{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c0dbeca2224ce7eb2d834dd2","clusterId":"c_ac86b5641b29e59d3d92281a","slug":"jun-nishiyama-says-kumagai-s-reply-to-nogi-was-ad-libbed-on-vivant","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Jun Nishiyama Says Kumagai's Reply to Nogi Was Ad-Libbed on VIVANT","summary":"Jun Nishiyama, who plays Bohan member Kazuki Kumagai in the TBS drama VIVANT, says his reply to Nogi in the cell scene was ad-libbed. He told Cinema Today he prepared by holding in the stress of the role rather than playing blank: the heavy special makeup, the shackles, and the barefoot cell all fed the part of a Bohan member who shows no weakness under torture.","whyItMatters":"Nishiyama's account shows the Bohan's \"strongest\" image was built from deliberate restraint on set, with discomfort kept inside instead of played out, which is the choice that makes the group's blank faces read as resolve on screen.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eNishiyama learned of the second season around fall 2024, after hearing rumors. He says a shared calendar with his manager carried the flag of Azerbaijan for about three weeks in October 2025, which turned out to be the shoot.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe brief he got was a story about a Bohan member being kidnapped and rescued. He also heard there would be torture scenes and special makeup, and expected the work to be hard. In the role he chose stress over blankness: he let the makeup, the shackles, and the barefoot cell weigh on him and kept the reaction inside. He watched the rescue episode live and cried at the moment the Bohan members drop their expressionless faces.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Jun Nishiyama's preparation for Kumagai was the reverse of most torture-scene work: the shackles and special makeup let him keep constant stress in the body rather than act pain, which is why the ad-lib fit.","twitterPost":"Jun Nishiyama built Kumagai around stress he never let out. The ad-libbed reply to Nogi reads as pressure finally slipping.","threadsPost":"Jun Nishiyama approached Kumagai from the other direction: the heavy special makeup, the shackles and the barefoot cell kept real stress in his body instead of being played as pain. That buried pressure is what makes the ad-libbed reply to Nogi land.","newsletterBlurb":"Jun Nishiyama, who plays Bohan member Kazuki Kumagai on VIVANT, says his reply to Nogi in the cell was ad-libbed. He describes building the role by absorbing the stress of the special makeup and shackles, then keeping it off his face. He also says he cried watching the rescue episode live.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157612\",\"title\":\"VIVANT's \\\"Kumagai\\\" Jun Nishiyama: His reply to Nogi was ad-libbed; building the role of a Bōhan member who kept subjecting himself to stress\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4765,"outputTokens":620,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792815730,"createdAt":"2026-10-24T04:16:48.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-24T04:21:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T04:21:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_ac86b5641b29e59d3d92281a","canonicalTitle":"「VIVANT」“熊谷”西山潤、アドリブだった乃木への返事　自分にストレスを与え続けた別班員の役づくり","representativeArticleId":"a_3e6837b7813c2f08b446a668","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"VIVANT\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Jun Nishiyama\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"other\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-24T03:00:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-24T03:00:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-24T04:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Cinema Today","url":"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157612","title":"「VIVANT」“熊谷”西山潤、アドリブだった乃木への返事　自分にストレスを与え続けた別班員の役づくり"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["VIVANT"],"studios":[],"people":["Jun Nishiyama"],"type":"news","domain":"other","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}