.....The election administration of Yamagata Prefecture in northeast Japan has recruited Osamu Wakai, a comic talent most famous for "impersonating" Mobile Suit Gundam's main character Amuro Ray in improbable television sketches, to promote voter turnout. Wakai appears dressed as Amuro on posters and in public service announcements...
....The theme of the campaign for the July 29 elections is "Senkyo, Ikimasu!!" (Election, Launching!!"), a homage to Amuro's "Gundam, Ikimasu!" line when launching his title robot...more...