Akaso Age "Please buy me pork belly♥"Suddenly acting cute to reporters in Korea..."A cute romance with Kang Hye-won, "Love at First Taste," is coming

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Age Akaso and Kang Hye-won, Korean and Japanese youth actors, met on "Love at First Taste."

At 2 p.m. on the 6th, a production presentation for the Japanese TV TOKYO drama Premier 23 "Love at First Bite" was held at the St. Grammall Room in D-Cube City, Gyeongin-ro, Guro-gu, Seoul. Age Akaso and Kang Hye-won attended.

"Love at First Taste" is a pure love story that conveys the sincerity of Hase Taiga and Park Lin, who are confused by differences in cultures and values between Japan and Korea but are attracted to each other.

Age Akaso plays Hase Taiga, a promising marathon ace in the play but lethargic after frustration. Kang Hye-won played the role of Park Lin, a character who lives faithfully every day while conflicting between real life and future dreams in her study abroad life to learn animation.

Age Akaso said of his role as Hase Taiga in "Love in the First Bite," "I was a track and field athlete in college and experienced great frustration and started working part-time. He introduced the role of meeting and growing Lin while working part-time." Kang Hye-won said of the role of Park Lin, whom she criticized, "Lin is a character who experiences anxiety while studying in Japan and grows up by gaining trust and trust through Taiga."

When I first saw the script of "Love at First Taste," I asked how it felt, "The original Japanese title was 'Gimbap and Onigiri'. I wondered what kind of story this was, but the characters felt lovely and cute. You can meet a character who lives hard." Kang Hye-won said, "I usually like happiness from trivial things, but I felt that a lot when I read this script. It was like a drama that gave small happiness and joy," he said.

Kang Hye-won said, "Loving animation helped me a lot because I decided to appear on "Love at First Taste." I could have gotten closer to Aki Akaso through animation," he said. Kang Hye-won said, "The donuts were delicious, which was one of the delicious things I ate while filming in Japan. The texture was good," he said.

Kang Hye-won said, "The group IZ*ONE's activities also helped the Japanese acting activities," adding, "I was able to get used to it to some extent and it didn't feel like an unfamiliar environment. In terms of language, if I had not been active in Japan at that time, I would not have been able to speak Japanese like this in two months. I listened to the Japanese recording lines every morning and practiced," he said. In response, Age Akaso said, "I was surprised that (Kang He-won) was so good at Japanese that I thought he might be Japanese. He studies Japanese even when he has time in the middle of filming. He said he would be very surprised to see the work.

Age Akaso said, "I think Hye-won must have had difficulties coming to Japan." The culture and words were different, but I thought it was great because Hye-won seemed to have overcome it well. I also wanted to make an interesting scene," he said. He then raised his thumb, saying, "(The chemistry with Kang Hye-won) was the best." Kang Hye-won said, "I've been studying Japanese hard for two months before I went to Japan," adding, "I was worried if I could adapt well in different situations because the language was different, but Akao Eiji tried to take good care of me." "I communicated in Japanese, but there was not a very difficult part in communicating with the director," he said.

Age Akaso said it was his fourth visit to Korea, as he visited Korea with "love at first bite." He said, "I came to Korea to promote other works besides fan meetings. I think Korea has a very good culture of entertaining someone. They even gave me a present. I think the spirit of service is excellent and it is warm when I treat people," he said. When asked what part of Korean culture attracts him, he said, "The rice I ate yesterday was delicious," smiling, "The pork belly was delicious, but the rice was very sweet, chewy and delicious."

Akaso Age is a Korean word that I recently learned, "Did you eat?", "I ate pork belly yesterday. "It was delicious," "I like it," and "Please buy me pork belly" in Korean, drawing laughter.

Recently, a number of Korean-Japanese joint dramas have been produced. Age Akaso responded, "I think it is because OTT such as Netflix has emerged that has become a bridge in this phenomenon. I can see works that have been aired in Korea in Japan, and I think it's a good thing to make works across borders." When asked about his favorite Korean work, Age Akaso replied, "I've been watching 'Voice' recently, and I think it's a really great work."

What kind of episodes did Akaso Age have while working with Korean actors and staff. He said, "Koreans have been actively communicating," adding, "When it comes to episodes, we've had ice cream together during filming."

When asked what genre or character he would like to play if there is a collaboration between Korea and Japan next, Age Akaso said, "The number of collaborations between Korea and Japan is increasing recently, and I would like to appear again if I have a chance. Since I'm Japanese, I can't play a Korean role, so I want to play a Japanese role in my favorite mystery genre," he said, adding, "From my face, I think I should play a chaser."

Age Akaso said, "As our drama is a love story, there is a 'heart attack' point as it is a love story." "Please respond with 'laughing' reaction," he said with a smile. Kang Hye-won said, "I hope this drama will bring back memories for someone. I hope it will be a drama that grows together for someone as I see Lin heading for her dream," he added.

"Love at First Taste" will air every Monday at 11:06 p.m. from the 12th, and will be released simultaneously on Netflix.

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