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From Iwo Jima to Super Mario

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjEuql0LpwU

In the West, Kazunari Ninomiya is best known for the Clint Eastwood film Letters from Iwo Jima. In Japan, he’s better known as a member of the boy band Arashi.

https://kotaku.com/you-should-know-one-of-these-boy-band-members-5577118

Arashi continue to appear in Nintendo commercials, flogging the lastest games and hardware from the Kyoto-based company. This Super Mario 3D Land ad is no exception.

https://kotaku.com/boy-band-makes-o-face-for-new-nintendo-hardware-5729352

スーパーマリオ 3Dランド TVCM 二宮マリオ篇 [3DS] [YouTube]


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