Kazuya Ninomiya , 42, is a popular actor in movies, TV dramas, commercials, and variety shows, but the ratings for his TV show “Nino-san” (on Nippon Television) have not been very good recently, While social networking sites were shocked by the leaked tattoos, the variety show “Nino-san” started in April 2013. After airing in the Wednesday late-night slot and Sunday afternoon/morning slot, it was promoted to the Friday 7pm golden slot in October 2012. Nino-san” features many popular personalities such as Fuma Kikuchi (30) of timelesz, Tomonori Jinnai (51), Takashi Yoshimura (45) of Heisei no Bushikobushi, and Nao Asahi (31), and on September 26, it received a household rating of 4.9% (all from Video Research, Kanto region), individual ratings of 3.0%, and the core viewership rating of 2.5% among 13-49 year olds, which is what TV stations focus on, was quite tough for a 7:00 p.m. prime-time program. And the show’s numbers have stabilized around that level. ……” On September 26, “Nino-san” will be joined by Shoutarou Mamiya (32), Yuko Shinki (31), SixTONES, and Shintaro Morimoto (28) from the new Saturday drama “Good Things Bad Things” (NTV). Shintaro Morimoto (28) and Sumitaka Totsuka (33) appeared as guests. In Kikuchi’s absence, timelesz Satoshi Matsushima (37) and Masaki Hashimoto (25) also appeared on the show. The drama team and Nino’s team were divided into two teams and played three educational games to foster reasoning, judgment, and imagination in a fun way. On the same day, TBS aired a two-hour special of SnowMan’s crown program “Sore Sono SnowMan ni Yasasete Nasete” (Let SnowMan Do It), which received a household rating of 6.9%. It received 6.9% household viewership, 4.6% individual viewership, and 4.3% core viewership, far ahead of “Nino-san,” especially in core viewership. It has been a year since “Nino-san” was promoted to prime time in October 2012, and although the initial numbers were strong, it seems that the show has stalled here. I’m also hurt by the fact that Nino-san, which used to be fun, has become boring every episode. A person involved in the production company mentioned above had this to say. A source from a production company said, “Actually, some TV people are saying that Mr. Ninomiya is getting too much exposure. Since his independence from the former Johnny’s Office, he has been appearing in a lot of variety shows and dramas.
