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Matsumura Hokuto of SixTONES is on fire these days.
He’s smashing it in the drama Ensemble, ruling the big screen with 1st Kiss, and now?
He just dropped a bomb about his Come Come Everybody audition that’s got fans absolutely shook.
On TOKYO SPEAKEASY, Hokuto Matsumura spilled the tea on how he landed the role of Minoru, the sweet, book-smart fiancé in NHK’s Come Come Everybody (aired Nov 2021–Apr 2022).
Turns out, he wasn’t even on the official audition list!
"The staff picking candidates didn’t have me down,” he admitted.
“But someone lower in the ranks secretly slipped my name in.”
And just like that—boom!—he got the role, calling it a “turning point” in his career.
Fans? Losing it.
Some were like, “Wait, he’s in SixTONES too?!”
Others were just grateful, saying, “I can’t imagine anyone else as Minoru. Thank you, mystery staff member!”
And let’s be real, Hokuto Matsumura’s been unstoppable since.
He’s acing his new drama alongside Haruna Kawaguchi, and 1st Kiss?
Absolutely killing it at the box office, pulling in 254 million yen and 174,000 viewers in its opening weekend.
Critics are calling him a “national treasure,” and honestly? They’re not wrong. Whether he’s in SixTONES or on screen, Matsumura’s star is only getting brighter.