Junglia Okinawa Just 2 more days until its opening on Friday, July 25, 2025! “Yanbaru Friends” is an attraction featuring animals living in the wilds of Yanbaru, and Okinawa-born Gori from Garage Sale is participating as a voice actor.
Japan Entertainment Co., Ltd. Press release: July 23, 2025 Only 2 days left until the opening of Junglia Okinawa on Friday, July 25th, 2025! Okinawa native Gori from Garage Sale will be participating as a voice actor in the attraction “Yanbaru Friends,” which features animals living in the Yanbaru wilderness. Japan Entertainment Co., Ltd. (Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture: CEO Takeshi Kato, hereinafter Japan Entertainment) has announced that it will hold a special event at the theme park “JUNGLIA Just two days before the grand opening of “Junglia Okinawa” on Friday, July 25, 2025, it was announced that Okinawa native Gori from the comedy duo Garage Sale will be the voice actor for a character in “Yanbaru Friends,” an attraction featuring animals that live in the Yanbaru wilderness.
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https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/148025/16/148025-16-3491780fd64bef4073dfece2aa70711e-1920×1080.png Gori, who voiced the lion lion, decided to participate as a voice actor because he deeply sympathized with the strong desire to use Junglia Okinawa as a starting point to revitalize the economy of northern Okinawa, revitalize Okinawa’s tourism industry, and ultimately revitalize Japan as a tourism-based nation. “When I voiced ‘Shishi,’ which is based on the lion lion, the traditional guardian deity of Okinawa, I thought a lot about what kind of voice and way of speaking would be best, and I put my own feelings for Okinawa into it. I’m very happy that by coming to Junglia Okinawa and interacting with ‘Shishi’ and ‘Jean,’ many people will have the opportunity to learn about the new charms of Okinawa,” he said.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/148025/16/148025-16-fde7782f5cf498a789417847d6a22f44-1771×1181.jpg “Yanbaru Friends” is a theater-type attraction that can be enjoyed by a wide range of people, from small children to adults, set in the Yanbaru forest in the northern part of Okinawa’s main island. The show will feature Jan, a cheerful and inquisitive Okinawa rail; Shishi, a creature modeled after the shisa, a traditional Okinawa guardian deity; and animals that live in the Yanbaru forest, such as the Ryukyu forest turtle, Noguchi’s woodpecker, and red-streaked hawk. Jan and Shishi will actually converse with guests, allowing for interactive interactions. ＜”Yanbaru Friends” Attraction Story＞ Have fun chatting with the curious Okinawa rail. It’s in the forest of Yanbaru. A little impatient “Jean” and a gentle Shisa “Shishi” will welcome you, along with other friends with rich personalities. Teach Jean, who is curious about the outside world that he has never been to, lots of information about the outside world! Jean wants to talk about the forest, so ask him lots of questions! If you talk together and have fun, you will have become a member of the forest.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/148025/16/148025-16-cdd1a36cfc5a27565efa5c2e3c491ce6-2880×1620.png (Reference) Overview of the attraction “Yanbaru Friends” announced on April 8, 2025 About Garage Sale Gori Born on May 22, 1972 in Okinawa Prefecture. Belongs to Yoshimoto Kogyo. After dropping out of the Nihon University College of Art, Department of Film, Theater Course, he formed the comedy duo “Garage Sale” with his middle school classmate Kawada. He currently appears on TV in QAB’s “Hero
Conference” and at the theater Lumine the Yoshimoto. After making his directorial debut with the short film “Detective Bogie” in 2006, he has continued to make films every year, and his film “Senkotsu”, which won awards and was highly praised at film festivals around the world, will be released nationwide in February 2019. His latest work is the feature film “Kanasandou”, which will be released in 2024 and stars Matsuda Ruka and Asano Tadanobu.
https://prcdn.freetls.fastly.net/release_image/148025/16/148025-16-fce62f8c7eeb41fcbe41860ede6f9f02-400×400.jpg About JUNGLIA OKINAWA JUNGLIA OKINAWA (Junglia Okinawa) is a theme park that changes the Okinawa trip by offering exciting and luxurious experiences not found in the city, set in the overwhelming natural scenery of northern Okinawa, home to the mysterious and vital World Heritage Site “Yanbaru”. The concept is Power Vacance!! Set in the magnificent scenery of Yanbaru, a subtropical region of Okinawa, full of life and lush with never-before-seen plants, the “excitement” born from experiences that can only be found there and the “luxury” of being immersed in real nature combine to create a “sense of
liberation” never experienced before that penetrates human instincts, allowing you to experience the most exciting “Power Vacance!!” of your life. https://junglia.jp/ About Japan Entertainment Co., Ltd. Founded in June 2018 with the aim of planning, developing and operating a new theme park in northern Okinawa. With the mission of “Creating the future of Japan from Okinawa,” the company aims to contribute to the northern Okinawa regional economy, the Okinawa Prefecture tourism industry, and the tourism-based Japanese economy in order to transform Japan’s tourism industry from Okinawa. The company is confident that by contributing to the true revitalization of the region and improving its economic power, it will lead to solving social issues in the area, and is working hard every day towards the opening.
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