TV personality and former SMAP leader Masahiro Nakai has a not-so-secret dream: he wants to be an idol, just like the girls of The IDOLM@STER. Well, that's according to commercials for its spinoff app, anyway.
Ads for The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage have featured Nakai following his dreams -- or playing the game in awkward venues -- for the last year or so. Fans may be familiar with some of his previous appearances:
It's been announced that, starting tomorrow, Nakai will be appearing in two brand new Starlight Stage spots, accompanied in one by stage, screen, and voice actor Masachika Ichimura (known best to anime fans as the voice of Mewtwo in Pokémon). "New Stage Audition Story" will feature Nakai auditioning under the watchful eye of director Ichimura, while "New Stage First Day Story" sees "Prince" Nakai performing feats of daring to rescue a princess from an evil king.
Of the first commercial, Nakai says he had a great deal of fun acting opposite Ichimura, and the two regularly cracked each other up with their ad-libs.
The IDOLM@STER Cinderella Girls Starlight Stage was released in summer of 2015, and has been downloaded more than 19 million times since then.
Source: Anime! Anime!
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Kara Dennison is responsible for multiple webcomics, blogs and runs interviews for (Re)Generation Who and PotterVerse, and is half the creative team behind the OEL light novel series Owl's Flower. She blogs at karadennison.com and tweets @RubyCosmos.
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