Today actress Sawajiri Erika (24) made a special guest appearance at the "11th Tokyo Girls Collection", one of Japan's biggest fashion shows at the Saitama Super Arena.   It was her first public appearance since her very interesting interview with CNN a couple of days ago. In the interview she  [ Read More ]

On Saturday the Japanese insurance company "Sompo Japan" will start two new commercials called "Informing Insurance Teacher – Faint Love" and "Informing Insurance Teacher – Hot Proposal" starring their image character Ueto Aya (24) as the aforementioned teacher.   In the comical commercial Ueto will change into the role of  [ Read More ]

The Keigo Higashino novel "Himitsu" ("The Secret") is being turned into a live-action drama series this fall, starring Mirai Shida (17) and Kuranosuke Sasaki (42). The show will air in TV Asahi's Friday 11:15pm time slot, starting in October.   Published in 1998, "Himitsu" was nominated for the Naoki Prize  [ Read More ]

The two amazing actresses Nakama Yukie (30) and Dan Rei (39) are going to work together for the first time for a new Fuji TV drama that is going to air in the upcoming winter season of 2011 that will start in January.   A title has yet to be  [ Read More ]

Actress Kato Ai (27) got chosen as the first image character for the new shoes brand "Candish" by famous Japanese retailer "Uniqlo" and today she presented the new autumn collection of this brand at a PR-Event in Tokyo.   At the event she promoted the shoes saying, "It's hard to  [ Read More ]