The sudden disappearance of Raffaella Carrà has shocked the world of entertainment and the public who have always appreciated his talent and professionalism.
To give the announcement of his death, due to an illness that few knew, he thought about it Sergio Japino, former historical companion of the Carrà: “Raffaella has left us – he says in a press release – She went to a better world, where her humanity, her unmistakable laugh and her extraordinary talent will shine forever.“.
A relationship impossible to scratch that between the soubrette and Japino, linked, for years now, for better or for worse.
Who is Sergio Japino
Originally from Ventotene, born in 1957, he trained as dancer at the school of Gino Landi. The turning point in his career comes when he starts working as choreographer for shows such as Fantastic is Hello Raffaella.
It was the early Eighties, and it was here that the professional and personal partnership with Carrà blossomed.
It is no coincidence, in fact, that Japino was then the director of countless television programs conducted by the showgirl: Carramba what a surprise, Caramba what luck, Ricomicio da Due, determining the return to Italy, on the small screen, of the Carrà, after a brief interlude in Spain.
And again: in 1988 he directed and wrote Raffaella Carrà Show, and is the guest of honor of Welcome Raffaella, backstage of the same product with exclusive interviews. He supervised theEurovision Song Contest 2011 on Rai Due, hosted once again by the Italian icon.
Sergio Japino today
Sergio Japino also curated the last Carrà show broadcast on Rai Tre for two editions, You begin to tell.
He has a daughter, Jessica, from another relationship. And, among other things, he is honorary president of the Rione Valle, which takes part in the Palio Marinario dell’Argentario, to which Japino is particularly attached to it, as the place of origin of the parents.
Sergio Japino, the relationship with Carrà
A bond that went beyond love. Sergio Japino and Raffaella Carrà have been together for 17 years. Not just two lovers. As the choreographer himself has argued in several interviews, they were more than brothers.
The two had tried to have children, until it was the gynecologist himself who definitively crushed any hope. Carrà admits it, as reported by many national magazines: “The doctor told me ‘Raffaella, you have to resign yourself, your body no longer allows you to face a pregnancy’ […] it was like hitting my face against a wall. As if life had suddenly forced me to take a reality bath“.
Japino and la Carrà remained united, however, despite adversity and separation. As if there was a real blood relationship between the two. And it was like that until the end.
Sergio Japino was one of the few who knew of the disease that had long since affected Carrà, and he was one of the few to be there even at the time of his death, testifying to how certain relationships disregard the ups and downs, and continue beyond the absences.