Voice actor Daiki Yamashita brought his popular Niconico culinary broadcast to the live stage at Tokyo's TFT Hall 500 for Yamashita Daiki no Tokumori Niku-cking 2026 supported by animelo. Organized as a birthday celebration for Yamashita, the two-part event combined interactive audio drama, live cooking challenges, and guest appearances by fellow voice actors Nobuhiko Okamoto, Shouta Aoi, and Tomokazu Sugita.
Day Session Highlights
The afternoon session kicked off with an interactive audio drama featuring original mascot characters voiced by the trio. Audience members and stream viewers voted on story choices that directly dictated the ingredients used in the subsequent live cooking segment. Aoi surprised Yamashita with an impromptu birthday song performance before staff presented Yamashita with premium Matsusaka beef gifts to mark the occasion.
Night Performance and Guest Appearance
The evening performance featured Tomokazu Sugita, who arrived dressed in traditional sushi chef attire. Sugita contributed heavy improvisation throughout the narrative drama before assisting Okamoto and Yamashita in preparing a complex three-part meat platter. The segment concluded with emotional remarks from Sugita on how celebrating colleagues' birthdays altered his perspective on industry milestones.
Archive streaming access for both sessions of the event is available on animelo+ through November 5, 2026, offering main camera recordings alongside exclusive recipe cards and fixed-angle bonus footage.
