Taku Yashiro's 33rd Birthday: His "Real Childhood Friend" Makes a Studio Appearance & Reads a Letter: "He Sat Roughly on Our Sofa and Wore It Down to Tatters..."

On ABEMA's "Anime LIVE Channel," Say You To Yo Asobi Wednesday #29 was broadcast on Wednesday, January 14th at 10 PM.

In this broadcast, a special project titled "Let's Give Taku Yashiro 33 Birthday Celebrations!" was held to celebrate Yashiro, who turned 33 on January 6th.

■Taku Yashiro's "Real Childhood Friend" Makes a Live Studio Appearance!

A board appeared in the studio with 33 birthday project ideas written on it, which Daisuke Namikawa described as "what the program staff came up with without sleep during the New Year holidays (lol)." However, upon seeing it, Yashiro showed an uneasy expression, saying, "So far, I don't think there's anything that looks good..."

Then, despite Yashiro's concerns, an "unexpected person" appeared in the studio. At the special guest's entrance, Yashiro burst into laughter, saying, "Wait a minute (lol) You...!"

When Yashiro introduced him as "This is Matsunaga-kun, a classmate who went to kindergarten, elementary school, and junior high school with me," ABEMA's comment section exploded with excitement: "Yo Asobi calling a classmate lolol" "Can't believe they called him lol." Furthermore, it was revealed that Matsunaga works at ABEMA.

Matsunaga then read a letter addressed to Yashiro. He began by saying, "Being able to appear on a program at the company where I work and read this letter at the milestone of your 33rd birthday, I am savoring this as a privilege of being classmates," and continued with plenty of humor: "As an aside, I'm the one who taught you how interesting European soccer is. I want to be on Wikipedia (lol)."

Furthermore, he revealed, "You, who grew up in a strict household, would sit roughly on my family's sofa and stuff your face with potato chips as if there was no tomorrow. Because of that, my parents' sofa became worn down to tatters... Even now, my mother says you need to buy her a replacement (lol)." To this, Yashiro responded, "Is that... really true?" and "Right now, I can picture Matsunaga's mother's face," creating a comedy routine-like exchange that drew laughter from the studio.

Hearing this, Namikawa also commented, "If I may be so bold... I was also in the 'Tanpopo Group.'" While expressing gratitude to Matsunaga after he finished reading the letter, Yashiro responded, "If you find a sofa you want, could you let me know?" Namikawa also joked, "With a budget of up to 300,000 yen..." further livening up the atmosphere.