Sachiko Kobayashi Official Blog

This morning, I heard that Takashi Ihara had passed away last night, which was a  very shocking news to me.

When I was 12, I used to be on the TV program “Kyu-chan!” ,which he had produced. Since then, he had been very nice to me. I always used to call him “Ta-sama”.

When something happens to me, he always worried and sent emails from where ever he lives such as Hawaii,

U.S.A.

The last time I met Ta-sama is when him, Shiro Ito, and I went for a dinner when he came back to Japan 3years ago. He always used to call me “Chibi-Chibi” since when I was a child, and he always wrote how he was a “President of Chibi’s Fanclub in America” at the end of his email. He sent me an email in Spring too.

I talked to Shiro Ito on the phone a while ago. Saying how sad we are to lose someone who had watched and took care of us since we were little.

Because it was such a short notice, I can’t make words.

Thank you very much, Ta-sama.

Please keep being on a chair of the president of Chibi’s fanclub in heaven too. Please rest in peace.

From Chibi