Sho Kiryuuin Joins GACKT Drama "Black Trick" for Acting Debut
Kiryuuin has built a public persona on refusing acting roles, so his stated exception for GACKT is the news here, not the guest spot itself.
Reporting from 1 source: Cinema Today.
Sho Kiryuuin of Golden Bomber will guest star in the final episode of the Fuji TV Monday 9pm drama "Black Trick," airing September 28. He plays rookie lawyer Go Ijuin, who seeks out GACKT's character Naoto Uramawashi as a mentor. Kiryuuin said he turns down acting work but made an exception to co-star with GACKT, whom he calls his god.
Kiryuuin's last acting appearance came in the "HiGH&LOW" series, which ran from 2015 to 2017. He has since worked mainly as a musician and variety personality, and his stated position on acting has been to decline it. The final episode puts him opposite GACKT, with whom he appears on the TV Asahi program "Geinōjin Kakuzuke Check" and is close in private. His character, Go Ijuin, obtained a law license out of admiration for Uramawashi and negotiates directly to become the lawyer's apprentice.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
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- Cinema Today 鬼龍院翔、“神様”GACKTとドラマ初共演 月9「ブラックトリック」新人弁護士役で最終回ゲスト出演