Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori release four new Suntory web videos in preparation for Recycling Day

■They also perform a dance to encourage social distancing while wearing matching “R” headgear!?

A new series of 4 web videos for Suntory’s corporate advertisement “#Let’s become a wonderful past” starring Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi (“Nagi” is officially spelled as front + sword in front of a bow), and Shingo Katori will be released. It will be released sequentially on Suntory’s official SNS including Suntory’s official YouTube channel from October 17th to October 20th.

On October 17th, the first day of the program, we will be holding the event “#Wonderful Past” which will tell you that whether or not a plastic bottle can be reborn as a new one depends on whether you sort it properly outside, such as in a recycling box. “Let’s become that box’s name” edition has been released.

Starting with this video, videos will be released for three consecutive days, and on October 20th, “Recycling Day,” a dance video of three people performing an original dance with the theme of “sorting plastic bottles” will be released. It will be made public and people will be encouraged to separate their waste properly outside.

Additionally, in conjunction with the release of this video, a giveaway campaign is being held starting October 16th where 1,000 people will be randomly selected to win a Suntory Original PET Bottle Cover with a bird illustration drawn by Katori. PET bottle covers encourage the first action to cleanly separate PET bottles: “drink up.”

■About the new web video released on October 17th and dance video released on the 20thIn the new web video, in front of the recycling box (dedicated collection box for empty beverage containers) next to the vending machine, there is a route sales person who patrols the vending machine locations, replenishes products, cleans the machine, and removes the recycling box. Inagaki, Kusanagi, and Katori appear wearing the uniforms of professionals who perform tasks such as collecting empty containers. Through the story, Kusanagi explains to Inagaki and Katori that the recycling box is not a trash can, but an important box for collecting resources, and explains that changing the name will change the way people think about it. , promoting the idea that plastic bottles can become a resource.

In addition, in the dance video, three people wearing “R” headgear appear and perform a breath-taking original dance with the theme of “sorting plastic bottles.” The “R” worn by the three people includes “R”, which stands for “recycle”, and there are many people at the end of the recycling box, including those who collect the bottles and those who separate the collected plastic bottles. The word “R” stands for “respect” and is intended for those people. A dance video with catchy choreography set to the rhythm of “Frog Chorus” that you can’t help but want to imitate, and lyrics that tell you how to properly separate items, will be released on “Recycling Day” on October 20th. By delivering the items, we encourage people to properly separate plastic bottles outside.

Title: “Plastic Bottle Frog Song”
Whether it will return or not, fate will change
Goku! Berry! fool! Pon!
Goku! Berry! fool! Pon!
Berry! fool! Pon!

■New web video story released on October 17th
“#Let’s become a wonderful past” version (33 seconds)
Three people wearing route sales uniforms are talking in front of a recycling box next to a vending machine. When Kusanagi asks, “Do you know what this is?” Katori replies, “It’s a trash can.” Kusanagi comments, “Boo. It’s a recycling box,” and Katori asks, “What’s the difference?” Kusanagi explains, “This is not a box to throw away garbage, but a box to collect resources.” When Katori agrees, “It’s an important box,” Inagaki says, “Perhaps your mindset will change if you just change the name.” Point out. In response, Kusanagi explains, “Aren’t there two completely different things between being a singer and being an idol?” Both of them agreed with the easy-to-understand analogy.

Here, a narration is inserted into the cut of the recycling box saying, “Do you want to go back to plastic bottles or not?” “This is the crossroads of fate!” The film ends with a three-shot of Kusanagi, Inagaki, and Katori, who looks at the camera and says, “Even if it’s not from Suntory.”

In addition, the sequels to this video, “#Let’s have a wonderful past – Things I want to say right away” and “#Let’s have a wonderful past, another R” are also available on YouTube Suntory’s official channel and official X (@suntory). Scheduled to be released sequentially.

■Photography episode
◇Three people wore matching uniforms and played route sales
In this video, the three people are dressed as route sales people who go around vending machine locations and replenish products. This was Kusanagi’s second time following last year, and Inagaki and Katori’s first time playing route sales roles, so this was the first time they were photographed in matching uniforms. The actual performance, which was recorded over a long period of time, had a well-matched exchange from the first take, and the scene proceeded smoothly from then on. No one had any objections until the last three shots, where they were asked to look at the camera, and the shooting was over in the blink of an eye.

◇Inagaki and Kusanagi follow Katori who rejected
For the dance video shoot, the three of them wore route sales uniforms and headgear in the shape of an “R”. Katori in the front row, Inagaki and Kusanagi in the back row formed an inverted triangle shape and danced to the music. When Katori made a mistake midway through, Inagaki and Kusanagi quickly followed up by saying things like, “The front row puts about three times as much pressure on us,” and “That’s right, we’re dancing while looking at Shingo.” When they performed the best performance of the day in the next take, the three members who were checking the playback on the monitor shouted, “That’s great!”, “Perfect!”, and “That’s crazy!”. The next moment everyone expressed their reaction, the director said, “OK!” and all three smiled broadly and responded to the applause of the staff.

■About the “Suntory Original PET Bottle Cover” gift campaign
If you scan the two-dimensional code of a target vending machine equipped with Touch! SUNTORY with your smartphone, 1,000 people will be randomly selected to win a “Suntory Original PET Bottle Cover” with a bird illustration drawn by Shingo Katori. The gift campaign is being held from October 16th. If you participate in the campaign, you will be able to watch the original videos of the three artists. Details are available on the campaign site.

■About the collaboration project with the radio program “SCHOOL OF LOCK!”
As part of the communication of “#Let’s become a great past” in preparation for “Recycling Day” on October 20th, junior high and high school students have received a huge amount of feedback based on the concept of “Another school that holds the key to the future!” A collaboration project between Suntory and the popular radio program “SCHOOL OF LOCK!” (TOKYO FM/JFN), which is gaining support, is being implemented from October 7th.

In the collaboration project, “Recycling” will be the monthly theme for October, and the “SCHOOL OF LOCK! Recycling Club” will be launched. We will provide a variety of content that will help listeners around the country feel more familiar with “recycling” and “sorting”, such as a campaign to post practical reports on the clean separation of plastic bottles linked to SNS, talks and quiz corners on the theme of recycling, etc. It is expanding.

■Interview with Goro Inagaki, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi, and Shingo Katori
Q: Please tell us your impressions of the shoot.
Kusanagi:After all, it’s a big deal for Goro to wear an “R” headgear. I was a little worried since it was the last time I did a skit, but this one suits me even more. However, I wish Goro would have been given a “G” instead of an “R”. It’s like, “Go to recycling.”
Inagaki:That’s right, recycle, recycle, let’s all go. Can I take the picture again now?
Katori:That’s no good (lol). This video is for Recycle Day during 3R Promotion Month.
Kusanagi:There’s a meaning to it. Let’s all three move in unison and press “R” here.
Katori:Before the shoot, both of them had their bangs tucked into their hats, so I was worried that I was the only one with bangs, but I was relieved when I found out that it was okay to wear bangs.
Inagaki:I think it’s good that each person has a different personality. This time, we are playing route sales roles and are wearing Suntory-colored costumes, but this is the first time for Shingo and I.
Kusanagi:that’s right. I’ve been wearing it for a long time.
Inagaki:That’s why I’m giving off a senior-like atmosphere this time.
Kusanagi:Wouldn’t this be a good stage costume for the next song? coolYo. I think it’s definitely good.
Inagaki:I want to style my hair properly on stage.
Kusanagi:I see. After all, “singer” and “idol” are a little different.
Katori:scene…. Yes, it’s OK. Let’s move on to the next question (lol).
Q: What did you think of the dance you performed in the TikTok video?
Inagaki:It was the kind of dance that suited me.
Kusanagi:It’s the Gorocchi rhythm, or rather, the Gorocchi groove dance.
Inagaki:oh yeah. It looks a little difficult, but since it’s Gorocchi Groove, it’s surprisingly easy…
Katori:By the way, what is Gorocchi Groove?
Inagaki:I don’t know (laughs). Anyway, even we can dance to it, so I think everyone will be able to imitate it as well.
Katori:Please try dancing!
Q: In connection with the giveaway campaign where you can win a “plastic bottle cover” with an illustration drawn by Katori-san, where would you like to go with your plastic bottle cover this fall?
Kusanagi:A place with nature is good. Nagano, where Suntory makes delicious water.
Katori:Do you ever use a plastic bottle cover?
Inagaki:I use it all the time.
Kusanagi:Not really.
Katori:Actually, I’ve been really curious about it lately. If you put it in your bag, other things will get wet. That’s why I’m so happy to have a plastic bottle cover with an illustration that I drew.
Inagaki:It won’t get too wet and will solve the problem of water droplets.
Kusanagi:Taking this opportunity, I would also like to try using plastic bottle covers.
Katori:Please apply.
Kusanagi:What, you can’t get it?
Katori:You don’t have it. I’ll give it to you, Goro-chan.
Inagaki:thank you.
Kusanagi:Why don’t you give it to me? (laughs)
Q: In this video, there are many people at the end of the recycling box to encourage people to sort things outside, and the message is to remember to say “Respect”. Please tell me who is doing it.
Kusanagi:I’m Shakespeare. “Things are neither good nor bad; just the way you think about them can make them better or worse.” This is a good word, isn’t it? He is the one who preaches that famous saying.
Inagaki:That’s wonderful.
Katori:Why Shakespeare?
Kusanagi:I was just reading the script for the play. Also, I like Chaplin. “Life is a tragedy when viewed up close, but a comedy when viewed from a distance.” This is a famous quote from the King of Comedy Chaplin. And then there’s Kinichi Hagimoto. “Tsuyo-chan, you can go home now.”
Inagaki:What does that mean?
Katori:These are the words that Kin-chan said to me when I was invited to the program when I was young.
Kusanagi:Because of those words, I am now destined to be with you, so these are Kin-chan’s famous words. At that time, if I had said, “I’m not going back,” I would have become a member of CHA-CHA, and my life would have been different.
Katori:So, is it okay to respect Kin-chan?
Kusanagi:that’s right. It’s Kinichi Hagimoto.
Katori:No, it’s Shakespeare (lol). Shakespeare is fine, the first one.
Q: In reference to the video calling for a change in consciousness by calling it a “recycle box” instead of a “trash can,” have you recently changed your perspective or made any new discoveries that have changed your mindset?
Kusanagi:When the worst thing happens, it’s a crisis, but I’ve come to think of a crisis as an opportunity.
Katori:Are those Chaplin’s words?
Kusanagi:I’m not Chaplin, but in order to create any kind of emotion, you need to fail, and because you’ve failed, when you succeed, you go, “Wow!” Even when it comes to the guitar, when you go from thinking, “Tsuyo-chan, you can’t play it,” to being able to play and sing, that’s when you’re really moved. That’s why I believe that flaws and things you’re not good at are actually things that can bring about success and excitement if you look at them from the other side.
Inagaki:It’s okay to fail a little.
Kusanagi:oh yeah. This means that there is room for growth.
Katori:When I make hot pot, I’m addicted to making beautiful rice porridge. However, I recently discovered that beef tends to be a bit sticky, making it difficult to make a beautiful rice porridge.
Q: In this video, you say that whether or not a plastic bottle becomes a plastic bottle again is a “crossing of fate” that is determined by whether or not you separate it properly at home and outside. Please tell me about the moment when you realized that it was a “crossing of fate”.
Inagaki:However, entering this world was a major fork in the road, wasn’t it?
Katori:What would have happened if it hadn’t been included?
Inagaki:I wonder what he was doing. I can’t imagine it.
Katori:Was Goro Inagaki the person everyone imagined him to be?
Inagaki:I don’t think it has. I feel like my style and characters were probably created in this world. So I guess he became like my father.
Kusanagi:It sounds like you’re doing some kind of art or something artistic. I like aesthetic sense, so I admire beautiful things, such as plants. I also have an image of a flower shop.
Katori:If I hadn’t entered this world, I wonder if I wouldn’t drink wine?
Inagaki:I also fell in love with wine after playing the role of a sommelier in a drama a long time ago. That’s why I went to Chateau Lagrange in France, which is owned by Suntory, and my role in the drama may have had a big influence on me.