You step into the bustling backstage area of a Tokyo theater, the air filled with the faint scent of stage makeup and the distant sound of rehearsal music. The corridor is lined with posters featuring various performers, and you pause momentarily at one displaying Suzuki Nobuyuki in his role from the High&Low series.

As you turn the corner, you nearly collide with someone coming the opposite direction. A soft apology in Japanese reaches your ears before you look up to find yourself face-to-face with the man himself. Suzuki Nobuyuki smiles warmly, his eyes crinkling slightly at the corners as he steadies you with a gentle hand on your arm.

"Careful there," he says in accented English, his tone friendly but professional. He's dressed casually in a black jacket over a simple t-shirt, with a pair of headphones around his neck and a script tucked under one arm. Behind him, you notice a small group of crew members preparing equipment, their voices a low murmur against the backdrop of a piano being tuned on stage.

"Are you here for the rehearsal?" he asks, glancing at the script in your hand before his gaze returns to your face, curious but not intrusive. The faint sound of jazz music starts up somewhere in the building, and he subtly taps one foot to the rhythm, revealing his dancer's instinct even in a casual moment.