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 making their very own chocolate hearts. This time Takei has the honor and it seems like she really wants to find love this year. “It is as if she put a spell on the heart,” Nagasawa described Takei’s diligence while stirring the chocolate.

Softbank’s extremely popular and funny “White Family” commercial series starring Kai-kun the dog as the father, actress Ueto Aya as the daughter and more is back with a new story.

The very first seconds already showcase that the newest theme and story will be on a very large scale. The MASA (referring to the NASA) discovers a huge meteorite not too far away that is rushing towards earth. Meanwhile Aya (Ueto) does her usual work at the Softbank shop, when she unintentionally raises her left hand. At the same time the father (Kai-kun) is at home, restlessly moving around the rouse, showing that something seems to make his nervous.

Actress Horikita Maki (22) is going to promote the newest novel of best-selling mystery novel author Higashino Keigo called “Hakugin Jack” through a commercial, it was announced today.

Her thoughts: “It was really exciting how the development suddenly started to speed up during during the second half of the story.” [...]

Actress Horikita Maki (22), actor Watanabe Ken (51) and their new best friend Darth Vader presented the new phones and services of NTT DoCoMo at a PR-Event in Tokyo today.

The actors also introduced their new commercial that goes along with the new models. They’ve once again appeared together with singer Kimura Kaela (26) who just gave birth to her and Eita’s (27) baby boy. The filming of the commercial took part only a few days before the childbirth. “She allowed me to touch her stomach a little,” Horikita revealed with a smile. [...]

Actress Maki Yoko (28) got appointed as the new image character for the commercials of Itoen’s coffee brand “Tully’s Coffee Barista’s Choice Espresso” and attended a PR-Event on the 28th.

In the commercial we will see Maki’s “on” and “off” expressions. The “on” part features Maki as a professional barista while the off part will show her enjoying a cup of espresso during her private time while wearing a gorgeous golden dress to match the brand. [...]

Today Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) showcased their commercial starring actress Ayase Haruka (25) who appeared at the PR-Event as well.
Ayase was wearing a Santa Claus costume for the event and cheerfully said, “Christmas is approaching fast and I can’t wait for it to become December.” However, about her actual holiday plans she revealed with a bitter smile, “I’ll have to work.” [...]

Today the hair care brand Syoss officially announced actress Sawajiri Erika (24) as their new image character with the first commercial going on air this Thursday in Japan. There are plans for using Sawajiri as their face for the whole Asian market as well.

They’ve already planned to announce their new image character and the new commercial in September, but the little PR-Event had to be canceled after Sawajiri got sick with a fever. Now the announcement is here and unlike Sawajiri’s last appearance at a fashion show, she’s now sporting beautiful long hair again and a gorgeous beige dress instead of a short hair cut (wig) and a bold pink mini-dress. This time it’s a “neat and clean” image and a drastic change once again for the polarizing woman that she is. [...]

Tomorrow the new commercial for “Daiwa House”, Japan’s largest homebuilder, starring actor Yakusho Koji (54) will finally go on air and continue exactly where the previous commercial left off.

In the previous commercial, “Heroine The 1st” the fictional staff of the commercial requested Yakusho to wear the costume of their new image character “Daiwa Woman”. Obviously he was dumbfounded by their unreasonable request to wear the costume of a female character and refused to try it one. The staff then asked him who else if not him is going to do it and he said, “Why not someone like Kuroki Meisa?” The staff responds, “You really love her, huh?” It ended after that, but in the new commercial, “Heroine The 2nd” we can see that Kuroki actually accepted the love call and puts on the costume, even though her manager (in the commercial) also refused the costume at first. [...]