Young aspiring actress Iriki Mari just turned 20 today (February 16th), but before that she went to the Daienji temple in Tokyo’s Meguro ward to pray for the success of her upcoming movie "Umi ni Kingyo" (April 10th) as well as a healthy life. In 2007 she won the Special Jury Award [ Read More ]
Archive for February, 2010
TV LIFE and TV LIFE web released the list of winners for their "19th Annual Drama Awards 2009". This award is a reader’s choice award and doesn’t feature judges or journalists to choose the winners. TV LIFE readers had the chance to send in postcards with their choices and TV LIFE web users were able [ Read More ]
Actress Tanaka Rena (29) will become the 5th generation of MCs for the popular NHK talk show "Top Runner". It’s her first time ever hosting a show on TV. "I was really surprised when they approached me about hosting this fascinating show that already has a history of over 13 years. It’s a [ Read More ]
Starting in April, the special effects jidaigeki (period drama) "Daimajin" that was hugely popular back in 1966 will make its revival as a TV series on TV Tokyo. The late-night dorama will be called "Daimajin Kanon" and had 1 billion yen ($11,000,000) for its creation, an extraordinarily huge budget for a dorama of that [ Read More ]
Actress Ueto Aya (24), who is known for her healthy image and her love for apples, got chosen as "The First Aomori Apple Queen" today. She attended the small ceremony event with a beautiful red coat and looked just as juicy as a big red apple. Instead of some [ Read More ]
Toda Erika —Born: 1988/08/17 (21) —Current dorama: "Code Blue 2" —Most recent dorama: "Liar Game 2" —Upcoming movie: "Liar Game The Final Stage" (March 2010) —Most recent movie: "Ooarai Nimo Hoshi wa Furunari" – Cinema Girls Magazine 2010-01-20 No.5 Watanabe Natsuna —Born: 1989/05/23 (20) —Most recent dorama: "Ando Natsu" & "Miracle Voice" —Upcoming movie: "GANTZ" (Spring 2011) If you are curious [ Read More ]
On the 10th actress Horikita Maki visited the Imado Shrine in Tokyo to pray for some personal love and for the success of her upcoming movie "Dareka ga Watashi ni Kissu wo Shita ~Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac~". The Imado Shrine is a famous place to pray for a successful love [ Read More ]
Prime Time Report – Dorama Time Slots – #Week 07 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 ]
