Itoi Videos

Videos featuring Itoi’s roles in music videos, commercials, and TV shows (outside of his starring role on the talk show YOU) can be found below.

Knit Cap Man by Moonriders

This song by Keiichi Suzuki’s band Moonriders had its lyrics written by Shigesato Itoi, and Itoi starred in its music video. The translated subtitles for the musical portion of this video is courtesy of Starmen.net.

Pocari Sweat Commercials

Japanese sports drink brand Pocari Sweat aired a few commercials featuring Itoi.

Shigesato Itoi’s Great TV Game Exhibit

This show marks what was likely the first encounter between MOTHER 2 Producer / Pokémon Company President Tsunekazu Ishihara, who worked with TV studio SEDIC at the time, and Shigesato Itoi. It’s also possible this may be the first time Ishihara met Satoshi Tajiri before Pokémon.

Iron Chef

Itoi participated in Iron Chef as a judge for Season 4 Episode 24 featuring a bell pepper cookoff.