On the 4th, TBS announcer Mako Tamura made a surprise appearance in the drama segment of the morning variety show “Ravit!” (TBS), where she serves as MC, surprising many viewers. Fans on social media made comments such as “I want to be slapped!”, creating a lot of excitement.

On this day, the popular segment “Fried Rice Investigation Line” was aired, in which the comedy duo Time Machine 3 searches for the most delicious fried rice in Japan. During the segment, the drama depicted Detective Seki, also known as “Fried Rice Detective” played by Seki Tai, tracking down the culprit who shot his junior detective Iwasaki Taiki (Bishounen).

However, on this day, the drama part ended without Seki being able to find any clues to catch the culprit. Then, in the preview for the next episode that was aired at the end, announcer Tamura suddenly appeared dressed as a policewoman and slapped Seki, who was dejectedly saying, “You’re not fit to be a fried rice detective…” She scolded him, saying, “I admire Detective Seki, who is more of a fried rice fanatic and doesn’t compromise his beliefs!” Then, waking up from the scathing blow, Seki thanked her, saying, “Thank you, Makono-san,” and after seeing him off, Tamura saluted with a smile and said, “Good luck, Detective Fried Rice!”

The guests in the studio were surprised by Tamura’s appearance, and when asked by the MC, Kirin’s Kawashima Akira, Tamura said with a smile, “I’ll also be appearing in the next episode of ‘Fried Rice Detective,’ so please be sure to check it out!” Kawashima retorted, “I was here to promote the show today!”, and the studio erupted in laughter.

Viewers were thrilled by the unexpected turn of events. On social media, there were comments such as, “Tamura Announcer appears in a drama part of Fried Rice Shakedown!”, “She’s a policewoman at heart!”, “The slap and the salute took everything away…lol”, “Did Tamura Announcer do a promotion today? lol”, and also comments expressing envy towards Seki, such as, “I want to be slapped by policewoman Tamura Announcer”, and “Isn’t this a reward for Tamura Announcer’s slap?”.