Ryutaro Okiayu, who is active as a voice actor and stage actor, made a complaint about the stage viewing etiquette of the people in the audience seats. On September 11, 2022, he expressed his anger on Twitter, and fans expressed gratitude and sympathy.
“Ruining the precious time of those who come to see the stage”
Mr. Okiayu is a popular voice actor for the role of Kunimitsu Tezuka in the anime “Prince of Tennis” and Hisashi Mitsui in “SLAM DUNK”. He is also a stage actor belonging to the theater company Hero Hero Q Company. Twitter followers exceed 309,000.
He complained as follows after witnessing a manner violation during a stage performance.
“What do you think of people who ring their mobile phones (7 to 8 times in 2 hours) in the area that seems to be the officials’ seats, and people who make their smartphones shine brilliantly?”
Okiayu criticized the performance, saying, “It’s an act that ruins the precious time of people who pay expensive tickets to see the stage.” She was stunned by these acts, saying, “Oh, it’s embarrassing.”
According to a follow-up tweet, Okiayu was annoyed because he was watching from a general seat. On top of that, she said, “There are many people who pay money to see it even in the official seats, so she thinks that people who do embarrassing things must be people who are just watching!” speculated.
Mr. Okiayu’s tweet received about 6,000 retweets and a great response exceeding about 20,000 “likes”, and voices of sympathy are spreading.
“I always feel pain when I think about when that one theater experience was someone else’s only one theater experience…I’m very sorry that I thought it was less recently.”
“Since it’s an official seat, it’s not okay to break your manners. Since you’re here to see it, I want you to follow your manners.”
In addition, regarding what the popular voice actor Okiayu pointed out, there were also voices of gratitude, saying, “Well said” and “It’s really amazing and grateful that the performers are sending out such things…” rice field.