# #55 「ズボン」か「パンツ」か - Show: ロッチナイトZERO - Published: 2026-10-16 - Canonical: https://podc.club/en/episode/1842780905_b0971368ce7b.html - Audio: https://pdst.fm/e/pscrb.fm/rss/p/traffic.megaphone.fm/TBS4589010696.mp3 - Source: Edited from a machine transcript of the first 30 minutes of the episode. Not an official summary. Kokado (コカド) recounts how he MC'd the Summers Channel live event at Pacifico Yokohama while on crutches, ultimately taking the stage in a wheelchair. The episode also covers his ongoing struggles with crutch life, a ¥800,000 dental estimate that left him speechless, and planning for the November live event. ## What this episode answers ### How did Kokado manage to MC the Summers Channel live while he had a broken leg? Staff arranged a wheelchair and assistant Kawabe-san pushed him onto the stage, making the wheelchair entrance work as the 'first surprise' of the event, which was billed as a 'secret live where anything could happen.' Even the flat tire that made the chair veer right became a running gag. ### What did Hikorohī (ヒコロヒー) do at the live event toward Kokado? Having declared she 'loved Kokado' throughout the previous show, Hikorohī switched her entrance music from Moritaka Chisato to a more subdued Kudō Shizuka track to avoid deepening that impression, but Kokado drew the story out on stage and got even more laughs from it. ### What specific hardships did Kokado experience during his crutch life? He slipped and fell on a wet hospital floor on a rainy day and has since moved one careful step at a time in rain, causing him to be late to work twice; at the live venue, Neptune's new-hire manager Shibuya-kun waited outside the toilet, listened for the click of the crutches, and opened the door at exactly the right moment. ### What happened at the dental clinic Kokado visited, and what does he plan to do next? At a modern clinic with a striking blue-light reception, Kokado was advised to redo 20-year-old fillings; the self-pay estimate came to ¥800,000 (he initially read it as ¥80,000) and he left without asking about insurance coverage, planning to seek a second opinion elsewhere while treating the small cavities at the original clinic. ### What became of the listener-proposed event name 'Rocchi Marché'? 'Rocchi Marché' was not adopted — the event will be called 'Rocchi Night Zero Live' — but Kokado told the listener who suggested it that it may become the name of a future solo show. ## Article ## Breaking a Leg — and Still MC-ing Pacifico Yokohama This was Kokado's fourth time MC-ing a Summers Channel live event, but he arrived with a fractured foot. Staff provided a wheelchair, and assistant Kawabe-san wheeled him on stage. Because the show was billed as a 'secret live where anything could happen,' the wheelchair entrance landed perfectly as the first surprise of the night. One of the tires was flat, making the chair drift naturally to the right — which also became a laugh rather than a problem. When guest Seiya (せいや) dragged out his own entrance by high-fiving audience members all the way from the back of the hall, Kokado — seated in the wheelchair — shouted, 'Hurry up, get over here, not that way!' The crowd roared at the sight of the guy with the broken leg being the most worked-up person in the room. Every time a segment ended, Kawabe-san wheeled Kokado offstage and then back on, and the routine quickly became a dependable bit. Summers' Mimura-san and Ōtake-san had been told about the injury beforehand and responded with nothing but concern — not a single 'what were you thinking?' — and helped think through the wheelchair logistics. Zakiyama-san, meanwhile, kept up a one-man monologue on the bus to the after-party even after finishing his sets in the second and third shows. ## The 'I Love You' Battle with Hikorohī Hikorohī, who appeared in the second show, also came up in conversation. At the previous live, she had declared 'I love Kokado-san' from the moment he walked on and never stopped; the sentiment even spread through the after-party via staff. This time, not wanting to make things worse, she swapped her entrance music from Moritaka Chisato to a deliberately low-key Kudō Shizuka track. Kokado simply asked, 'Why did you pick this song?' — and by drawing out the backstory, turned it into even more of a laugh than before. ## Unexpected Hardships on Crutches Kokado had expected getting around to be difficult, but two things caught him off guard: rain and restrooms. One rainy day on the way to ultrasound therapy at his hospital, he slipped on wet flooring, lost his balance, and fell. Since then he moves one painstaking step at a time whenever it rains, which has made him late for work twice. At the Summers live venue, Neptune's new-hire manager Shibuya-kun came to the rescue. Shibuya-kun — who still wore his name badge past the usual period, explaining that he needed people to learn his name — stood outside the toilet door every time Kokado went, listened for the click-click of the crutches to know when he had finished washing his hands, and opened the door at precisely the right moment. 'I walked out without stopping even once,' Kokado said, visibly moved. The story led him to recall an old dinner party hosted by Akko-san (アッコさん) where everyone wrote their names on gaffer tape and stuck them to their chests. ## A ¥800,000 Dental Estimate at 49 With his 50th birthday approaching, Kokado decided it was time to take care of his teeth. He chose a nearby clinic that caught his eye with its blue-light reception area and cutting-edge equipment. After a rotating panoramic X-ray, the dentist found several small cavities (C1 and C2 class) and also flagged a filling from 20 years ago, saying 'we don't do it that way anymore' and recommending a root-level replacement using zirconia. On his way out, Kokado was handed an estimate. There was no insurance-covered option listed — only self-pay, totalling ¥800,000. 'I thought it said ¥80,000 and then looked again,' he said. The clinic had private rooms and an all-female staff, and the upscale atmosphere made it impossible for him to say 'can I do this on insurance?' He left without asking, and is now considering a second opinion at another clinic. His plan is to have the small cavities treated at the original clinic and figure out the larger work from there. ## Listener Mail and November Event Planning A listener asked for an update on Kokado's shiitake-growing experiment. The second attempt — a water-soaking method — was supposed to produce many small mushrooms, but instead yielded a single enormous one. He sautéed it in butter and called it done. The listener who had proposed the event name 'Rocchi Marché' (ロッチマルシェ) wrote in to say their family had been told about it and they were wondering how it turned out. Kokado confirmed that the name for the November shows is 'Rocchi Night Zero Live,' with Part 1 subtitled 'Kokado Walks with Confidence' and Part 2 'Nakaoka's Clack-Clack Glasses and Bamboo Crafts.' He added that 'Rocchi Marché' might yet become the name of a future solo show — a consolation for the proposer. Another listener pitched a segment called 'Clack-Clack Slots,' using the unpredictable position of Nakaoka's bifocal lenses as a randomizer — akin to the 'Muscle Roulette' — for deciding things. It was floated as a possible event feature. ## Takeaways - A flat-tired wheelchair and an event billed as 'anything goes' turned Kokado's broken-leg MC appearance at Pacifico Yokohama into a fully functional comedy bit. - A visit to a high-end dental clinic left Kokado facing a ¥800,000 self-pay estimate he couldn't bring himself to challenge on the spot, and he is now seeking a second opinion. - Crutch life brought unexpected hardships — a rainy-day fall and toilet logistics — with Kokado leaning heavily on the quiet attentiveness of those around him.