The production press conference of Arashi's Aiba Masaki's first solo variety show "Aiba Manabu" was held on 14 April in Tokyo. The programme is scheduled to begin its run from 21 April via TV Asahi at 6pm on Sundays and aims to showcase little-known facts about Japan which people should be proud of and may not know about. Aiba will ditch his Aiba-chan image and put up black-rimmed glasses while hosting this show in order to show a more mature side of him. During the press conference, Aiba admitted that he was happy to use his surname for the show and would try his best to do a good job. As part of the first episode's focus on food which have its origins in Japan, there was a Wanko soba contest where Aiba picked Sponichi's report Aiba Sei (same pronunciation for the surname but Kanji is totally different) to be his opponent. Although Aiba had aimed to finish 70 bowls of the Wanko soba (the average eaten by Japanese men), he managed 56 only which resulted in a draw with Reporter Aiba.
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