ガスワン presents 田中みな実 あったかタイム · Education
「田中みな実、ジングル作成を断られる」2026年9月12日放送：塩塚モエカさん＆河西ゆりかさんゲスト回
Hitsuji Bungaku (羊文学) members Shiozuka Moeka and Kawanishi Yurika appeared as guests for two consecutive weeks on Gas One presents Tanaka Minami Attaka Time (ガスワン presents 田中みな実 あったかタイム). During the September 12, 2026 broadcast, Tanaka Minami opened up about her long-standing dissatisfaction with the show's jingle — including the full story of a failed collaboration with Komiyama Yuhi (小宮山雄飛) of Hof Dylan (ホフディラン) — before formally commissioning the Hitsuji Bungaku duo to create a new one. The three also discussed their shared inability to truly rest, their awe at actor Fujiwara Kisetsu's memorization feats, and Tanaka Minami's nerve-wracking acting debut in the drama Zettai Seigi (絶対正義).
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What this episode answers
How do the two members of Hitsuji Bungaku spend their mornings and evenings on days off?
Kawanishi starts her mornings at 7 a.m. playing a shooting game because she finds mornings most efficient (and simply loves games), while Shiozuka builds gym sessions and Pilates into her daily routine even on days off; in the evenings Shiozuka sometimes suddenly announces late at night that she'll record vocals and just starts.
Why has the show's current jingle continued to be used even though Tanaka Minami never liked it?
It continues to air because Tanaka Minami's attempts to get a satisfying replacement from Komiyama Yuhi never worked out, and she was talked into using one version with "it would be a waste not to use it," while she has since ruled out any further collaboration with Komiyama entirely.
What conditions and creative direction did Tanaka Minami give Hitsuji Bungaku for the new jingle?
She asked for something that feels current and resonates with Generation Z, that is comforting rather than cutesy, and that is catchy enough to stick in your head, with multiple variations, and said the deadline is fine for next year.
What exactly makes actor Fujiwara Kisetsu's line memorization so impressive?
He kept saying at rehearsal that he hadn't learned his lines yet, then on the day delivered the entirety of Hashire Merosu alone from memory without writing anything down and without a single dropped line.
Why did Tanaka Minami ultimately accept a role in the drama Zettai Seigi after initially turning it down multiple times?
She accepted after her agency president told her, "Do it once, and if you hate it, you never have to do it again."
The Unexpected Off-Hours Lives of Hitsuji Bungaku — Morning Gamer and Action-Oriented Musician
Kawanishi Yurika starts her day at 7 a.m. by working through a shooting game before anything else. Her stated reason is that mornings are when she's most efficient — though she laughed and clarified that it's not some genius-level brain-activation ritual before deep work; she just loves games. Shiozuka Moeka, meanwhile, has built gym sessions and Pilates into her daily routine and keeps up her training even on days with no lives or tour dates. Tanaka Minami weighed in with a firm belief: "Management should incorporate fitness as part of the job. Without it, you get sick on tour."
Tanaka Minami had assumed Shiozuka Moeka spent her downtime drifting along contentedly, the type who needs a manager to light a fire under her. The reality turned out to be the complete opposite. Shiozuka packs her days with back-to-back appointments — gym in the morning, nail appointments, a schedule timed to the minute — and will announce late at night, "Okay, let's lay down some vocals," and just start. Tanaka Minami was visibly taken aback: "This is nothing like what I imagined."
Tanaka Minami's Relationship with Rest — "I'm Scared of Days Off"
For three months, Tanaka Minami ran on a schedule of 4 a.m. wake-ups and 11 p.m. wrap times. Her body has since shifted into recovery mode, and she admitted that while she used to power through ten tasks a day, she now finds herself worn out after two or three — something she finds genuinely deflating. "If I realize I've just been on the sofa all day, I get depressed," she said, while also acknowledging that she is constitutionally incapable of slacking off and worries about whether she can return to her former work pace.
She also looked back on life before she had a dog: she used to watch four films in a single day at the cinema. "Being at home made me feel like I had to be working, so I'd escape to the movies," she reflected. Her discomfort with rest surfaced repeatedly throughout the conversation.
The Show's Jingle — The Komiyama Yuhi Story and the Commission to Hitsuji Bungaku
For some time, Tanaka Minami had wanted to change the show's jingle. She attempted a collaboration with Komiyama Yuhi of Hof Dylan, who has a longstanding connection to the program, but no matter how many versions they produced, nothing satisfied her. She was eventually talked into using one of them with the words, "It would be a waste not to use it" — and that track became the jingle still airing today. Tanaka Minami did not mince words: "Every time I hear it, it makes me feel bad" and "It sounds amateurish to me." She shut down any possibility of a second attempt with Komiyama entirely, declaring it "no chance."
She then turned to the Hitsuji Bungaku pair with a formal commission for a new jingle. Her brief: something that feels current, resonates with Generation Z, is comforting rather than cutesy, and is catchy enough to stick in your head — with multiple variations, please. Kawanishi was candid: "Jingles are the hardest thing. I've never made one." She accepted anyway, promising to bring it in peak condition. The deadline, Tanaka Minami said, is fine for next year. There is some precedent for caution: DJ Matsunaga (DJ松永) had been approached previously and "took it away and never came back with anything." Tanaka Minami chuckled that she didn't want the jingle to become an unspoken obligation hanging over every future visit — she genuinely just wants them to feel free to come back on the show.
Fujiwara Kisetsu's Memorization Skills and Tanaka Minami's Debut in Zettai Seigi
Kawanishi Yurika co-starred with actor Fujiwara Kisetsu (藤原季節) as a couple in a music video, which led to her participating in a separate project where Fujiwara recites the entirety of Hashire Merosu (走れメロス) from memory while Kawanishi performs music in the pauses. At rehearsal he kept saying he hadn't learned it yet — then delivered the whole thing on the day without a single dropped line. Tanaka Minami was amazed: "He didn't write it down and he's just doing it alone the whole time. Incredible."
Tanaka Minami then turned to her own entry into acting. When the offer first came in, she assumed it was for an announcer-type role; she then learned it was one of five main cast members and refused repeatedly. Her agency president eventually got through to her with one line: "Do it once, and if you hate it, you never have to do it again." That was how she ended up in the drama series Zettai Seigi. Her first scene on set required her to be emotionally wide open. Her hands were trembling the entire time, though she fought to make sure no one could tell. "I was in my thirties — too proud to say I was embarrassed or that I didn't understand something," she recalled. "All I could do was go at it with everything I had." Looking back now, she says she is glad she threw herself into it.
Takeaways
- Shiozuka Moeka is a relentlessly action-oriented person — scheduling her days to the minute and starting vocal recordings late at night — a complete reversal of the laid-back image Tanaka Minami had of her, while Kawanishi Yurika is a morning person who wakes up at 7 a.m. to play shooting games.
- The show's current jingle exists because a collaboration with Komiyama Yuhi of Hof Dylan never produced anything Tanaka Minami approved of, yet she was persuaded to use one of the attempts anyway — a situation she openly resents every time she hears it; she has now commissioned Hitsuji Bungaku to produce multiple new variations.
- Tanaka Minami recounted how her agency president's single persuasive push got her to accept a main-cast role in the drama Zettai Seigi, and how she got through her first scene — an emotionally charged one — with trembling hands, determined that no one would notice.
This article is edited from a machine transcript of the first 30 minutes of the episode. It is not an official summary — please listen to the episode itself.