Kinpuri Ren Nagase & Tsubasa Honda participate in “School Hide and Seek” for the first time! “It was really interesting! It was great!” (Ren Nagase)

■We also held a “King & Prince & Teacher Strategy” where teachers dressed as either King or Prince gave hints to the students!

Ren Nagase (King & Prince) and Tsubasa Honda will appear as guests on “New Kagi New Year Special” which will be broadcast on Fuji TV on January 4, 2025, and will participate in the popular project “School Hide and Seek” for the first time.

The popular “School Hide and Seek” project from “New Kagi”, in which Kagi members and guests hide throughout the school and play hide-and-seek with all the students, is now available on a scale suitable for the “New Year Special”.

This time’s stage, featuring guests Nagase and Honda, who are participating in hide-and-seek for the first time, is Utsunomiya Hakuyo High School in Tochigi Prefecture. There are many hiding places such as 4 school buildings and 2 gymnasiums on a vast site the size of 2 Tokyo Domes, and you might think it would be advantageous for those hiding, but the New Japan Hide-and-Seek Association Chairman, Hidden Masaru (Chocolate Planet Shohei Nagata) ‘s expression is grim. This is because, in the final game of 2024 (broadcast on December 14th), they were defeated by an elementary school student…

Hidden has an emergency review meeting with the art team, and they enthusiastically take on the challenge, saying, “With the intention of using all of this year’s budget, we have prepared an extremely expensive and extremely large-scale hiding place.” With everyone vowing to win, they meet all the students at Hakuyo High School.

The key members, Nagase, and Honda were greeted with loud cheers, and the game of hide-and-seek began as the school was filled with excitement. Chocolate Planet Shun Matsuo, who boldly hides in his “face-exposing style” every time, and Dai Hanako Okabe, who was secretly declared “2025 will be the Pillar of Okabe!”, and other key members have hidden places that are more elaborate than usual. Compete with.

Meanwhile, guests Nagase and Honda also had a hiding place for the art team. However, for some reason, the students are worried that “this is too difficult…” and the secret is to hold a “King & Prince & Teacher Battle” where teachers dressed as either King or Prince give hints to the students. Dare to go. Until now, he has made fatal mistakes in his secret operations, allowing his friends to be found through his own hints, but will he be able to succeed this time? Honda also hides in a garage surrounded by the largest wall in the history of the project.

The fate of the winners and losers, which will unfold on an overwhelming scale suitable for the New Year, will be revealed in the “New Kagi New Year Special”, which will be broadcast from 7:00 pm on January 4th. Don’t miss it.

■Ren Nagase comment
Q: How was it participating in “School Hide and Seek” for the first time?
It was really interesting! It was great! The enthusiasm of all the high school students was amazing. I’m doing really well! I thought to myself, “There was a time like that for me,” as I was hiding by myself, reminiscing about the past (lol).

Q: One of the themes of “New Kagi” is “youth”. What comes to mind when you hear the word “youth”?
I think I spent a night at the beach with about 5 of my friends. At night, there were fireworks, and in the morning I slept on the beach, and when I woke up, it was raining… We ran to a place with a roof, waited for the rain to stop, and then we all got on the train and headed home. It’s such a great memory, it’s like a drama, right? (lol)

Q: Please give a message to the viewers.
Since it’s a “New Year Special”, the scale of the hiding place is amazing! There will be many interesting hiding places, hidden places that you won’t be able to find, etc. Please enjoy watching it with excitement!

■Tsubasa Honda comment
Q: How was it participating in “School Hide and Seek” for the first time?
The power of all the high school students was amazing! It was really fun to feel that power and embrace it.

Q: One of the themes of “New Kagi” is “youth”. What comes to mind when you hear the word “youth”?
I think it’s the drama “Koi Naka”. It’s the same with the story, but when I look back, I think it was “youth” for me as well.

Q: Please give a message to the viewers.
I’m happy to be able to appear in a very popular project called “School Hide and Seek”, and this time I was able to create a really luxurious hiding place! The story will be even more thrilling than usual, so please watch along with the viewers!

(C)Fuji Television

Program information

Fuji TV“New Key New Year Special”
2025/01/04 (Sat) 19:00-21:00

Cast: Shimofuri Myojo (Seiya, Soshina), Chocolate Planet (Shohei Nagata, Shun Matsuo), Hanako (Ryudai Kikuta, Hiroki Akiyama, Dai Okabe)
Guest: Ren Nagase (King & Prince), Tsubasa Honda

“New Key” program site
https://www.fujitv.co.jp/newkey/index.html