First of all, I found it odd that Kikuchi was invited for that particular segment, I don't think she has even reached her peak yet, and she's not struggling to find work at all so it just seems like they almost want to see her fail or something even before anything like that is taking place. Maybe they chose Kikchi simply to get ratings but it still gives off a bad omen and not very flattering.
I usually agree with Ariyoshi's highly opinionated statements in this segment, but he totally got it wrong with Kikuchi because for one, Idoling is a VARIETY show, so all she's really doing is expanding her talents in the area that she's already showcasing to begin with, Ariyoshi should watch the show first before opening his big mouth accusing Kikuchi that she's doing variety only as a side-gig, which is totally false. If Idoling was a pure idol show, Kikuchi would never develop skills to be good at variety. There's no reason for Kikuchi to choose between being an idol and doing variety as Idoling is truly one in the same. Ariyoshi just sounded petty and not very well thought-out in this case.
Ariyoshi somewhat did mention that the statement was intended for all the idols who take variety lightly, but using Kikuchi as a scapegoat was just ridiculous and wrong. I also hate how he thinks AKB is untouchable and saying any other idol should shut up is rather vicious and really shows how biased he is knowing that he works with AKB a lot and has many AKB members in the same agency as his. The level of butt-kissing that is going on between these comedians and AKB is getting out of hand.
Topic: #16: The Kikuchi "Amimi" Ami Thread (Read 70980 times)