#56 AGA治療はステイ！

Hanshin's CS Exit and Satoteru's MLB Announcement — Nakaoka Weeps on His Scooter

From the very opening of the episode, Nakaoka admitted he was "gutted and in low spirits." The Hanshin Tigers had been eliminated from the Climax Series, and on top of that, Sato Teruaki (佐藤輝明) — nicknamed Satoteru — announced he was leaving for Major League Baseball. Satoteru had won the Triple Crown, helped the club to three championships, and delivered a Japan Series title; the team initially tried to persuade him to stay but ultimately accepted his decision. Nakaoka said his head understood: "There's no reason to hold him back — it gives you a 'please, go ahead' kind of feeling." Even so, as he rode his yellow (Hanshin-color) scooter and sang along to Satoteru's walk-up theme, the tears came anyway.

Breaking down the emotion with a pie-chart metaphor, he put it at 80% loneliness and 20% happiness. He acknowledged the sadness outweighed the joy, but he also conveyed gratitude and pride that a player he had followed since the draft — through the COVID years and beyond — had achieved such a record and was now taking that leap. "Someone else's dream is coming true," he said, reflecting on what those tears meant.

He Hasn't Watched King of Conte — Poland Shoot and Supporting Hadabe Came First

Rocchi (ロッチ) threw themselves into King of Conte (キングオブコント) every year from around 2008 through 2015 — a competition that once moved Nakaoka to tears after a harsh judges' critique in 2015. This year's broadcast, however, fell on a day when Nakaoka was on location in Poland, so he missed it entirely. Back in Japan, he checked only the result, then prioritized supporting Hadabe (八田部), a duo from the same agency who had been feeling down around the same time.

By the day of recording, three or four days had passed. "In my entire life, I have never left contest footage sitting for three days," he said with a wry laugh. On winner Jeraddon (ジェラードン), he gave a straightforward endorsement: "No complaints — they brought the house down, energy included." As for finalist Yahhoi (ヤッホイ), Nakaoka outlined their background: they come from university comedy and juggled multiple group partnerships before finding a partner they truly clicked with. He praised their sensibility — "They're not calculating how to make the audience laugh; they want to deliver something they genuinely find funny" — and named them the act he most wanted to see perform a second routine.

Kokado's Fracture Rehab — Teaching His Body What 22 kg Feels Like

About two months have passed since Kokado's fracture, and he continues to rehabilitate on crutches. He is currently in the "one-third weight-bearing" phase: at 65 kg, one-third of his body weight is roughly 22 kg, the amount he practices loading onto his right foot with each step. In the rehab room, a scale is placed on the floor so he can measure the force with every stride and train his body to recognize that specific weight. "It feels completely different from normal walking. It's not like stepping onto a scale when you consciously brace for it — it's much harder than that," he said.

Depending on the X-ray results the following day, he would advance to two-thirds weight-bearing, and two weeks after that he was projected to walk without crutches. Full bone recovery, however, is expected to take six months to a year according to his doctor — a timeline that left him with lingering anxiety: "I can't always tell whether the pain I'm feeling is the kind I should just push through."

Next Month's Event — Tickets, Merchandise, and Day-of Plans

Advance ticket results for the event, scheduled roughly a month after the recording, have been announced. Applications exceeded the planned allocation, and those who missed out are being directed to general sales. The afternoon show (Part 1) centers on Kokado's walking, while the evening show (Part 2) features Nakaoka's pakapaka. Part 1 has been selling particularly well, and Nakaoka laughed off listener concerns that Part 2's bamboo-craft exhibition wasn't pulling its weight as a draw.

For day-of content, the pair are considering a corner where fans can see and touch the splint — a one-sided brace, not a full cast — that Kokado has been wearing, a segment using Google Maps to show the exact step where the fracture occurred, and a crutches-adapted comedy sketch. The event is expected to run around 90 minutes. Two merchandise items are planned, with the standout being a tumbler compatible with carbonated water — a direct nod to Nakaoka's habit of bringing sparkling water to every recording session.