Actress Tabe Mikako (20) and the rest of the cast of the NHK morning dorama "Tsubasa" had a fan meeting on Saturday in Kawagoe, the current main setting of the dorama.   Tabe and the others talked about various inside stories from the filming in front of 1100 fans who  [ Read More ]

Kevin over at NipponCinema discovered a nice little movie with quite a heart-warming story that’s coming out later this month.  Here’s a little road movie I don’t think has been covered much yet. Fukuda Korehisa‘s Boku wa Umi ga Mitaku Narimashita tells the story of a nursing student named Asumi  [ Read More ]

Here a short summary of all Japanese (live-action) movies that opened today and feature Kawaii Joyuu (or at least some cute idols) that have more than just a couple of cameo appearances.Will any of these break into the the top 10 of the weekly box-office rankings?   Yamagata Scream Cast: Narumi  [ Read More ]

This time Oricon wanted to find out who is the most popular young actress among female senior high-school students. Actress Yoshitaka Yuriko (21) recently started to experience a sudden boom in her popularity and now we know the she’s the top favorite among the Japanese female high-school students. She was  [ Read More ]

Last time I featured the official ranking of celebrities with the most commercial contracts in the first half of 2009, but that didn’t say any about the money they made or the popularity they gained through their commercials. This time I can at least answer you the latter question with  [ Read More ]

Actress Yonekura Ryoko (34) and actor Maekawa Yasuyuki (35) attended the debut presentation of Mercedes Benz’ new "E-Class Coupe" and both appeared dressed in fur of famous brand Fendi worth 21 million yen each. Yonekura herself loves cars and so she was really interested to see their new model. "The  [ Read More ]