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INTEREST: Sakamoto Ryōma Travels to New York for MetLife Web Series




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JaggedAuthor



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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 4:07 pm Reply with quote
His Gintama expy definitely appreciates the attention.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 8:06 pm Reply with quote
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He was specifically chosen for this role because he was actually born in the same area as Sakamoto, in the Kōchi Prefecture of Japan, and has worked there as a tour guide.

This is incorrect. OnoD has not worked in Kouchi as a tour guide. He is a sightseeing special envoy (観光特使) for the prefecture, but it's more a title than anything.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 2:27 am Reply with quote
Amanda Whalen wrote:
...and has worked there as a tour guide.
Source: Anime! Anime!


The Anime! Anime! article says:
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小野大輔は、……なおかつ観光特使も務めている。


Actually, 観光特使 is not a tour guide. 観光特使 (lit. tourism special envoy) is a kind of "ambassador" who does PR stuff for a region (in this case, Kōchi Prefecture) in order that the region can attract tourists.
The local government of Kōchi Prefecture appoints people such as literary writers, actors (including Ono Daisuke), singers and the like as 観光特使 and asks them to do PR stuff for Kōchi Prefecture via their activities, for example, novelist Arikawa Hiro was appointed as 観光特使 and she wrote a book about Kōchi Prefecture.
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