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 calendar for 2011 already got a nice taste of how well her smile, beauty and sweetness blends with the Italian flavor.

20.2% – Aibou 9
17.6% – Ryoma den
16.7% – Freeter
15.2% – Iryu 3
14.1% – Ougon no Buta
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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. [...]

19.6% – Aibou 9
16.8% – Freeter
16.2% – Ryomaden
14.2% – Ougon no Buta
14.2% – Nagareboshi
14.2% – Jyuui Dolittle
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This morning NTT DoCoMo launched the smart phone “Galaxy S” (Samsung) in Japan and had a little PR-Event at the Yodobashi Akihabara Store in Tokyo with actress Horikita Maki (22) and the Dark Lord himself, Darth Vader.

Horikita about the phone, “It has such a big LCD display and yet it’s so thin. It feels really great in your hand.” [...]

The Gold Dream Award 2010 was presented on Thursday. This is the third year for the promotional award, which is given to celebrities who “shine beautifully like gold.” In the culture and entertainment category, the recipient was actress Horikita Maki, who just turned 22 the day before.

The award’s other recipient was child actor Hamada Tatsuomi (10), who won in the “golden egg” category. Hamada has recently been gaining attention for his roles in “Ryomaden” and other television dramas. [...]

18.7% – Teppan (1st Week Average)
14.3% – Ryoma den
07.0% – Katsura Chizuru Shinsatsu Nichiroku
04.8% – Chance
04.6% – 10nen Saki mo Kimi ni Koishite
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