■ “Composing music for a drama was one of the things I wanted to achieve, so I’m happy that this is happening to me, not someone else (laughs)” (Nakajima Kento)
Nakajima Kento graduated from Sexy Zone (now timelesz) in March and is currently busy working as an actor while also releasing songs as part of the duo “GEMN” with Kitani Tatsuya.
The theme song for the TV Tokyo drama “It’s Someone Else’s Business After All: A Certain Lawyer’s True Feelings” (every Friday from 8pm), in which he stars, was surprisingly released at the end of the first episode.
The theme song will be performed by a fictional music project called “HITOGOTO” (pronounced “hitogoto”), named after the title of the drama, and titled “Hitogoto feat. Kento Nakajima.” Kento Nakajima, who plays the main role, is involved in the song as a singer and lyricist, and will add a touch of glamour to the work he stars in with a song that links to the content of the drama.
The drama “It’s None of My Business” is a legal drama in which Nakajima Kento plays lawyer Yasuda Osamu, who takes “it’s none of my business” as his motto and solves the online flame wars, social media troubles, and slander that are rampant in modern times in a refreshing and sometimes dark way based on his own beliefs.
Nakajima himself participated in writing the lyrics for “Hitogoto feat. Kento Nakajima,” the theme song for this “ultra-realistic” legal drama. It’s a song about surviving like a human being in a society where a life with a tenuous relationship to society and the excessively overflowing world of social media intersect and are filled with “other people’s problems” that have nothing to do with oneself.
Also noteworthy is the cynical yet vivid jacket depicting the annoyance of always being watched by someone and the incessant desire for recognition.
“HITOGOTO feat. Kento Nakajima” will be available at various streaming and download stores from midnight on July 26th. In addition, the official Nakajima Kento X account (@KENTO_Team_N) and the official HITOGOTO website were also launched on July 19th.
■ Comment from Kento Nakajima
He has made a new start and is now enjoying fresh days as an actor and as an artist and idol.
I am truly honored to be able to participate in the “HITOGOTO” PROJECT this time.
Producing a drama song was one of the things I wanted to achieve, so I’m really happy about it, not as something that happens to someone else, but as something that happens to me. (laughs)
I think I am able to fully project the energy of the words I am currently thinking and possessing into my lyrics and singing.
When viewed from a bird’s-eye view such as on social media, people see small communities as something significant.
What should we love in that time? What does it mean to be ourselves? I put such messages into the lyrics.
release information
2024.07.26 ON SALE
DIGITAL SINGLE“Hitogoto feat. Kento Nakajima”
Program Information
TV Tokyo Drama 8: “After all, it’s someone else’s problem – The true feelings of a certain lawyer”
Starts on July 19th (Friday) Every Friday from 20:00 *First episode extended by 15 minutes
Broadcasting stations: TV Tokyo, TV Osaka, TV Aichi, TV Setouchi, TV Hokkaido, TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting
Distribution: Real-time distribution on “TVer” from anywhere in the country
Missed broadcasts can be viewed on the free ad-supported streaming service “Net TV Tokyo” (TV Tokyo website, TVer)
Original story: “After all, it’s someone else’s business – The true work of a certain lawyer” (original story: Sato Masatoshi / illustrations: Fujiya Katsuhito / supervision: Shimizu Yohei / serialized in Hakusensha’s “Kuromitsu”)
Starring: Kento Nakajima
Cast: Sei Shiraishi, Jun Hashimoto, Nagisa Katahira
Episodes 1-3 Guests: Miki Shida, Rika Adachi, Hideyuki Kasahara, Yosuke Omizu, Shuhei Nomura, Yuna Hira, Shinya Kote
Screenplay: Hiroyuki Komine
Director: Keita Motohashi and Makito Murakami
(C) “It’s None of My Business” Production Committee
Kento Nakajima OFFICIAL X (formerly Twitter)
https://x.com/KENTO_Team_N
HITOGOTO OFFICIAL SITE
https://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/HITOGOTO/
“After all, it’s someone else’s problem – The honest work of a certain lawyer” program site
https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/hitogoto/
