Actor Yukie Nakama (43) appeared at the awards ceremony for the 15th Best Mother Awards 2023. We interviewed Nakama, who was selected in the entertainment category, and talked about raising 4-year-old twins and the "twin thing that happens in the Nakama family." Nakama married actor Tetsuji Tanaka in 2014. She gave birth to twins in 2018 and is now a mother of a 4-year-old child, struggling with work and child-rearing. --Is there any work of your own that you would like to show your children in the future? I would like to show them "Gokusen," and if they enjoy "Trick" too... But I don't know how they will react to "Trick." When I understand various things, I would like to show it to them. ■ Raising twins "There is no greater happiness" Nakama was selected for the "Best Mother Award" (entertainment category), which is given to mothers who are the envy and role models of mothers all over the country. We asked her how she interacts with her children as a mother. --Have you told your children that you won the "Best Mother Award"? I told them for the time being. (The kids) asked me, "Are you getting anything?" When I told them that maybe they could get flowers, a trophy, or something like a badge, they said, "Get four." Because we are a family of four. --What kind of mother are you to your children? To them, she is sometimes nagging, sometimes kind, and sometimes gives them sweets. I wonder... --Looking back at raising twins, there are two of them, so this is a gift after all. There are times when I think there is no greater happiness. If I were to say it's difficult, it's simply because there is twice as much to do, so even if one of them catches a cold, the other one catches a cold just as they recover. If one of them has a tendency to catch a cold, I think that it's a sick week for two weeks from now, and I have to be careful. --Did you have any difficulties with the stroller? When they were babies, you pushed a stroller for twins, with two people lined up vertically. Even when walking, you had to take up space for other people so as not to get in their way. When we go up a slope, I push the stroller, but as they get bigger and bigger, when they weigh 20kg or 30kg, I'm like, "I can't do it!" I think it was very physically hard when they were babies, but I feel like it helped me build up my stamina. ■ "Twins in the Nakama Family" They team up to play pranks Now that they are 4 years old, the children sometimes fight with each other, but sometimes they team up to play pranks. They also say that the family discusses the worries they have about raising their children as they grow up. --Are there times when you feel like "They're twins after all"? They work together so well when they play pranks. They get really happy when they're given a whoopee cushion, but they play with it and then work together to put it at their feet where their parents can't see them, and they tag-team it. They usually fight quite a bit. They often hit, hit, and argue verbally, but I think their combination is excellent when they are playing pranks. --How do you get angry, Nakama? There are many patterns when they get angry. For NTV, it's... is it that... They wear a tracksuit (like Yankumi from "Gokusen") and say something like "You guys!"... They get angry like "Listen, you guys!" --Who do you consult with about child-rearing? Rather than outside, it's definitely my family, my dad. When I come back to work and come home, I consult with him and say, "I'm worried because this happened." He listens to me well and takes care of the kids. --What kind of things have you consulted with him recently? I heard that his crying has changed a little. Before, he would rebel and say, "Stop it!", but now he quietly cries on the sidelines. I think she's started to bottle up her feelings, and she comes to me for advice like, "I want to let it all out, but I don't know how to do it." --What would you do if your child came to you in the future and said, "I want to be an actor"? I wonder... I wonder... I think I'd be like, "Can you do it?" #NakamaYukie #NTV ◇Nippon TV News Department Social Media Facebook / ntvnews24 Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ntv_news24/... TikTok / ntv.news Twitter / news24ntv ◇[Latest news LIVE broadcast] NTV NEWS HP https://news.ntv.co.jp