Actress Matsushita Nao (25) and actor Sasaki Kuranosuke (42) got awarded with the “Best Smile of the Year 2010″ award today.

November 08th is also the “Day of the Nice Teeth” and thus the Japanese dentist association decided to choose the best the smiles of the year. [...]

Actress Matsushita Nao (25), who had her big breakthrough this year with NHK’s hugely popular morning drama “Gegege no Nyobo”, will star in her first real prime time drama on Fuji TV next season. Moreover she is going to play the role of a female detective.

“Every day I haven’t been on a set since the end of the morning drama felt really lonely and I can’t wait for the filming of my next drama to begin,” she said enthusiastically.

Fujiki Naohito (38) and Yokoyama Yuu (29) will appear as well. [...]

Legwear brand “f*ing” showcased their new autumn/winter collection today and their image character, model/actress Sasaki Nozomi (22) attended the event as well. Of course she had to highlight the lace tights she was wearing for the event and chose a short black dress to go along with them.

“I really have a lot of tights and stuff like that. My box for socks is already overflowing with them and my dog can’t wait to use those that fall to the ground as toys,” she revealed. [...]

Actress Minamisawa Nao (20) will star in her first musical next year.
The musical is called “Pink Spider” and will have an overall motif based on the world view of X Japan’s late guitarist hide. It will have an original story, but more than 20 of hide’s compositions, including “Rocket Dive” and of course “Pink Spider”, will be featured throughout the performance. [...]

The magazine “Nikkei Trendy” elected the young model and actress Kawaguchi Haruna (15) as “the face of the year” and declared that she is without fail going to have her big breakthrough soon. They’ve also presented the “Top 30 Biggest Hits of the Year” at a event in Tokyo and Kawaguchi appeared there as well.

“It’s my dream to become a really fantastic actress,” she said. [...]

Actress Takeuchi Yuuko (30) has finally unveiled her first role as a female detective in the 2-hour drama special “Strawberry Night” at a preview screening at Fuji TV’s headquarters in Daiba, Tokyo. Her co-stars Nishijima Hidetoshi (39), Takeda Tetsuya (61), Kiritani Kenta (30) and Hayashi Kento (19) appeared at the event as well.

The drama special already was announced back in May. As a detective she will have to deal with a mysterious serial murder case and the odd key word, “Strawberry Night” that seems to be connected to it. [...]

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