Archive for February, 2010

Prime Time Report #Week08 (c)

Posted by HPriest on February - 22 - 2010

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  [ Read More ]

Sakuraba Nanami is the new “natchan!” girl

Posted by HPriest on February - 22 - 2010

Actress Sakuraba Nanami (17) is the new image character for Suntory's fruit juice soft drink "natchan! orange". As the so-called 6th generation natchan she is going to follow the footsteps of Tanaka Rena (1st generation) and her senpai Horikita Maki (4th generation).   The new commercial that is going to  [ Read More ]

DareKiss press event with Horikita

Posted by HPriest on February - 22 - 2010

A few days ago there was another little press event with Horikita Maki (21) in Sapporo to promote her upcoming movie "Dareka ga Watashi ni Kissu wo Shita ~Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac~."   The movie is set at an international school and Horikita plays a girl named Naomi who  [ Read More ]

Nagasawa Masami’s new calendar

Posted by HPriest on February - 21 - 2010

On Saturday was a special event to celebrate the release of Nagasawa Masami's (22) new calendar "Nagasawa Koyomi". The calendar starts with April and contains a total of 96 pages.   Nagasawa appeared in a light outfit with shorts to promote the calendar. Creative director Yanai Michihiko took the pictures  [ Read More ]

Nagasawa Masami, Shida Mirai promote “Sotsu Uta”

Posted by HPriest on February - 21 - 2010

On the 18th was the preview screening and press conference for the upcoming omnibus dorama SP "Sotsu Uta" starring Nagasawa Masami (22), Shida Mirai (16), Kuninaka Ryoko (30) and Kitano Kie (18). The latter one wasn't able to attend the event, but the other 3 made up for that by  [ Read More ]

Prime Time Report #Week08 (b)

Posted by HPriest on February - 21 - 2010

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  [ Read More ]

2009 TV Commercial Exposure Ranking

Posted by HPriest on February - 19 - 2010

Today Video Research Ltd. released the commercial exposure rankings for 2009. The degree of exposure is based on the commercial air times on the 5 main TV channels of Japan.   The biggest surprise last year was the rise of the child actor Kato Seishiro (8). He entered the top 10  [ Read More ]

Prime Time Report #Week08 (a)

Posted by HPriest on February - 19 - 2010

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  [ Read More ]