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Today the Tokushima police with its office in the city of Mugi planned to have NHK's "Welkame" heroine Kurashina Kana (22) as "chief for 1 day", but due to the approaching tsunami they had to cancel those plans in the last minute.

 

Kurashina was supposed to participate in the crime patrol event in Minami-cho and be a part of the "Making a Safer and more Peaceful City Campaign." However, authorities in Minami decided that it would be too dangerous to follow the schedule and canceled the campaign. The tsunami from the Chile quake was about to hit the Japanese coast and Minami simply lies too close to the Pacific Ocean.

 

"We regret that we had to cancel the campaign, but we had to put all our effort into our tsunami disaster prevention," explained an official from the Mugi headquarters. Luckily the tsunami lost a lot of its strength before it reached Japan and barely caused any damage. No word yet on whether they will reschedule the campaign.

 

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Prime Time Report – Dorama Time Slots – #Week 08

Just ratings alone don't say a lot. What shows air at the same time as your favorite dorama?

Notes:
- Detailed time-slot competition infos for weekly doramas only (no Dorama-SP's!)
- Though Dorama SP's will still be listed with their respective ratings.
 

#Monday – February 22

Time	Ratings	Channel	Genre	Program
1930~2043 - 1956~2054 2000~2054 2000~2054 2000~2054 2000~2054 - 2100~2154 2100~2154 2100~2154 2100~2200 2100~2254 2100~2224	09.8% - 14.3% 13.0% 11.6% 11.6% 06.0% - 15.9% 12.6% 12.5% 09.9% 09.8% 06.9%	NHK - NTV TV Asahi TBS Fuji TV TV Tokyo - Fuji TV NTV TV Asahi NHK TBS TV Tokyo	[Sports SP] - [Variety] [Variety] [Dorama] [Music] [Variety] - [Dorama] [Variety] [Variety] [News] [Movie] [Variety SP]	Vancouver 2010: Best Selection  -  Sekai Maru Mie! TV Tokusobu  Q-sama!! (Quiz & Variety)  Hancho 2 (Ep07)  Hey! Hey! Hey!  The Gyakuryu Researchers  -  Code Blue 2 (Ep07)  Jinsei ga Kawaru Ippunkan no Fukuii Hanashi  Beat Takeshi's TV Tackle (Debate & Variety)  News Watch 9  The Choice of Hercules Amami Yuuki…  Yarisugi Kouji SP

   

#Tuesday – February 23

Time	Ratings	Channel	Genre	Program
2054~2154 2100~2154 2100~2154 2100~2200 2100~2154 2100~2154 - 2200~2254 2154~2310 2200~2254 2200~2254 2200~2250 2200~2254	14.3% 12.7% 12.5% 11.2% 09.0% 08.7% - 14.5% 13.7% 11.6% 08.8% 07.3% 05.8%	TV Tokyo Fuji TV TV Asahi NHK NTV TBS - NTV TV Asahi TBS Fuji TV NHK TV Tokyo	[Variety] [Dorama] [Variety] [News] [Variety] [Music] - [Variety] [News] [Variety] [Dorama] [Docu] [Economy]	Kaiun! Nandemo Kantei Dan  Naka nai to Kimeta Hi (Ep05)  London Hearts  News Watch 9  Shiawase Kekkon Sodanjo  Utaban  -  Majotachi no 22ji  Hodo Station  Lincoln  Massugu na Otoko (Ep07)  Professional Shigoto no Ryuugi  Gaia no Yoake

#Wednesday – February 24

Time	Ratings	Channel	Genre	Program
2000~2254 - 2100~2154 2100~2154 2100~2248 2100~2200 2100~2154 - 2154~2310 2200~2254 2200~2254 2200~2245	08.6% - 17.2% 14.5% 12.8% 08.6% 06.7% - 13.9% 13.6% 06.4% 05.2%	TV Tokyo - TV Asahi NTV Fuji TV NHK TBS - TV Asahi NTV TBS NHK	[Reality] - [Dorama] [Variety] [Variety SP] [News] [Dorama] - [News] [Dorama] [Variety] [History]	Keisatsu Michaku 24-Ji  -  Aibo Season 8 (Ep17)  The! Sekai Gyoten News  The Best House 123 SP  News Watch 9  Akakabu Kenji Kyoto-hen (Ep07)   -  Hodo Station  Magerarenai Onna (Ep07)  The Ichiokubun no Hachi (Quiz & Variety)  Rekishi Hiwa Historia

 

#Thursday – February 25

Time	Ratings	Channel	Genre	Program
1930~2043 - 1956~2054 1957~2054 2000~2054 1955~2054 1958~2148 - 2100~2154 2100~2154 2100~2200 2100~2154 2100~2154 - 2200~2254 2200~2254 2154~2310 2200~2254 2200~2245 2200~2254	08.9% - 14.4% 13.0% 09.1% 09.1% 08.3% - 18.8% 12.5% 09.4% 08.3% 06.4% - 14.1% 13.4% 12.9% 11.8% 06.3% 04.2%	NHK - NTV Fuji TV TV Asahi TBS TV Tokyo - NTV Fuji TV NHK TBS TV Asahi - NTV TBS TV Asahi Fuji TV NHK TV Tokyo	[Sports SP] - [Variety] [Variety] [Dorama] [Game] [Variety SP] - [Variety] [Variety] [News] [Variety] [Dorama] - [Variety] [Variety] [News] [Dorama] [Variety] [Docu]	Vancouver 2010: Best Selection  -  GuruGuru Ninety-Nine  Kiseki Taiken! Unbelievable (Docu & Variety)  853 ~ Detective: Kamo Shinnosuke (Ep06)  Tokyo Friend Park II  Sora Kara Nihon wo Mite Miyou SP  -  Himitsu no Kenmin SHOW  Tunnels no Minasan no Okage-deshita  News Watch 9  The Iromonea  Angel Bank (Ep06)  -  Downtown DX  Himitsu no Arashi-chan!  Hodo Station  Fumo Chitai (Ep17)  Tabi Uta (Travel & Variety)  Rubicon no Ketsudan

 

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Dorama Casts:

Hancho 2
- Cast: Sasaki Kuranosuke, Nakamura Shunsuke, Tsukaji Muga, Kurotani Tomoka, Kashuu Toshiki and many more…

Code Blue 2
- Cast: Yamashita Tomohisa, Aragaki Yui, Toda Erika, Higa Manami, Asari Yosuke and many more…

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Naka nai to Kimeta Hi
- Cast: Eikura Nana, Fujiki Naohito, Kaname Jun, Anne, Danta Yasunori and many more…

Massugu na Otoko
- Cast: Sato Ryuuta, Fukada Kyoko, Kanjiya Shihori, Endo Yuuya, Watabe Atsuro and many more…

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Aibo Season 8
- Cast: Mizutani Yutaka, Oikawa Mitsuhiro, Kuroda Fukumi…

Akakabu Kenji Kyoto-hen
- Cast: Nakamura Baijaku, Kikukawa Rei, Hara Sachie, Abe Shinnosuke, Nakanishi Ryota and many more…

Magerarenai Onna
- Cast: Kanno Miho, Tanihara Shosuke, Tsukamoto Takashi, Nagasaku Hiromi, Ichikawa Tomohiro and many more…

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853 ~ Detective: Kamo Shinnosuke
- Cast: Terawaki Yasufumi, Tomita Yasuko, Sugawara Taikichi, Totsugi Shigeyuki, Hayashi Tsuyoshi and many more…

Angel Bank
- Cast: Hasegawa Kyoko, Wentz Eiji, Murakami Tomoko, Nakamura Aoi, Oshima Yuuko and many more…

Fumo Chitai
- Cast: Karasawa Toshiaki, Wakui Emi, Yanagiba Toshiro, Takenouchi Youtaka, Sasaki Kuranosuke and many more…

 

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Dorama Trend:

Hancho 2	10.8% – 12.6% – 12.5% – 12.5% – 11.5% – 08.1%  11.6% (+3.5%)
Code Blue 2	18.8% – 17.1% – 17.2% – 16.2% – 16.5% – 15.1%  15.9% (+0.8%)
Naka nai to Kimeta Hi	10.2% – 07.5% – 10.0% – 09.5% – 12.7% (+3.2%)
Massugu na Otoko	10.7% – 08.7% – 08.6% – 07.8% – 09.4% – 08.8%  08.8% (+0.0%)
Aibo 8	19.4% – 16.6% – 18.9% – 17.8% – 17.6% – 18.0%  16.1% – 18.0% – 18.5% – 17.8% – 15.7% – 17.2%  17.1% – 17.5% – 17.8% – 15.8% – 17.2% (+1.4%)
Akakabu Kenji Kyoto-hen	09.4% – 05.6% – 06.0% – 06.4% – 06.0% – 05.1%  06.7% (+1.6%)
Magerarenai Onna	15.4% – 11.0% – 13.7% – 13.3% – 13.1% – 14.5%  13.6% (-0.9%)
853	12.0% – 11.0% – 10.3% – 09.7% – 10.3% – 09.1% (-1.2%)
Tomehane!	06.3% – 07.0% – 06.0% – 04.6% – 05.2% – 06.2%
Angel Bank	07.5% – 06.1% – 07.0% – 04.7% – 05.1% – 06.4% (+1.3%)
Fumo Chitai	14.4% – 11.1% – 11.6% – 09.9% – 11.8% – 10.7%  10.6% – 11.4% – 10.9% – 10.8% – 12.1% – 11.8%  12.2% – 10.2% – 11.6% – 10.7% – 11.8% (+1.1%)
Shukumei 1969~2010	08.4% – 07.2% – 07.4% – 05.3% – 05.3%
Yamato Nadeshiko	12.1% – 09.3% – 07.6% – 05.2% – 08.5% – 07.0%
Salaryman Kintaro 2	10.0% – 09.1% – 09.4% – 09.2% – 08.6% – 08.3%  09.8%
Sakuyako no Hana	10.8% – 11.8% – 11.6% – 08.8% – 06.9% – 10.9%
Bloody Monday 2	09.5% – 07.9% – 08.3% – 06.6% – 08.4%
Hidarime Tantei EYE	08.5% – 07.7% – 08.2% – 07.3% – 08.5%
Kimitachi ni Asu wa nai	06.8% – 05.7% – 05.6% – 07.5% – 06.3%
Ryoma den	23.2% – 21.0% – 22.6% – 23.4% – 24.4% – 21.2%  20.2% – 22.3%
Tokujo Kabachi!!	12.9% – 09.9% – 09.1% – 10.8% – 08.8% – 07.2%
Saka no Ue no Kumo	17.7% – 19.6% – 19.5% – 17.8% – 12.9%

 

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Nestle Japan recently made a survey targeted to young (20~39) working adult men who make themselves a lunch box – bento – at least once a week, the so-called "Bento Men". They usually are known for a devoted and hardworking image and are popular among women who seek a serious relationship. Around 400 men took part in this survey and today Oricon released the results of 3 of the questions asked.

 

Female celebrities with whom you'd like to eat a bento together

01 – Ueto Aya
02 – Becky
03 – Aragaki Yui
04 – Ayase Haruka
05 – Kanno Miho
05 – Miyazaki Aoi

 

Male celebrities who would most likely act as a "bento man" just to score with women

01 – Tamura Atsushi (London Boots)
02 – Ishida Junichi
03 – Degawa Tetsuro
04 – Shinagawa Hiroshi (Shinagawa Shoji)
05 – Kano Eiko

 

Male celebrities who would most likely become a "bento man" if they worked in a company

01 – Koike Teppei
02 – Kasuga Toshiaki (Audrey)
03 – Kusanagi Tsuyoshi
04 – Tamori
04 – Eita
04 – Tsumabuki Satoshi
04 – Wentz Eiji

 

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Sources: Oricon
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The "Excellent Broadcast Program Promotion Meeting" released the results of their 11th big survey and this time they focused on the 19 currently running or just finished doramas of the 5 main broadcasting stations in Japan.

 

This organization is formed by members of several major Japanese organizations like Asahi Kasei, Canon, Toyota, NTT, Hitachi, Panasonic, Mitsui and Ricoh just to name a few. The whole point of this organization is to get the opinions from all of those major companies in order to make the best possible recommendations for everyone who can't see through the chaotic program of new and old, good and bad programs that air on TV every day. They send questionnaires to the companies and usually get a great amount of responses. In the past they already asked about all kind of other genres like music programs, debate shows and holiday specials, but this time it's finally about doramas.

 

The interesting part of their surveys is that they actually ask how you liked the dorama, if you watched it to begin with. This means that not just the most watched dorama wins, but the dorama that was able to entertain its viewers the most. Even a dorama with a small percentage of viewers could still rank very high if all of those watching it were blown away. It's the average amount of interest that matters. 522 people took part in this survey, but of course many of them don't just watch 1 particular dorama. They evaluate all of the doramas they are watching and not just vote for their favorite like in most surveys.

 

Average Interest / People who actually watched and have an opinion

Rank	Station	Dorama	Average (People)
01 02 03 04	NHK Fuji TV TV Asahi Fuji TV	Ryoma den  Fumo Chitai  Aibo  Code Blue 2	1.92 (359) 1.68 (241) 1.49 (203) 1.47 (216)
05 06 07 08	TBS NTV TBS TBS	Bloody Monday 2  Magerarenai Onna  Hancho 2  Tokujo Kabachi!!	1.22 (196) 1.11 (183) 1.10 (155) 1.07 (163)
09 10 11 12	NHK NHK TBS TV Asahi	Kimitachi ni Asu wa nai  Tomehane!  Akakabu Kenji Kyoto-hen  Shukumei 1969-2010	1.05 (121) 0.88 (114) 0.85 (123) 0.79 (099)
13 14 15 16	TV Asahi Fuji TV Fuji TV NHK	Angel Bank  Massugu na Otoko  Naka nai to Kimeta Hi  Sakuya Konohana	0.75 (104) 0.74 (120) 0.72 (127) 0.66 (096)
17 18 19	TBS TV Asahi NTV	Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge  853  Hidarime Tantei EYE	0.59 (115) 0.57 (101) 0.50 (103)

Choices:
0 = no particular impressions
1 = ordinary
2 = interesting, I can recommend it
3 = very interesting, you should watch it

 

Top 5 in Detail (divided into Male/Female and different age groups)

Dorama	M20~39	M40~59	M60~	F20~39	F40~59	F60~	Total
01 – Ryoma den  02 – Fumo Chitai  03 – Aibo  04 – Code Blue 2  05 – Bloody Monday 2	1.83 (66) 1.66 (50) 1.31 (35) 1.37 (38) 1.26 (43)	1.99 (93) 1.68 (56) 1.67 (45) 1.31 (48) 1.23 (43)	2.06 (32) 2.20 (15) 1.86 (14) 1.58 (12) 0.75 (08)	1.89 (83) 1.66 (59) 1.41 (61) 1.67 (69) 1.33 (60)	1.80 (66) 1.56 (50) 1.32 (38) 1.38 (45) 1.11 (38)	2.16 (19) 1.73 (11) 2.00 (10) 1.50 (04) 1.25 (04)	1.92 (359) 1.68 (241) 1.49 (203) 1.47 (216) 1.22 (196)

 

Lots of numbers, but I guess it is one of the more interesting surveys. No dorama made it over 2.0 in average ratings, a testament to the current quality of doramas (at least of this season). Sadly they don't do it for every season.

 

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Not many hours are left until the big showdown between Japanese figure skater Asada Mao (19) and South Korean superstar Kim Yu-Na (19). Apparently actress Inoue Mao (23) is looking forward to that moment like almost everyone in Japan and South Korea.

 

Today was the press conference for Inoue's upcoming movie "My Darling is a Foreigner" co-starring Jonathan Sherr (35). The second big topic next to the movie itself was about the women's figure skating event taking place today (local time). Inoue is rooting for Asada, of course. "I have always been cheering for Mao-chan and even already went to the skating rink to watch her performance. Tonight will be all about the preview screening and stage greeting of the movie, but tomorrow the free skating event will be the only thing on my mind…," she said with a smile on stage. Further she added, "If there is anybody who can win a gold medal, it's Mao-chan. I believe in her."

 

After some more smalltalk about the movie, they eventually returned back to figure skating. "Whenever I sit in front of the TV, I can't stop cheering Mao-chan! Mao-chan!," Inoue revealed. Of course she also watched the women's short program on the 23rd (local time). "It was so thrilling, I almost had a heart attack," she commented without hiding her excitement. Sherr added, "What about a meeting of the Maos?" Inoue was definitely intrigued by that idea. "A Mao meeting? …I definitely would like for this to come true some day!"

 

The movie will open on April 10, but today you should join her and support Asada in front of your TV.

 

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Sources: Oricon
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Actress Kurashina Kana (22) became the new image character for the "2009 Mandatory Vehicle Liability Insurance PR Campaign" and attended the press event held in Tokyo yesterday.

 

"I don't have a license myself and didn't know about self-liability insurances, but now I learned a lot about it. If possible, I would like to get my license this year and take my family to a trip to the Asosan mountain in Kumamoto." Kurashina just finished filming for NHK's morning dorama "Welkame" 1 week ago after 9 long months of hard work.

 

Now that she plans to get her license, where would she like to go on a drive-date? She suddenly folded her arms and thought about this question. "A date, huh…? Lately I haven't been considering that at all. Maybe the beach, the standard destination."

 

Some have been curious whether she would ever return to doing gravure like she did before she became the morning heroine, but fans of her idol days can rest assured. "It doesn't mean that I won't do it again at all!" The possibility is still there, so let's see which path her career will take.

 

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Sources: Sanspo
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Actress Kitano Kie (18) had a CD-Debut event in Kawasaki yesterday and performed 3 songs including her debut single "Sakura Saku."

 

She was overwhelmed by the large crowd of 7000 fans that showed up to cheer her at the event and eventually started to tear up on stage. The final days of the Olympics are approaching and in only a few hours there will be the big showdown between the 2 young figure skaters Asada Mao (19) and Kim Yu-Na (19). Kitano is at the same age as them. "I shouldn't cry like that. I will try my best to be a teenage representative as a singer (just like they are as figure skaters)."

 

"Sakura Saku" went on sale yesterday and every fan of Kitano should buy it.

 

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Weekly Top 20 (02/15~02/21)

Rank (Last)	Person/Group	Rank (Last)	Person/Group
01 (03) 02 (01) 03 (04) 04 (new) 05 (05) 06 (02) 07 (08) 08 (new) 09 (new) 10 (07)	Tohoshinki Arashi Kokubo Kazuhiro Takahashi Daisuke AKB48 Kosaka Yuka Uemura Aiko Fujita Makoto Johnny Weir EXILE	11 (new) 12 (11) 13 (new) 14 (new) 15 (10) 16 (new) 17 (09) 18 (14) 19 (new) 20 (19)	Evgeni Plushenko Rinka Narita Doumu Shaun White Kitagawa Keiko Asada Mao Kimura Kaela Maeda Atsuko (AKB48) Oda Nobunari B'z
New entries! – Who is who? Takahashi Daisuke (23): figure skater (Japan) at the Olympics Fujita Makoto: popular actor, passed away on February 17 at the age of 76 Johnny Weir (25): figure skater (USA) at the Olympics Evgeni Plushenko (27): figure skater (Russia) at the Olympics Narita Doumu (24): snowboarder (Japan) at the Olympics Shaun White (23): snowboarder (USA) at the Olympics Asada Mao (19): female figure skater (Japan) at the Olympics Oda Nobunari (22): figure skater (Japan) at the Olympics

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Daily Top 5 (02/15~02/19) *no weekends

02/15 01 – Uemura Aiko 02 – Kokubo Kazuhiro 03 – Arashi 04 – Kosaka Yuka 05 – Satoya Tae	02/16 01 – Kokubo Kazuhiro 02 – Uemura Aiko 03 – Shigehara Takehito 04 – Arashi 05 – Tohoshinki	02/17 01 – Kosaka Yuka 02 – Tohoshinki 03 – Arashi 04 – Kokubo Kazuhiro 05 – Uemura Aiko
02/18 01 – Tohoshinki 02 – Arashi 03 – Kosaka Yuka 04 – Takahashi Daisuke 05 – AKB48	02/19 01 – Fujita Makoto 02 – Tohoshinki 03 – Shaun White 04 – Arashi 05 – Kokubo Kazuhiro

 

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Sources: Yahoo! Japan
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