14 years ago, Koji Yano, who was rumored to have returned to Japan and was beaten , how is it now?

Mondo Entertainment Updated on 2024-01-30

——Preface·]—

He was known as ".Devil professional householdsHe has played hated Japanese officers in anti-Japanese dramas many times, such as Okamura in "Railway Guerrillas" and Saito in "Little Soldier Zhang Ga".

He is loved by many Chinese people because he faces history head-on and has the courage to admit mistakes。He married a Chinese, and after the birth of his daughter, he let directlyThe daughter took her mother's surname and became a Chinese citizen

In 2010, he was the first Japanese to receive the 2010 Best Foreign Artist Award from the Global Times, he is Koji Yano.

Koji Yano is popular with many Chinese, butIn Japan, he was subjected to a lot of abuse, and even the news that Yano Koji was beaten when he returned to Japan once spread on the Internet

So is this rumor true?How is he doing now?

The information source of this article comes from the official ** (Global Network) "Japanese actor Koji Yano: My home stadium is in China, Japan is away", released on August 20, 2022, but in order to improve the readability of the article, the details may be polished, please read sensibly, for reference only!

- Japanese debut, tepid ·] —

Koji Yano, who has starred in many TV series, is actually not a professional actor, he was born in Osaka Prefecture, Japan in 1970, and he came out to work to earn money after high school because of family reasons.

Koji Yano, who has no education or skills, can only work as a postman and deliver milk. Later, after being introduced by a friend, he entered a bar as a waiter.

There are all kinds of customers from all over the world every day, and they may not know each other well, but when they come to the bar and see Koji Yano, they will praise Koji Yano for his appearance and temperament

Many guests have suggested that he can go to the entertainment industry while he is young, in case he becomes a hot star. Inspired by the words of his customers, Koji Yano decided to be brave and go for it.

After resigning from the bar, Koji Yano came to Tokyo alone, hoping to make a career in Tokyo.

After coming to Tokyo, he was introduced by a friend to join the Taiyo ** company in Tokyo. But because he just joined the company and has no background, he can only do some miscellaneous and errand work.

In the eight years he spent in Tokyo, Koji Yano has always played some nobodies in the play. The only one that can be called is the drama Midnight Fierce Bell Zhen Xiang Dabai, and the role he plays is only a few minutes.

For eight years, Koji Yano has achieved nothing, and the money he earns is almost impossible to pay the rent. At that time, Koji Yano thought that he might not be suitable to be an actor, but he was still unwilling to give up like this.

——Become a "devil" professional household.】—

In 2000, Koji Yano ushered in a turning point in his life. At that time, a colleague told Yano that Koji Yano had a TV series in China called "Eternal Lovers" and was looking for a Japanese actor who could recommend him to give it a try.

Yano Koji thought that he had been unknown for eight years, and no matter how bad he was, he couldn't be so bad that he couldn't be bad. So on the recommendation of a friend, Koji Yano came to China with all his belongings.

This was his first time in China, because he did not know Chinese, Koji Yano could only hand the address written by his friend to the driver, and then signal the driver's master to send him to his destination

After seeing Koji Yano, the director of "Eternal Lovers" almost immediately decided on the candidate for Kawashima, a Japanese student in the play, because Koji Yano's temperament and image are too suitable for the role of Kawashima, especially Koji Yano can also speak pure Japanese.

After filming "Eternal Lovers" in 2001, Koji Yano came to Beijing. At that time, because of the language barrier, his life in China was very difficult. So Yano Kojichi gritted his teeth and took out some money from the little money he had left to study Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University.

But Yano Koji didn't love learning since he was a child, and he often fell asleep when learning Chinese, so when he graduated, Yano Koji only learned some simple greetings and exchanges, and normal communication with people was still very difficult for him.

Although there is a language barrier, Koji Yano's acting career began to develop in this year.

In this year, the director of "Towards the Republic" approached Koji Yano and invited him to play the role of Emperor Meiji in the play, a role that was also the first time Koji Yano played the image of a "devil".

After successfully playing the role of a "devil", Koji Yano successively received many roles of the same type, such as Masao Kawakami in "Red Clothes Square", and Okamura, a Japanese officer in "Railway Guerrilla".

But what really made Yano Koji popular was the role of Saito in "Little Soldier Zhang Ga". "Saito" played by Koji Yano is more cold-blooded and terrifying than the brutality of "Kameda", and is full of scheming.

This role made people hate, and at the same time, the audience was also amazed by Yano's superb acting skills.

——Resistance to the "devil"]—

Yano Koji used the image of "devil" to open up his acting market in China, so that in the next ten years, Yano Koji did not receive a role other than "devil".

Koji Yano once said in an interview that there was a time when I wanted to vomit when I saw a military uniform. He said that although the characters he plays are different, the personality traits are very unified, and he only knows that killing has no feelings, just like a cold killing machine.

Gradually, he developed a resistance to the role of "devil", because all the characters did all kinds of bad things in the play, and then died in different ways in the end. He felt like the characters were trapped in a cage where he couldn't breathe.

So after having his own agent, Koji Yano immediately rejected all the "devil" roles and looked for new roles to complete the transformation.

At a crew dinner, the staff of "Big Knife" noticed Koji Yano's abnormality and said to him, do you have your own ideas and don't want to continue to play "devils"?

Koji Yano was stunned for a moment when he heard it and then said yes, but now the scripts that are looking for him are all the same "devil" characters, and he seems to be trapped in this image and can't move forward.

The crew comforted him and said that he is now somewhat well-known, and it is only a matter of time before other roles will slowly come to him in the future.

After hearing these words, Yano Koji couldn't help but cry and sighed, the pain of his role as a "devil" has been silently hidden in his heart and digested by himself over the years, and today is the first time someone has seen through my inner thoughts, and told me that it is okay not to play such a role.

Since then, Koji Yano has rejected all the roles of "devils" that have been played in anti-Japanese dramas. For nearly half a year, he didn't make a single film.

In 2006, Koji Yano began to try to make variety shows to achieve transformation. In 2008, by chance, Koji Yano became the host of "Everyday Upward".

On the show, Yano's lame Mandarin and exaggerated movements often cause people to laugh, and Yano Koji has also gained a wave of fans.

Koji Yano's outstanding performance on the show also gave him the opportunity to transform. After that, he successively played the drama character in "Panda Hero" and the underground worker of the anti-war alliance in "East Wind and Rain".

——When I returned to Japan, I was scolded.]—

Koji Yano, who is thriving in his acting career in China, has suffered a lot of scolding in Japan.

When he went to Japan to visit relatives, Yano Koji was unworthy of being a Japanese by the local people, and all the unbearable words such as saying that he was a shame for Japan were used on Yano Koji.

In 2007, there was even news on the Internet that Yano Koji was beaten when he returned to Japan to visit relatives, and some netizens even sent out a picture of Yano Koji being beaten with a blue nose and swollen face**.

This incident spread on the Internet, and Koji Yano also saw the news on his mobile phone. He immediately took a photo of a ** who was filming to deny the rumor, and posted that he was fine and was not beaten.

This rumor was self-defeating because of Koji Yano's clarification, and although it was a rumor that he was beaten, the insults he received in Japan were real.

Koji Yano: Over the years, China has been trying to repair relations between the people of the two countries, and has also asked Japan to face up to history. But most of the exchange was scolding, and he was also full of scolding under his personal ** in Japan, and many people commented that he should never return to Japan again, otherwise he would be killed.

Koji Yano was very sad about the actions of the Japanese compatriots, and he chose to stay in China to develop his career.

In the few years of hosting "Everyday Upward", Yano Koji met his lover, a Chongqing girl, and harvested the crystallization of love in 2010. He named his daughter Xinyue, took her mother's surname and became a Chinese citizen.

Not surprisingly, Yano's actions once again aroused the anger of the Japanese masses, and although Yano Koji was not greatly affected in China, his parents and relatives in Japan were implicated and did not dare to go out of the house for a while.

In 2012, due to tensions, Koji Yano was forced to stop recording "Everyday Upward" and was sent back to Japan. One can imagine what kind of abuse he will suffer when he returns to Japan, so he often misses the days when he was filming in China. It is worth mentioning here.

In 2011, Koji Yano won the "Best Foreign Artist of the Year" award from the Global Times, and Yano became the first Japanese to win this award.

In recognition of his contribution to friendly exchanges between the two countries, Koji Yano was awarded the "Japanese Foreign Minister's Commendation Award" in 2015, and the Japanese press named him "one of the 100 most respected Japanese people in the world".

During that time in Japan, Koji Yano did not stop filming. But the atmosphere in the crew is obviously not as relaxed and pleasant as before, and some actors will even secretly complain about him in private, which makes Yano Koji very unhappy.

So he said on social platforms that he wanted to return to China to film as soon as possible, and called China his second hometown.

After returning to China, Yano remained committed to promoting friendly exchanges between China and Japan. He will post blessings for every major program in China.

When Xinjiang cotton encountered a boycott and Chinese vaccines were questioned, he also stood up for the first time and issued a document in support of Xinjiang cotton and Chinese vaccines.

When the epidemic broke out in 2019, he donated 1 million yuan and 130,000 masks to help the Chinese people defeat the virus.

-- Epilogue·] —

On the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2022, Koji Yano issued a document to start using the Chinese name "Haoge" on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and announced in 2023 that he would also use this name for his acting work in Japan from now on.

Over the years, Koji Yano has been facing Chinese audiences with sincerity and practical actions, and his courage to admit his mistakes in the face of history has made him still loved in China.

I hope that Koji Yano can go further in his acting career, and I look forward to him bringing us more excellent works in the future.

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