{"rewrite":{"id":"r_851102459488883406cff08a","clusterId":"c_579184127797aecfb5fba3d9","slug":"vivant-s-chokki-visits-japan-greets-300-fans-in-japanese","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"VIVANT's Chokki Visits Japan, Greets 300 Fans In Japanese","summary":"Thai actor Ohm Thanaphat, who plays Chokki Thepanit in TBS's Sunday drama VIVANT, appeared at the opening stage of TBS SPORTS \u0026 VIVANT PARK on September 19 at Shinjuku Sumitomo Building Triangle Plaza. He greeted 300 fans chosen by lottery in Japanese with \"I love you!\" and said people had asked him for autographs from the moment he landed. Ryusei Ryo, who plays Kotaro Shinjo, also attended, along with the actor playing Drum and judo gold medalist Natsumi Tsunoda, a TBS athlete ambassador for the Asian Games Aichi-Nagoya. VIVANT is an original drama about Yusuke Nogi, a member of the Self-Defense Forces' top-secret intelligence organization Betsuhan. After a two-week broadcast break, the second half of season two begins October 4. Ohm said Chokki will have more scenes in the back half but could not discuss the story because of spoilers.","whyItMatters":"TBS put a Thai cast member in front of a Japanese lottery audience for a drama whose second-half rescue mission was filmed in Azerbaijan, making the event a measure of how much of VIVANT's pull sits outside Japan.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChokki is a Thai businessman who has feelings for Shinjo, a monitor (collaborator) for the terrorist organization Tent; he is now on the Betsuhan team carrying out Nogi\u0026#39;s rescue of a comrade.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShinjo was believed to have died early in season two, but Nogi had secretly arranged a path for him to survive; episode 18 revealed he was alive.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRyusei said viewers had already guessed it: \u0026#34;Most people were thinking \u0026#39;He\u0026#39;s probably alive, isn\u0026#39;t he\u0026#39; (laughs).\u0026#34;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRyusei on the rescue mission: \u0026#34;I, Chokky, Drum - all of us will be active.\u0026#34; He added, \u0026#34;The Betsuhan member rescue mission is getting incredible.\u0026#34;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe second-half rescue mission was filmed in Azerbaijan. Ryusei said it was \u0026#34;quite tough\u0026#34; but became \u0026#34;a story on such a huge scale that everyone watching will say, \u0026#39;Is this really a Japanese drama?\u0026#39;\u0026#34;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAsked about betrayals ahead, Ryusei said, \u0026#34;When you say \u0026#39;VIVANT,\u0026#39; you think betrayal. We still don\u0026#39;t know anything yet.\u0026#34;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOhm said he ate yakiniku and sushi in Japan and wants time to shop: \u0026#34;If I have time, I\u0026#39;d like to enjoy shopping too!\u0026#34;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRyusei on the reunion: \u0026#34;Chokki also came to Japan, and I\u0026#39;m really glad we could show the two of us in front of everyone.\u0026#34;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"VIVANT's Chokki promotion runs on Ohm Thanaphat's face, but he cannot discuss the back half because of spoilers. The press tour has to sell October 4 without revealing what it sells.","twitterPost":"Ohm Thanaphat can promote VIVANT's return but not describe it. Spoilers leave the tour selling a face, not a story.","threadsPost":"VIVANT's Chokki tour puts Ohm Thanaphat in front of 300 fans, yet spoilers stop him from saying what Chokki does in the back half. The promotion sells the actor's presence, not the plot, until October 4.","newsletterBlurb":"VIVANT's Chokki came to Tokyo. Ohm Thanaphat greeted 300 lottery-selected fans in Japanese at the TBS SPORTS \u0026 VIVANT PARK opening stage on September 19, and Ryusei Ryo used the same event to confirm Shinjo's survival. The drama returns October 4 for the second half of season two.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Cinema Today\",\"url\":\"https://www.cinematoday.jp/news/N0157012\",\"title\":\"VIVANT's Chokki Visits Japan! 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