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    Fukuda Saki talks about her hard-boiled image in the drama “Quartet”

    Today TBS held a press conference for their upcoming night drama "Quartet" starring Fukuda Saki and Matsushita Yuya. Especially Fukada had to undergo quite a transformation for her very first role as hard-boiled young woman. For her role she graces a full-body tattoo, piercings and blond hair. "It feels like a ...

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    Nagasawa and Takei in new Lotte Valentine commercial

    Today it has been announced that this year the aspiring young actress Takei Emi (17) is going to star alongside Nagasawa Masami (23) in the upcoming traditional Valentine commercial of Lotte's "Ghana Milk Chocolate". As every year, the 2011 edition of the commercial is going to feature Nagasawa and her co-star ...

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    Horikita Maki is looking beautiful in new “Shonen Magazine”

    The “Weekly Shonen Magazine” has chosen their (quote) goddess Horikita Maki for the cover and main pictorial of their New Year’s edition. Famous photographer ND Chow has once again worked together with actress Horikita for her photo shoot in Italy and has created a breathtaking pictorial. People who have bought her ...

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    Toda and Miura at press conference for “Taisetsu na Koto”

    Today Fuji TV has held the press conference for their upcoming Monday drama “Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta” starring Toda Erika and Miura Haruma. The drama features a thrilling love story about two engaged teachers, Natsumi (Toda) and Shuji (Miura), at a senior high school and a ...

The promotion team behind the movie “Koikyokusei” with Toda Erika in the leading role prepared a very romantic gift for its opening day. The movie is a love story of Nakitsu (Toda) who is living a desperate life with her autistic younger brother and her childfriend Souta (Kato Kazuki) who  [ Read More ]

Rumors of actor Sousuke Takaoka (27) cheating with gravure idol Asuka Kinbara (19) have surfaced in this week’s issue of Josei Seven. The actor has been married to popular actress Aoi Miyazaki (23) since 2007. According to the magazine, after Takaoka’s birthday party on February 6, he was seen taking  [ Read More ]

Joe Odagiri and Masami Nagasawa have been cast in co-starring roles on a TBS drama series next season. Tentatively titled “Boku no Imouto,” the drama is based on an original script by writer Shunsaku Ikehata. Odagiri plays an elite surgeon, while Nagasawa plays his younger sister. Unlike her brother, Nagasawa’s  [ Read More ]

Some details have been revealed about “Nakumonka,” the upcoming movie by director Nobuo Mizuta and screenwriter Kankuro Kudo. The comedy, first announced in December, reunites Mizuta and Kudo with lead actor Sadao Abe, whom they last worked with in “Maiko Haaaan!!!” The story revolves around a young man running a  [ Read More ]

The late-night TBS variety show “Goro’s Bar,” hosted by SMAP’s Goro Inagaki, is being turned into a drama special for the first time. The drama will use the same premise as the show, with Goro playing the owner of a bar. The show’s regular characters, such as comedy groups Kuwabata  [ Read More ]

In December, Toho revealed that director Isshin Inudo would be in charge of a new film adaptation of the popular Seicho Matsumoto novel “Zero no Shoten,” also known by the English title “Zero Focus.” The movie’s main cast has now been revealed, with actress Ryoko Hirosue taking the starring role.  [ Read More ]