a short drama in which Sentai and Rider alumni/alumnae would always appear. He will offer cast members he knows well, such as Yuki Kubota as Takatora Kureshima and Masked Rider Zangetsu from "Masked Rider Armor", Kento Ono as Hyde and Gosei Blue from "Tenso Sentai Goseiger", and Kenshi Taniguchi as Ryusui Tatsumi and Go Blue from "EMT Go Go Five", as well as having a female heroine take on the role of the program navigator. He was also enthusiastic about having a female heroine take charge of the program's navigator.

During the presentations, the talk became so heated that the cast members stood up even though their seats had been prepared for them. After listening to all the presentations, they all got up from their seats and started discussing which project they thought would be the most feasible. The seriousness of the audience seemed to indicate that the audience was excited about the possibility of realizing this presentation.