Motoki Ohmori unexpectedly appeared among the fans outside the studio while his Mrs. GREEN APPLE bandmates Hiroto Wakai and Ryoka Fujisawa were guests inside. Wakai’s exasperated response essentially meant, “If you’re already here, why not come on the show?” The second punchline came when a flattering sign Ohmori was holding turned out to belong to a fan.
The programme and the people
The incident occurred on Monday, 26 October 2026, during Fuji TV’s live daytime variety programme Poka Poka, scheduled from 11:47 a.m. to 1:50 p.m. Japan time. The announced guests were guitarist Wakai and keyboardist Fujisawa. Ohmori, the group’s lead singer and guitarist, was not billed as a guest. Poka Poka mixes informal celebrity interviews with studio games; its glass-walled space also allows cameras to show the public watching outside. Reports disagree on the exact minute of the surprise, so an exact timestamp would be misleading.
What happened on air?
Early in the programme, Wakai explained that Ohmori had other work. Host Yuuki Iwai jokingly pointed out that appearing on this programme was work too. Later, the camera turned towards the outdoor spectators. Ohmori was standing among them, waving and holding a sign praising Wakai as the “world’s best guitarist.” He silently mouthed encouragement, then left without walking into the studio. Nikkan Sports described the appearance as lasting roughly 40 seconds. The guests and hosts reacted with visible surprise, according to several Japanese reports.
Why was “Just come in!” such a good reaction?
In Japanese comedy, a tsukkomi is the person who calls out the absurdity of another person’s behaviour. Wakai was doing precisely that. The band’s frontman had apparently made the journey to the television studio, but chose to behave like an enthusiastic audience member rather than sit beside his colleagues. The contrast between a star’s status and his self-appointed role as a fan creates the joke. It was playful on-air banter, not evidence of a genuine dispute.
The sign delivered a second punchline
The message praising Wakai looked like an unusually sweet gesture from his fellow musician. Then staff were seen returning the placard to its owner in the crowd. Ohmori had borrowed it. Wakai’s brief delight at receiving a personal compliment gave way to comic disappointment: the praise was real, but the handcrafted tribute was not Ohmori’s handiwork. Host Yu Sawabe helped land the joke by noticing the distinction.
Why did the clip become a talking point?
ORICON, Nikkan Sports and other Japanese outlets reported the unexpected appearance on 26 October, and the programme’s social accounts acknowledged it. That establishes contemporary Japanese coverage, not a worldwide viral trend. The broadcast footage has not been independently watched in full for this article; the account is cross-checked against programme information, the official post and contemporaneous reporting. Ohmori’s private reason for not entering the studio remains unconfirmed.
Conclusion
The singer came all the way to the show, cheered from outside, left before joining it, and even borrowed the sign. Wakai’s perfectly reasonable protest was the first joke; discovering who owned the sign was the encore.
