A few months ago, it was announced that the television drama franchise "Trick" is getting its third theatrical film this spring. Now, it has been revealed that it will also get its first spinoff drama series, focusing on the character played by Namase Katsuhisa (49).   "Keibuho Yabe Kenzo" will  [ Read More ]

Today actress Ishihara Satomi (22) and actor Funakoshi Eiichiro (49) officially announced their new one-shot dorama called "Tsubakiyama Kacho no Nanoka-kan" at the headquarters of TV Asahi in Roppongi, Tokyo.   It’s based on a novel of the same name by Asada Jiro and tells the story of a middle-aged man (Funakoshi) who suddenly  [ Read More ]

Eiichiro Funakoshi (49) and Satomi Ishihara (22) will co-star in a drama special based on the Jiro Asada novel "Tsubakiyama Kacho no Nanokakan." The book was previously turned into a 2006 movie by director Keita Kono, starring Toshiyuki Nishida (61) and Misaki Ito (32).   "Tsubakiyama Kacho" tells the story  [ Read More ]

All the big TV stations revealed the stories and casts of their upcoming doramas and now Oricon made a survey to find out which dorama the viewers anticipate the most this upcoming season. "Liar Game 2" is the big winner of this survey, followed by Oguri Shun’s "Tokyo DOGS" and the business dorama  [ Read More ]

Talento Yuuka (29) has been cast in next season’s TV Asahi drama series "My Girl." She will play the girlfriend of Arashi member Aiba Masaki (26).   Unveiled earlier this month, "My Girl" is Aiba’s first starring drama role. The show is based on Mizu Sahara’s manga of the same  [ Read More ]

Today it’s been announced that Fukuda Saki (18) is going to appear in a wedding dress for the TV Asahi dorama "Maid Deka". Fukuda always has to change into different outfits such as that of a maid or a nurse for the said dorama. Her comment about the ultimate cosplay and  [ Read More ]

Actress Fukuda Saki (18) is going to make her comeback as a singer after concentrating on her acting career only for more than 2 years. Hew new song is called “Ashita He no Hikari” (“Light for Tomorrow” or something like that) and will go on sale on August 12. Further  [ Read More ]

It was time for actor Watari Tetsuya (61) and actress Ueto Aya (23) to part as they finished filming for the TV Asahi doramaSP “Kekkon” in Fukushima. Both feel sad that it’s over already, as they seem to have developed a somewhat real ‘father-daughter’ connection outside of the filming. Watari  [ Read More ]