A Moment of Silence in “JOHNNY’S World”

 

On December 7th, “JOHNNY’S World” evening performances were held in Imperial Theater, Tokyo. Johnny’s young talent paused for a moment of silence dedicated to Mori Mitsuko, followed by all staff and visitors. Miraculously, the said stage-play kicked-off on November 10th, the same day Mori-san passed away. Directed by Johnny Kitagawa, it will have last 10 more minutes since January because it will include now a memorial corner dedicated to her.

Hey! Say! JUMP’s Yamada Ryosuke (19) who attended the formal funeral “I was able to send my last farewell. I think from now on she’ll be looking after me and all Johnny’s and wrapping us in warm feelings, this time from heaven. Ladies and gentlemen, please love Mori Mitsuko from now on too”.

From Mori-san’s posthumous stage-play “Shinshun Jinsei Kakumei” (January～February 2010) and while playing a memorial video, the cast performed the theme song that was previously sang by Mori Mitsuko, “Jinsei Kakumei” (Life revolution).

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69 Johnny’s Gathered in Mori Mitsuko’s Funeral

On December 7th in Aoyama was held the funeral of actress Mori Mitsuko (92) who passed away on November 10th due to heart failure and pneumonia. More than 1,000 celebrities attended the ceremony plus 1,300 general people, making a total of 2,300 people who attended. In addition, there were 300 reporters. Actor and singer Kondo Masahiko revealed in his condolence message “She was Japan’s mother”.

Mori-san’s presence was loved by everyone, and they talked about her trajectory and personality and a 17 minutes memorial video was shown as introduction.

In her life she held a deep friendship with members of the agency. In a never seen scene and led by Kondo Masahiko, a total of 69 Johnny’s attended the ceremony including; Shounentai, Uchiumi Koji (Hikaru GENJI), SMAP, TOKIO, KinKi Kids, V6, Arashi, Imai Tsubasa, NEWS, Kanjani8, KAT-TUN, Hey! Say! JUMP, Kis-My-Ft2 (except Tamamori Yuta), A.B.C-Z, Sano Mizuki, Yara Tomoyuki and Nakayama Yuma. And Kondo said goodbye “She was all of us, Johnny’s Mother”.

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Johnny’s Attend the Funeral of Their Mother Mori Mitsuko

On November 10th, actress Mori Mitsuko passed away from heart failure and pneumonia at the age of 92. On December 7th, the formal funeral was held in Shimeyaka, Aoyama (Tokyo). Kondo Masahiko, Kuroyanagi Tetsuko, Sadaharu Oh (Fukuoka Softbank Hawks) gathered to read a message of condolence.

Because they have current concerts in Yahoo! Dome, all 5 members of Arashi were able to attend in the morning. Then little by little, since Shounentai member, Higashiyama Noriyuki to SMAP, TOKIO, KinKi Kids, V6, Tackey & Tsubasa, KAT-TUN, Kanjani8, NEWS and Hey! Say! JUMP, they all rushed into the last farewell. Even Higashiyama’s wife, Kimura Yoshino attended the ceremony. On behalf of all Johnny’s Idols, Kondo Masahiko entered the hall taking the arm of Kuroyanagi to show his support.

Kuroyanagi share the stage with Mori-san in “Horōki”. Kondo stated, “Mori-san, thank you very much. She was the mother of Japan. Well no, she still is. Also, she was all of us, Johnny’s mother”, sending his last farewell.

Condolence Message

Since the beginning of my career, I have happy memories of her. Always received a Christmas and birthday present from her, always sending kind messages in letters or faxes. My desk drawer is filled with letters and FAX from Mori-san. I’ve been encouraged many times. I’d like to review how she helped me to overcome hard times.  The other day I went to intrude in Mori-san’s home. I wanted to hug her shoulders and visit her once more. I felt the same warmth and kindness from when I was first allowed to participate in “Horōki”. That’s when I realized she was really gone. Over there, there’s a lot of people waiting for Mori-san. For a while she was really busy. I’m glad she was never lonely. Mori-san, after the dust settles, please rest properly. Thank you.

—Kondo Masahiko

In addition Akiyama Toshiyuki (Tokyo Vice Governor) and Yamamoto Manabu also read a message of condolence. Naraoka Tomoko who couldn’t attend due to stage schedule also sent a message of condolences.

Mori-san had exchanges with idols from Johnny’s Jimusho since the 80s and was called as “Johnny’s mother”. Johnny’s made a space on their busy schedules to attend together in this special day.

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