On July 23rd, child actor Kato Seishiro (9) attended a premiere event for his starring movie, 'Nintama Rantaro' at Shinjuku Wald, and Nadeshiko Japan�s forward player, Ando Kozue (29), made a special guest appearance!

Ando gave a bouquet of flowers to Kato and encouraged him with, �Our team became number one in the world by becoming one and maintaining our attitude of never giving up until the end. This time, I want �Nintama Rantaro� to give strength to Japan.� Kato, who mentioned that he grew 5 inches from the time of filming to now,� responded, �We also want to get a �gold medal� with this movie.�

Furthermore at this event, actor Matsukata Hiroki, who turned 69 on this day, received a specially-designed birthday cake made to resemble �Hieta Hapousai�,�his movie character.

Ishigaki Yuma (28) and Anne (25) also attended the premiere, as part of the movie's cast.

Check out the event photos below!

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Source: Sports Yomiuri
Images: Sanspo