21.3% – Ryomaden
21.1% – Aibou 9
15.4% – Freeter
13.9% – Nagareboshi
13.3% – Guilty
…and many more ratings in the full post!

The Daily Sports published an article today, claiming that actress Karina (26) and actor Tanaka Kei (26) are in a relationship.

Since 2006 the two actors have often been working together. According to a friend of them their friendship has now developed into a serious relationship while working together on the movie “Love Come” that opened in September this year. [...]

19.6% – Aibou 9
16.8% – Freeter
16.2% – Ryomaden
14.2% – Ougon no Buta
14.2% – Nagareboshi
14.2% – Jyuui Dolittle
…and many more ratings plus screen-caps in the full post!

- Autumn Drama Heroines
- Maeda Atsuko
- Mano Erina
- Ishihara Satomi
- Karina
…and many many more in the full post!

Oricon once again ordered a survey to find out about the most anticipated drama of the upcoming season. This fall we will see the return of the highly popular “Aibou” series as well as the third season of the suspense medical drama “Iryu”, but there will be tough competition with several new and original stories lead by big names. Shinohara Ryoko will make her return as a drama starring actress in “Ogon no Buta”. Kanno Miho and Tamaki Hiroshi will team up for “Guilty” and Oguri Shun will turn into a veterinarian for “Jyuui Dolittle” co-starring Inoue Mao.

There is still more to look forward to. Fuji TV’s Monday dramas always aimed for the drama crown, but recently their stories failed to deliver that certain unique element. This season they will put their hope on Takenouchi Yutaka and Ueto Aya. The drama “Freeter” starring Ninomiya Kazunari, Karina and veteran actress Asano Atsuko seems to have all the ingredients to become a hit as well. Other interesting dramas such as “SPEC” (Kase Ryo, Toda Erika), “Himitsu” (Shida Mirai, Sasaki Kuranosuke) and “Reinoryokusha” (Ishihara Satomi, Tanihara Shosuke) might have it more difficult with the average drama viewers in Japan, but they all still have the potential of becoming a hit. The young cast of “Q10″ (Sato Takeru, Maeda Atsuko) will probably get a lot of fans as well and a lot of women are going to be interested in the story of “Second Virgin” starring Suzuki Kyoka and Fukada Kyoko. [...]

Today was the premiere for Karina’s (26) new movie “Love Come” and the main cast and director attended a stage greeting event at the Wald-9 theater in Shinjuku, Tokyo. It’s story is a romantic comedy about a beautiful but very strong-minded woman (Karina) who reunites and ends up falling in love with a softy (Tanaka Kei) who she has not seen for 17 years.

Karina about her role, “She might have some traits of an old man, but she’s still a woman. You can see her more feminine side in front of men or when she’s crying her eyes out. I’ve tried to express that character gap to the best of my abilities.” [...]

This month Shiseido will continue their popular series of commercials for their hair care brand “TSUBAKI” and introduce two new faces in their long lineup of image characters.

The upcoming commercials will be for their new product “TSUBAKI WATER” and feature young actress/model Takei Emi (16). She will become their youngest and first teenage image character. [...]

Today was the press conference for the romantic comedy “Love Come” starring actress Karina (26) in her first movie leading role since 2004.

Karina will play the role of a manager of a flower arrangement shop, who has not had a boyfriend in nearly two years. Despite her feminine beauty, she can be described as one of the “most frightening woman”. She is reunited with an awkward anime screenwriter, played by Tanaka Kei (26), 17 years after they last met. [...]