hopes that the front-line medical staff will protect themselves and help more patients. Belulu and I packaged these 130,000 masks and gave them to friends in need in Wuhan, China. I hope everyone is healthy and safe.
Recently, it is a critical moment for the nation to fight against Wuhan pneumonia, and the people of the whole country are giving their part to the "anti-epidemic". Many celebrities also donated money and materials, such as Han Hong, Zhao Benshan, Huang Xiaoming, and Yang Zi.
And in it, we saw a long-lost figure, he is: Yano Koji . As a Japanese,
came to China 19 years ago by chance and was deeply attracted by China. After that, he took the money he saved so hard to develop in China, and became a "ghost" in the eyes of Chinese and a "traitor" in the eyes of the Japanese.
However, this did not affect Yano Koji's love for China. In this Wuhan epidemic, he even organized staff to send 130,000 masks to Wuhan in order to relieve Wuhan's urgent needs. Many netizens also praised him!
A poor boy dreaming of an actor
On January 21, 1974, Yano Koji was born in a farmer in the countryside of Osaka, Japan, his original name was Yano Haosi.
Yano Koji was born not rich, with three older sisters, Yano Koji is the youngest at home. As the only boy in the family, Yano Koji has been given high expectations by the whole family since he was a child. Everyone at hopes that Koji Yano will study hard and be admitted to university in the future, and be able to stand out and shine.
However, Yano Koji’s growth was very different from the hopes of his family. He was a troublemaker since he was a child. He gave up his studies after graduating from high school and entered society early. Having worked as a security guard and a postman, he originally thought he could drop out of school early and break into a world in society, but bumped into walls everywhere and changed more than a dozen jobs a year.
When he was 20 years old, Yano Koji changed his job as a bartender. Unexpectedly, this job became a turning point in his life.
Because he works in a bar, he receives a large number of people of all kinds every day. As time goes by, Yano Koji and many customers will get acquainted. At this time, many customers said to Yano Koji: , you are so handsome, why do you want to be a bartender here? You can't make a lot of money after exhausting your work. It's better to go acting, maybe you can become a big star.
may just be a casual comment from the customer, but he did not expect to plant a seed in Yano Koji's heart. Then Yano Koji secretly made up his mind to become an actor.
soon quit his job as a bartender and took some of the money saved from his previous job to Tokyo. With 's dream of becoming an actor, Yano Koji quickly found a job as a star assistant. worked as a personal assistant for the famous Japanese actor Morita Ken. Yano Koji also hopes that through this job, he can be appreciated and get the opportunity to act.
However, this job Yano Koji has been 8 years . During this period, Yano Koji hardly received any decent role, either acting as a dead body, or passers-by A, B, C, D...
until In 2000, the Japanese classic horror movie "Midnight Ring" began shooting, and Yano Koji was also in this drama, finally received a character with a line.
played "Guizi" to spit
after shooting "Midnight Ring", by chance, Yano Koji was introduced by a friend to China to film "Eternal Lovers" invested by Huayi Brothers. In this drama, there are 5 main actors. Only Yano Koji is Japanese in . He plays the role of Japanese student Kawashima in the drama.
This is Yano Koji’s first time abroad and his first visit to China. However, it was this experience that Yano Koji, who could not speak a word of Chinese, had an excellent impression of China. After the filming of , he returned to Japan, but did not forget his love for China, so Yano Koji decided to send it to China.exhibition. After
returned to Japan, Yano Koji began to work hard and save money .
In 2001, Koji Yano came to Beijing alone with the 900,000 yen (about 60,000 yuan) he saved from his hard work, and became a "beijing young man" from abroad. After
came to Beijing, Yano Koji didn't have many friends, and his career development was not satisfactory. was basically "waiting for work at home" for the first half of the year. With and the language barrier, Yano Koji had to enroll in Beijing to learn Chinese. At that time Yano Koji lived in Liulitun near Chaoyang Park in Beijing. He went to school for half a day in the morning and returned to his place in the afternoon to review his homework or watch TV to learn Chinese.
Even if he has no income, Koji Yano still lives in Beijing with his strong beliefs. Emperor was worthy of his heart. Eight months later, Yano Koji’s career finally came to fruition. After the recommendation of the famous photographer Ike Xiaoning , Yano Koji played the role of Emperor Meiji in the TV series "Towards the Republic", Although there are not many scenes in the play, it is also well received by the director and many audiences. And this is also the first time Yano Koji has played the role of "japanese" .
Since then, Yano Koji has become a "devil professional" in the Chinese entertainment industry. Because Yano Koji himself is a Japanese and has learned Chinese through his own efforts, he can be said to be acting as a "devil". Koji Yano can be seen in many film and television dramas such as "Proof of Memory", "Little Soldier Zhangga", "Railway Guerrilla", and "Sniper".
In this way, Yano Koji gradually gained popularity in China, and people often asked him for autographs when walking on the street. The economic situation has also improved a lot. From the first time there was no play to film in Beijing, to the endless play, Yano Koji seemed to be moving toward his dream, step by step.
However, a life like made Yano Koji chuckle from the beginning and become more and more bored. In the three years of filming in China, Yano Koji played countless times in the "Japanese Devil", and in every play The characters are almost exactly the same, all began to scold and kill Chinese people, and ended up being killed by the Chinese.
I went to China to film and played the roles of Japanese soldiers. I had no emotions, only coldness and killing. I don't know when it started. I became bored with my job, even a little scared, to the point of nausea when I saw military uniforms. After
, fortunately, Yano Koji received the invitation from Hunan Satellite TV's "Happy Camp" program group to record the show. After this episode was broadcast, Koji Yano attracted more invitations for variety shows.
In 2008, Yano Koji was invited to be the host of Hunan Satellite TV's "Tian Tian Shang", and his host style that combines Chinese and Japanese humor was also welcomed by the audience. After
, Yano Koji broadened his drama, not only starred in the Eighth Route Army, but also in Chinese costume dramas, and his popularity was further improved.
The Japanese in the eyes of the Chinese, the Chinese in the eyes of the Japanese
Although Yano Koji has broken out of his own world in China's entertainment industry, but along the way, Yano Koji has encountered more difficulties than imagined. It's much bigger.
When he first came to Beijing to live, due to his unfamiliar place and language barrier, Yano Koji often encountered some scams, but for Yano Koji, this was nothing. What he didn't expect was that in Japan's history and sensitive relations have brought great troubles to Yano Koji's life, even catastrophic.
In 2001, not long after Yano Koji came to Beijing, he caught up with Junichiro Koizumi as Prime Minister of Japan. Anti-Japanese sentiment was high in the country. Under such an environment, Yano Koji did not dare to say anything when going out. He could only walk with his head down, fearful. Expose his identity as a Japanese.
In 2003, Koji Yano, who finished filming "Proof of Memory", received a call from Morita Ken, and realized that he became a "traitor" in the eyes of many Japanese people.Many Japanese people at also threatened that as long as saw Yano Koji returning home, he would never let him go out alive.
On the other hand, because Yano Koji often starred in film and television dramas as "devil", in the eyes of some Chinese audiences, Yano Koji has also become a villain who does no evil.
However, the most serious incident was in 2011, when the DY Island incident broke out, and Yano Koji lost his job as a result. He also nearly collapsed because of being questioned about leaving "Tian Tian Shang". At that time, others were in Beijing and the TV was anti-Japan and boycott propaganda; while in his hometown of Japan, the media promoted remarks against China.
As an ordinary person, Japan and China are like Yano Koji’s biological mother and adoptive mother, and now the biological mother and adoptive mother are fighting, Yano Koji can be said that the two are not people, so they can only stay in the hotel and dare not go out.
Suddenly one day, Koji Yano felt breathing difficulties in the hotel and was pulled by an ambulance to rescue him. The doctor concluded that: was caused by too much long-term mental stress! After
, many people asked Yano Koji: How did you survive that time? Yano Koji shook his head helplessly: has no choice but to "boil"!
Conclusion
Yano Koji, who has lived in China for many years, has already regarded China as his home. He not only married a wife from Chongqing, China, but also allowed his daughter to become a Chinese citizen. After
left "Tian Tian Shang", although we saw Yano Koji on the screen, we often saw him sharing his life with fans on social platforms.
Who would have thought that this Japanese who used to be questioned about in China and was almost scolded out of China by the keyboard man, still maintains his love for China.
The Wuhan epidemic broke out. Yano Koji always paid attention to the epidemic situation, and also contributed his own strength in the first time, which shows his care and love for China.
hope that everyone can officially this love, and hope to see more Yano Koji's movies on the screen!
