iU President Gachon :Mr.Junya Komatsu

■iU President Gachon :Mr.Junya Komatsu

 He is the creator of "Chiko-chan ni Shikarareru!". He has also created "Gottsu Ee Kanji", "Laughing Dog Life", "SMAP x SMAP", "Fountain of Trivia", "Honmadekka TV", and many more. In other words, he is a legend.

◆The difference between television and smartphones

The basis is to create something that is enjoyable to look at. It never changes.

The interesting thing about smartphone content is that it uses a touch panel. Television can make what is otherwise a one-way stream interactive. It's interesting and fun to be able to customize the viewing experience for each viewer. The line between television and games is disappearing.

◆ What inspired me to start making this

We're not always looking out at the world trying to create something new.

I often get inspiration from other people. For example, Chico-chan scolds me.

The director suddenly handed me a piece of paper with the question "What is the expiration date for ice cream?" I thought about it, but there was no expiration date. I thought it was interesting that I had lived for 50 years without knowing such a thing. If it was just a trivia quiz, it would end with whether you knew it or not. What's interesting is that we live our lives aimlessly without knowing things that we should know. What would it be like to be asked such a thing and not be able to answer, and a little girl would scold us? This idea was born from a conversation that lasted about 10 minutes.

When something interesting happens in front of you, it becomes a gateway that connects the things you experience in your daily life.

The Fountain of Trivia. Why is Isetan's paper bag the biggest? It was born from that. It's strange, but there are people who are thinking about the same thing at the same time. I started it with those people.

◆Weaving with friends

You may not have thought of it spontaneously. Arrange something that you find interesting while talking. Think of a way to share something that you find interesting with others.

How to spend your student days

I hardly went to college. I wrote scripts for plays and skits in coffee shops. When I was thinking of a skit with a forced theme, I felt like I was training myself quite thoroughly to gather various things and combine them to create a story.

I often made skits. What makes me popular is that I bring out things that are in the everyday lives of people. I value what I think about in my daily life. I thought about what was interesting and lived a fun life every day, and that's all the input that connects me to the present.

◆ Differences between being an employee and starting a business

While in an organization, you have to empty yourself. It's the aesthetics of working. Even if you disagree with something, you have to take responsibility for what's been decided and carry it out. That's work. I think that's a wonderful thing. But it was stressful. After I quit, I felt free.

The reason I decided to quit was because I felt that TV was the only outlet for video entertainment, but times have changed, and various things such as streaming and games have appeared, and the way people spend their time has changed. In order to realize a plan within a TV station, the organization must give the go-ahead. There are some things that can't be done just by being interesting.

Now, if you find something interesting, you can take it to various broadcasting stations, stream it, make it into a game, or make it into an app, so your ideas never die. If you find something interesting, you can make it a reality in some way.

◆Message for you guys

My father told me, "Don't become a craftsman." He was in a research lab, but he said that if you become a specialized technician there, your potential as a human being will be closed off. In other words, "Don't become a professional." Of course, it is important to acquire various skills and use them to gain confidence and confidence.

With the advancement of technology, access to many things has become easier. Many things can be realized. If you decide who you are, you will not be able to go beyond that, and your life will become boring. It is more enjoyable to live life by being amateurish, being loved by everyone in an unfamiliar place, and doing things you have never done before.

★Postscript

He is quiet and calm. He may look like that, but he is really scary on the set. That's what I heard from someone at Yoshimoto + NTT's video platform "Laugh & Peace Mother." Of course. Although he is my junior at university, he is cool and I admire him.