Nakagawa Shoko appears in NHK special on Emperor’s abdication, netizens impressed

Nakagawa Shoko’s name is typically associated with her anison but lately, Nakagawa has been appearing in numerous programs that deal with the Tokyo 2020 Olympics mascot announcement, politics and now, in regards to the Emperor’s abdication.

Needless to say, each time when she does appear on these shows, people on social media would question “Why Shokotan?” and for this special, because of the high viewership, many were surprised to see Nakagawa among the older veterans but were more impressed on how she carried herself on television.

Nakagawa posted on Twitter about appearing on the live program on the last day of Heisei and how nervous she was.

NHK 4/1の新元号令和発表の生放送に続いて、平成最後の日。天皇陛下の退位礼正殿の儀の生放送に出演するという大役、緊張しました！！！

天皇陛下のお言葉にあったように、平和な時代を私たち国民一人ひとりが作ることを意識し、喜びを共有できる素敵な時代になることを国民として、願っています。 pic.twitter.com/PbAwsPwCqh

— 🍫🌙中川翔子🌙🍫 (@shoko55mmts) April 30, 2019

If anything, Nakagawa Shoko has proved herself that she can do more serious type of television work outside of music and that she takes her work seriously. And because of today’s special, many people got to see Nakagawa and she has received many positive comments:

I do not usually write to celebrities but your comments on today’s live broadcast was great.

I watched it! It was a major role and thank you very much. Your comments were wonderful and saw the pride of Shokotan.

I was impressed. People in the front row were impressed. I watched with my mother and she was impressed!

I was deeply moved by your comments!

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