Serialization 【 What do you really think of FN's glasses? Vol.6 Ryo Fukawa

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In this series of seven articles, we will introduce you to the appeal of FN. In this sixth installment, we are joined by Ryo Fukawa, who celebrated 30 years in the art world this year. What kind of eyewear does Ms. Fukawa, who often wears eyewear in her private life, select for "FN"?

Photo_Teppei Hoshida
Text_Keisuke Kimura
Edit_Yuri Sudo

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Glasses don't look good complex.

FUKAWA: Is the costume okay as it is?

(Filming took place on a warm October day and the film was released in December. No problem.

Fukawa: Is there a difference in nuance between "volume" and volume? Stylists say "material-feeling" instead of "material-feeling. Lately, everyone is putting "feel" into their work. The other day, my manager was on the phone with someone and said, "It's the feeling of the galas.

Mr. Fukawa said that he feels a little uncomfortable. Ah, there's that feeling again...

Fukawa: I don't mind feeling uncomfortable (laughs). However, if we trace the origin of the word, it may be that someone added "sense" to "discomfort," and that is how it became the standard. Let's cut to the chase.
*If you are interested in this story, check out Mr. Fukawa's books in his profile section.

Thank you (laughs).

This year marks the 30th anniversary of your career in show business.

Fukawa: I feel like I'm visiting a different place every day, partly because of the 30th anniversary, and partly because of the end of the TOKYO MX band program.

You have been an MC for more than 10 years.

Fukawa: The sense of the day of the week collapsed in an easy-to-understand way, and a new rhythm was created.

You were wearing date glasses today.

Fukawa: Yes, that's right. The glasses I am wearing now were given to me several years ago, but I had a complex because I had never found a pair of glasses that looked good on me until then. But when I started wearing them, I was skeptical, but then I started to get used to them and it all started from there.

Do you wear sunglasses?

Fukawa: I also wear sunglasses.

It's also meant to be a disguise.

Fukawa: Or rather, I feel more at ease when my eyes are hidden. Of course, this is not always the case.

You say that glasses don't suit you, but what kind of glasses do you feel look good on you?

Fukawa: As for what I wore today, I think the thinness and color of the frames match my face. I have strong eyes, so it is difficult to find the right balance with the frames.

By the way, which one is it?

Fukawa: I wonder where it was. It's a casual one. What was it? I can kind of see the letters, but I'm not sure. Can you take a look?

Mr. Fukawa checks the brand of his glasses against natural light. He says his presbyopia is getting worse these days.

Whether you make it "I" or "me" changes your life.

From here, we would like you to try on a pair of "FN" eyewear and finally select your favorite pair of eyewear. Let's start with this one.

Fukawa: Cool and nice. But it's still a little strong. I feel like I'm about to start a contrast. I'm not as defensive as I thought I was. I'm not so sure about this one.

I don't feel like a contortionist at all.

Fukawa: Personally, I don't trust people who wear glasses with white frames.

(laughs). There are a lot of people in the entertainment industry, aren't there? There are people with red glasses.

Fukawa: I don't trust white more than red. I don't know if it's because they are guilty, or they are aware of it, or unconsciously, but I think that's why they choose white.

Thank you very much (laughs). Now let's go to the next model. It is thin.

Fukawa: The thin one - I wonder how the atmosphere is a bit again.

I think it's very good.

Fukawa: Does it have an air of a drama role? Is there a strong assertion of one's own face?

I think I'm comfortable with it.

Fukawa: What I see and what others see are a little different, aren't they? Also, ...... the room is generally dark. It can't be helped for shooting, but, you know, you can't tell even if you look in a mirror!

I apologize. It is indeed dark because of the use of natural light (laughs).

Fukawa: I once went into a clothing store on Kotto Dori to buy a down jacket, but the lighting was dim there, too. I saw two that looked good, so I asked if I could go outside and take a look, and we compared them on Kotto Dori in the daytime. I thought, "If it's a clothing store, please brighten it up," but it's more about the atmosphere. But that's fine.

The atmosphere is important, too! The next one is pretty well rounded.

Fukawa: It's a good color. Is it gold? Silver?

It is gold. It's too dark to tell the color.

FUKAWA: No, no, it's fine. I was thinking that it is probably gold. ...Can I go to Kotto Dori later and take a look?

(laughs).

FUKAWA: I guess it changes the atmosphere. The shape of the glasses looks completely different when they are black.

The next one is a little thicker.

Fukawa: There is Fukura P of QuizKnock, right? I feel that he has already chosen the best glasses. He is good at coming up with answers, isn't he? He has completely found the answer to the question, "What is the best pair of glasses? He has completely found the answer to the question, "What is the best pair of glasses?

Fukawa-san, let's lead today!

Fukawa: Yes, that's right.

The last model is round and thick.

Fukawa: The colors of all models are exquisite. I don't think glasses fit in immediately. It takes a few weeks after you start wearing them for your face to adjust to them. After a few months, everything in my life adjusts to the glasses.

All of life?

Fukawa: If I may say so, it is life. Life adjusts itself to these glasses. A year spent in the first person as "me," a year spent as "I," or a year spent as "I," is a totally different degree of adjustment, isn't it?

I think you are adjusting differently. Have you ever spent a year being aware of such things?

Fukawa: I was asked to change the first person to "I" when I became an MC at TOKYO MX. I had never said "I" before, but I had to do it because it was my job. Then gradually, I started using "I" outside of the broadcast as well, and "I" became a colorful addition to my life. The "I" and "me" paints are gone, and in their place, the "I" is injected, and life becomes more colorful. ...Do you think I should not express myself like a poem every time?

I don't think so at all (laughs).

Fukawa: You think it's noisy, don't you? You didn't write it down at all.

(laughs). So, how does wearing "F.N." glasses make your life more colorful?

Fukawa: Ten years to get there using "I" and ten years to get there using "me. In the same way, it means that the view 10 years after wearing [FN] glasses is different from the view 10 years after wearing other glasses. ......Are we done talking about this?

Yes, I'm fine now (laughs).

Fukawa: Come to think of it, I remember when an actress gave me an hourglass. A glass hourglass. She told me that she had been brushing her teeth with that hourglass since she was a child. You can tell that if she had lived like that from an earlier age, her life would have been different, can't you?

Yes, I understand.

Fukawa: It's only an hourglass, but one hourglass can change your whole life. Whether they look good on you or not is important, but wearing [FN] glasses makes you wonder how you will look 10 years from now. ...That's what I mean. Can I ask another interviewer to take over for a moment? (Laughs)