HIDE, GReeeeN leader, who participated in the inspection work of the 2011 Great East Japan Earthquake, revealed the situation and feelings at that time with a voice-only appearance on TBS 's late-night news program "NEWS23" broadcast on March 3, 2016. At the interview, he said that he must not forget the fading memory that five years have passed since the 2011 earthquake and tsunami, and this is the first time for him to appear in the media in this way.