It’s been revealed that Arashi’s Sakurai Sho will be NTV’s main caster for the upcoming London Olympics.
This will be Sakurai’s third time to serve as the main caster for the Olympics. His first time was Beijing in 2008, then Vancouver in 2010. Sakurai is scheduled to report live from London from the opening day, July 27th.
He expressed, “After experiencing my first ‘Olympics’ in Beijing, I got to deliver reports with my feelings of a lot of emotion and excitement. To be able to deliver the Olympics once again as a main caster, I feel very honored.“
Sakurai has been gathering data to prepare himself for the Olympics, but he’s especially interested in swimmer Kitajima Kosuke. “4 years ago, Kitagawa eyes were glistening, and he looked like he was full of competitiveness. Right now, I feel his commitment to analyze himself by overlooking ‘his bad period’. As someone who’s born in the same year (1982) as him, I have high hopes for him,” he said.
From Toykohive
Congrats and ganbatte Sho-kun, you always make us Arashi fans so proud!! 
Hehe..I’m getting more excited of his casting than the actual games.
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So without much ado, here is…
Poor guy, he seems to have overcome it over these past few years. I’m not sure if you notice, bu this is evident during live seiyuu events. You can sense his lack of enthusiasm and provided minimum input when required to comment from old clips. It’s completely different now, he tends to adapt to the atmosphere of the stage and can joke or fool around more with the cast members. 
I am truly happy for him, I’m sure his family is there to support him as well. He has a really adorable son btw, I had see a picture of him via miki-ha.com, but cannot locate it now. 
Someone needs to drag him to the side and let him know how much we love him. There are so many other seiyuu that admire and respect him; you can see this at live event when they call him, aniki. 
I find this truly cute ne! 
Maybe Seki Tomokazu can straighten him out, he is one of his close buddies in the industry and sure is one hilarious guy, even if he is trying not to be. 
No matter what he thinks of himself, Miki-sama is certainly one unique and awesome individual! 
Heya, I am Fiona or Fiona-chan, a 28-ish Chinese-American gal who loves dramas & movies, video games, manga & anime, music, writing, history, all things geek and Japanese. My true indulgences include dark chocolate, Miki Shinichiro, and Arashi (fangirling since 2008).