Japanese Actress Nana Seino Sends Message to Shohei Ohtani and His Wife
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Nana Seino is a Japanese actress. She has a YouTube channel.
On her channel, she said something unusual. She spoke directly to Shohei Ohtani. He is a famous baseball player. She also spoke to his wife, Mamiko.
Seino said she wants to know "the facts." She made a strong appeal to the couple.
Actress Mayu Matsuoka also appeared on Seino's channel. They talked about their show called 'Downtime.'
Matsuoka said at first she could not talk well. She felt nervous.
Matsuoka asked Seino, "Can I brag a little?" Seino clapped loudly after hearing this.
Some fans had different opinions. One fan said bragging can make other people feel bad.
This story is about Japanese celebrities and their YouTube videos.
Vocabulary15 words
- appeal
- asking someone strongly for something
- strong appeal
- asking for something in a very serious way
- brag
- talk about yourself in a proud way
- celebrity
- a famous person
- channel
- a place online where someone shares videos
- fact
- something that is true
- appeared
- came to be seen
- nervous
- feeling worried or scared
- clapped
- hit hands together to show you like something
- opinion
- what a person thinks
- uncomfortable
- not feeling good
- unusual
- not normal
- directly
- straight to someone, not through another person
- couple
- two people who are together, like husband and wife
- show
- a program on TV or video
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Answer key
1. Shohei Ohtani and his wife 2. The facts 3. False
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Nana Seino is a Japanese _____. She has a YouTube _____.
On her channel, she spoke directly to Shohei Ohtani. She also spoke to his wife, _____.
Seino said she wants to know "the _____."
Actress Mayu _____ also appeared on Seino's channel.
Matsuoka said at first she could not talk well. She felt _____.
Matsuoka asked Seino, "Can I _____ a little?"
Seino _____ loudly after hearing this.
Some fans had different _____ about bragging.
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