Snow Man Ryohei Abe has been appointed as a regular New Friday personality on “ZIP!” The person I want to meet on location is “Snow Man”

■Appearing every week from January 10, 2025! “I will do my best to give everyone a wonderful and extraordinary morning.”

Snow Man’s Ryohei Abe has been selected as a regular New Friday personality on Nippon Television’s morning information program “ZIP!”.

Ryohei Abe has been the Friday monthly personality since July 2024. As a new Friday personality, he will appear every Friday from January 10, 2025. Let’s check it out.

■Snow Man・Ryohei Abe Comment
How did you feel when you were chosen to be a regular Friday personality six months after being the Friday monthly personality in July?
I was so happy. “Kiterne!”, which I worked for for three years from 2019. ” Ever since I started working as a reporter, this position has been my dream. First of all, I was thinking that I would like to be called as a monthly personality, so I was happy about July’s monthly personality, and I thought that next time I would be a regular, so I’m happy that I was able to take the steps properly!

Did you tell anyone?
To be honest, until today (“ZIP!” interview and meeting), I couldn’t believe it (lol), and I hadn’t told my family about it… The members of Snow Man received an announcement from their manager about my work with “ZIP!”, and the members said “Kiterne!” Everyone has known us since the days when we were “Amazing!” and were happy. Especially since Raul said to me during the month of July, “ZIP! really suits me.”

Did you report to Shunsuke Kazama, who contacted you right away in July?
We haven’t been able to do that. Until today, I couldn’t believe (that I was appointed as Friday personality) (lol). I plan on doing this as soon as I finish this work.

What new things would you like to try with “ZIP!”?
『? Yomitoku! ” Is it? No, it’s definitely not possible (lol). However, it’s not about whether I want to do it or not. Yomitoku! I think the gap between Miura (Ami)’s serious expression and the smiley expression she shows in the morning is really wonderful.

Is there anyone you would like to meet on location?
I would like to go and cover Snow Man again. I’ve done interviews before, and when I’m interviewing people, they always treat me as someone from ZIP!’s side, saying, “You’re a Snow Man, but if you’re in a position like a Snow Man, you’re not good enough.” That feeling was interesting when I watched it later. “ZIP!” and Snow Man have been indebted to us since the day of our debut, and I think our relationship is inseparable, so I want to cherish it.

Finally, be enthusiastic!
She is the day-of-the-week personality that I have always admired. I will do my best to give everyone a wonderful and exceptional morning! thank you!

■Comment from producer Takuya Moriyama
We are pleased to welcome Ryohei Abe as our regular Friday personality.
I would be happy if Abe could use his unique perspective to reach many people, from hard news to entertainment news and useful information for daily life, with his natural eagerness to learn.
I also hope that through “ZIP!” Mr. Abe will grow even more, and that he will brighten up Friday mornings in Japan with his updated version of “Abe Ryohei.”
In addition, we are preparing a new project that the staff thought, “Let’s have Ryohei Abe do this,” so please look forward to it!

Program information

Nippon Television『ZIP!』
Broadcast every Monday to Friday from 5:50 to 9:00 *Excluding some areas

General host: Asami Miura (NTV announcer)
Personality (from January 2025)
Mon: Shunsuke Kazama, Tue: Kenjiro Yamashita, Thurs: Fuku Suzuki, Fri: Ryohei Abe

“ZIP!” official website
http://www.ntv.co.jp/zip/