Featuring mechanical designer Kunio Okawara and voice actor Koichi Yamadera! ! “Minamitama Station Town Opening Ceremony” was held!
Update date: April 24, 2017
A town opening ceremony was held in front of Minamitama Station on Saturday, April 22, 2017.
Please see the link below for details on the event.
We held a town opening ceremony in front of Minamitama Station!
Mechanic designer Kunio Okawara
Voice actor Koichi Yamadera
About “Minamitama Station Town Opening Ceremony”
Completed image of Minamitama Station
To commemorate the renovation of the area around Minami-Tama Station on the JR Nambu Line, we held a ``Minami-Tama Station Town Opening Ceremony.'' The ceremony included the unveiling of the Inagi Nashinosuke Clock Tower and the Yatter One Monument, and a talk event with Kunio Okawara, who designed Yatter One, and Koichi Yamadera, who provided the voice.
Note: Please see below and attached data for details.
About Minamitama Station Town Opening Ceremony (PDF: 448KB)
Ceremony overview
event date
Saturday, April 22, 2017
open time
From 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
venue
Minamitama Station Rotary Note: In case of rain, the event will be held under the Minamitama Station elevated track.
Ceremony content
Part 1: Greetings from the organizers and guests, introduction of guests, ribbon cutting, monument unveiling ceremony Part 2: Talk event Part 3: Events by local residents
Admission fee
free
Sponsored by
Inagi City
Co-organized by
Daimaru Neighborhood Association
Unveiling of the "Inagi Nashinosuke Clock Tower" and "Yatterwan Monument"
In front of Minamitama Station, there is the ``Inagi Nashinosuke Clock Tower'' (approximately 1.7 meters high), which was built with donations from local companies and organizations, and the monument to ``Yatter One'' that appears in the anime ``Yatterman'' (approximately 2.0 meters high). meters) was installed and unveiled at a public opening ceremony in front of Minamitama Station.
Inagi Nashinosuke Clock Tower
Yatterman
Talk event (free)
In the second part of the ceremony, a talk event was held with guests Kunio Okawara, designer of the main mecha "Yatterwan" from the anime "Yatterman," and Koichi Yamadera, who voiced the character. They talked about the appeal of the work, including behind-the-scenes stories from the time of its production. (Moderator: Anime critic Koji Igarashi)
Mechanic designer Kunio Okawara
Kunio Okawara
Born in 1947 in Tokyo. Lives in Inagi City. Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University.
Joined Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd. (currently Tatsunoko Production Co., Ltd.) in 1972.
After ``Science Ninja Team Gatchaman,'' he specialized in mecha design.
Freelance since 1978.
Currently, in addition to animation work, he is actively working both domestically and internationally, including car design and receiving offers from overseas to design figures.
Received the Distinguished Service Award at the 2013 Japan Media Arts Festival.
Representative works include ``Science Ninja Team Gatchaman'', ``Time Bokan Series Yatterman'', ``Mobile Suit Gundam'', ``Armored Trooper Votoms'', ``Brave Exkaiser'', ``Mobile Suit Gundam SEED'', ``Time Bokan 24'', and many others.
Voice actor Koichi Yamadera
Koichi Yamadera
Born in 1961 in Miyagi Prefecture.
Debuted as a voice actor in 1985.
He is also known as the voice of Cheese in the anime ``Anpanman'', Donald Duck in Disney movies, the Genie in ``Aladdin'', and Ryoji Kaji in ``Neon Genesis Evangelion''.
He has also provided dubbing for many actors in foreign films, including Jim Carrey, Brad Pitt, and Eddie Murphy.
He served as MC for the children's variety show ``Oha Suta'' for 18 and a half years, gaining popularity as the morning face of children.
About “Mechanic Designer Kunio Okawara Project”
Mechanic designer Kunio Okawara project
Inagi City is the birthplace of Mr. Kunio Okawara, who is famous as a mechanical designer, so we have installed works that give a sense of Kunio Okawara's designs in Inagi City, and held mechanical designers summits to encourage children and families. We are working on a project that aims to create a city that is attractive to people and make it a lively city. Through this project, Inagi City will improve its attractiveness, revitalize the region, promote tourism, and increase the number of permanent residents.
To open PDF files, you need Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (formerly Adobe Reader).
If you don't have it, you can download it for free from Adobe.
Download Adobe Acrobat Reader DC
Inquiries regarding this page
Inagi City Planning Department Planning Policy Division
2111 Higashi-Naganuma, Inagi-shi, Tokyo
Phone: 042-378-2111 Fax: 042-377-4781
