Sunday, 25 February 2018

Satoko's Room

Kenoh on "Satoko's Room" in September 2015 doing a rare moment of comedy.

"Satoko's Room" is a comedy talk show created by Noah and hosted by the exuberant Satoko (Mohammed Yone, although in the credits she is listed as a "friend of Mohammed Yone"). It is filmed in Tokyo at Yone's restaurant "Yoneya".
Satoko's name comes from Yone's real surname "Satoshi" while the restaurant comes from his first name "Yoneyama".

Production values are not great; it is done in front of a static camera, and unfortunately the microphones do not always carry the sound well. The episodes tend to be loud and full of Satoko shrieking or singing, and the staff in the background talking and laughing loudly. Unfortunately everyone tends to talk over each other at times. That said, the episodes are entertaining, and various wrestlers (not just Noah) have appeared on them. Satoko has also hosted events in Tokyo outside of the restaurant.

The episodes usually start with Marilyn Monroe singing "I wanna be loved by you" and fade to an image of Satoko posing, she then winks and it star fades out and cuts to the episode.

Noah guests have included: Kenoh, Go Shiozaki, Kaito Kiyomiya (pre-expedition and after returning), Hajime Ohara, Atsushi Kotoge and Masao Inoue (who sadly didn't do anything like fall over a chair, knock the camera or cause the pictures to fall off of the walls). Yone usually announces the next guest on either his official Twitter, or the official Twitter for the restaurant. Episodes are sporadic and there is no schedule of filming as of course it needs to take into account Yone's schedule, that of the guest and the restaurant availability (it shuts on the day of filming).

Link to official YouTube channel
Link to official Twitter (Satoko)
Link to FreshLive TV (episodes not on YouTube)
Link to official Twitter (Mohammed Yone)

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