On August 14th, the additional cast for the current on-air drama, �Meitantei Conan Kudou Shinichi e no Chousenjou�, has just been named!
It was revealed that Matsuzaka Tori will play 'Hattori Heiji', the rival to main lead Mizobata Junpei; meanwhile, Okamoto Rei will play 'Toyama Kazuha', Hattori�s love interest. Matsuzaka, who is originally from Kanagawa, expressed his anxiety over the role: �I need to do something about my Kansai dialect��
Matsuzaka, who made his first drama appearance in 2009 with �Samurai Sentai Shinkenger�, will now be playing as Kudou Shinichi�s rival, one of the most popular characters from this series. Since he did not participate in the series' special drama in the past, he joyfully commented, �I was extremely happy when I was picked to act as Heiji.
To fit his role as best he can, Matsuzaka said that when he �received the script, [he] repeatedly listened to dialect CDs and talked to people from Osaka� to practice. Mizobata, who is originally from Wakayama Prefecture in the Kansai region, praised his progress: �I believe he nearly got the accent down. I think I would rate it over 90 percent.�
Okamoto, who is also from Wakayama Prefecture, expressed her gratitude for her new role with: �I am thankful from the bottom of my heart that I am from Kansai.� Commenting on� Matsuzaka�s dialect, she said, �I also thought �It�s amazing, really�. I would say it�s about 95 percent.� After receiving such compliments, Matsuzaka seemed to have become embarrassed, and muttered, �It�s going to be hard to film drama scenes after this.�
This drama is already broadcasting on air, and it was created to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the �Detective Conan� series, focusing on Edogawa Conan�s teen self, Kudou Shinichi. It's also been announced that Matsuzaka and Okamoto will guest star on episode 9.
Check out the actors and actresses as their respective characters below!
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Source & Images: Oricon News
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Matsuzaka Tori and Okamoto Rei to star in "Detective Conan" drama!
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