NHK held a press conference today for their upcoming morning drama, “Ohisama“, starring actress Inoue Mao (23). The morning drama depicts the life of a cheerful young woman (Inoue) during the turbulent Showa period (1926-1989) plagued by the effects of the Second World War. Inoue already enjoys her role for  [ Read More ]

NHK has revealed the details of its 84th Asadora (morning drama) series, titled "Ohisama." The show, set to air during spring and summer of 2011, will star young actress Mao Inoue (23) and will be written by Yoshikazu Okada ("Churasan").   Inoue's last appearance in an NHK drama was in  [ Read More ]

Actress Ueto Aya (24) will be starring in a new NHK drama series this fall called "Junen Saki mo Kimi ni Koishite". The drama will air on Tuesdays at 10pm, consist of 6 episodes and mark Ueto's first starring role on NHK. It will be a love story and feature  [ Read More ]

Now in her tenth year since her show business debut, actress Yui Ichikawa (24) will finally take on her first lead role in a drama series. She has been cast as a doctor in the jidaigeki drama "Katsura Chizuru Shinsatsu Nichiroku," being broadcast by NHK this summer.   Set in  [ Read More ]

As announced in January, NHK's 2011 taiga drama will be "Gou ~Himetachi no Sengoku~," starring actress Juri Ueno (23). On Monday, two more key cast members were revealed: Rie Miyazawa (37) and Asami Mizukawa (26).   Ueno plays the role of Gou (also known as Oeyo), the third daughter of  [ Read More ]

The start of Kimura Takuya's (37) new dorama "Tsuki no Koibito" is still one month away, but a recent survey shows that the interest in his dorama is already surpassing the popularity of NHK's "Ryoma den".   Mobile Factory asked more than 1000 members of their blogging service "Blomotion" about  [ Read More ]

Today we got the first glimpse of Adachi Rika (17) wearing a wedding kimono for NHK's new morning dorama "Gegege no Nyobo" that is starting this Monday (March 29).   Adachi plays the influential older sister of the heroine (Matsushita Nao) during her childhood days. The wedding of her role  [ Read More ]

NHK's 83rd morning drama series, "Teppan," now has an official heroine. The broadcaster announced on Wednesday that 18-year-old Takimoto Miori was chosen for the lead role from an audition of more than 1,400 actresses.   "Teppan," which will air for six months starting on September 27, tells the story of  [ Read More ]