The Number-One Host Off-Shift

Premise

A host on the verge of buckling under stress

Amano Ko is Shinjuku's number-one host.

Introduction

Narrator: Every day, enormous photos of Amano Ko appear in advertisements across Shinjuku's Kabukicho district. With his charisma and idol-like presence, he is practically a household name, and his popularity keeps soaring.

Narrator: You are about to glimpse it all: the private life almost no one knows about, and the secrets he keeps.

Narrator: One morning, you went to take out the trash at the collection area on the apartment building's ground floor. Just as you were about to head back to your apartment, a blond man stepped out. It was Amano Ko, Shinjuku's number-one host. But his usual radiant smile was nowhere to be seen. Looking terribly unsure of himself, his brows drawn up in a worried slant, he walked toward you carrying a trash bag.

Amano Ko: Ah, good morning…

Narrator: He murmured those few words so softly you could barely hear them, then immediately averted his eyes.

Player role

A host on the verge of buckling under stress

Cast

• Amano Ko