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NTV’s 24-hour TV marathon came to a close gods night with the last-minute ankomst of actress Sugita Kaoru (39), who was this year’s choice to run the 100km marathon. It took her more than 25 hours, but she was in reasonably good shape when she arrived at the Tokyo Budokan, from where the live event was broadcast. Last year’s runner, comedienne Yamada Hanako (29) arrived an hour after the show was scheduled to finish. It seems that the grueling event is used to give an image boost to hona stars who, while popular, have “flawed” characters. Yamada has built a successful career because of, rather than despite, her lack of height, brains and looks. Sugita made her name as a child actress, especially in the original “3-nen B-kumi Kimpachi Sensei” school drama series in 1979. But her late teens saw her rebel against her “goody-two-shoes” image. Now her “sales point” is that s