Pin comedian Yasuko (27) appeared on the December 8 broadcast of the variety show “Calling Teacher Tanaka” (Fuji TV). She teased her co-star Aoya Inogari (23), a member of STARTO ENTERTAINMENT’s junior unit KEY TO LIT, but the content of the teasing and the incendiary message caused fans of Inogari to raise their voices in anger. The “ Calling Teacher Tanaka” is a quiz variety show hosted by Takushi Tanaka (49) of the Angels, and the December 8 episode featured a quiz titled “2025. The best honor student announcer decision! Inogari and Yasuko, who are regulars on the program, appeared with Anna Murashige (27) as the “Obasan Department Students”. Inokari and KEY TO LIT fans got into trouble in the first half of the program when the cast asked the question, “Which attraction has existed at Tokyo Disneyland since it opened in 1983? The answer was “A: The Biggest Disneyland”. The choices were “A: Big Thunder Mountain,” “B: Horned Mansion,” and “C: Splash Mountain. In the same scene, Inogari said that Noriko Baba (51) chose “B” because “it is an amusement park and they should have a horror attraction. I love Disney so much,” he said, but the correct answer was B. When she got the wrong answer, Inogari tried to cover it up with trivia: “The tractor in front of ‘Big Thunder’ was actually brought from the U.S.,” but MC Tanaka told her, “Don’t try to cover it (laugh),” to which Yasuko responded, “That’s why you can’t make your debut. Yasuko then added, “That’s why you can’t make your debut. And there’s no “that’s why”! The quiz ended with Inokari exclaiming, “Stop saying that! The “That’s why you can’t make your debut” part was emphasized with white text. Yasuko-san’s comment seemed to have been in tune with the studio atmosphere, and she was trying to make a joke in order to add a punchline. The fact that a large ticker went out of its way to accompany the message suggests that the program thought it was an amusing scene. …… Yasuko’s comment and the program’s emphasis on it drew the ire of many of Inokari’s fans. However, Yasuko-san’s comment and the program’s emphasis on it drew the ire of many of Ms. Inokari’s fans.
