I te Paenga-whāwhā 6, 2011, i whakapuakihia a Kanjani Eight hei kaihautū mo te 34th 24 Hour Television, he huihuinga atawhai pouaka whakaata na NTV i whakaputa. I muri i te whakangaromanga o te 11 o Poutu-te-rangi o Touhoku me te ruu
, I whiriwhiria a Kanjani Eight na te mea i pangia nga mema e te ruu o Hanshin i te tau 1995, tata ki te 16 tau ki muri. I kōrero a Murakami, e pā ana ki te tīpakohia ki te whakahaere i te kaupapa kohikohi moni, " Na ko to tatou taahiraa ki te whakahoki i te aroha ", e pā ana ki te awhina i hoatu ki a ratou i roto i te 1995 ru. I kii a Yokoyama, "Ka mahara tonu ahau ki nga hamama me nga maatua e tiaki ana i a maatau. Kua pāngia e mātou, e Kanjani8, he ruu whakamataku, engari i tēnei rā he pai te mahi a Kobe rāua ko Osaka. E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakamōhio atu ki te iwi o Touhoku me pēhea te kaha o tātau kotahi ki te wikitōria i ngā mea katoa!" Ko te kaupapa mo te pouaka whakaata 24 Hour o taua tau, " Te kaha ", hei whakautu ki te manawanui o nga patunga o te ru o te tau 2011.