Hayami Yuji’s light novel series “Maid Deka” is being adapted into a television drama next season. The show will star teen actress Fukuda Saki (18) in her first detective role. The novels, which have also been adapted to manga, center around Wakatsuki Aoi, a “moe”-type maid working on a wealthy  [ Read More ]

Veteran actor Watari Tetsuya is teaming up with actress Ueto Aya as co-stars in a TV Asahi drama special called “Kekkon.” The drama comes from screenwriter Hashida Sugako and producer Ishii Fukuko, who have previously worked together on the TBS series “Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari.” As the title suggests,  [ Read More ]

Actor Matsuda Shota has just picked up his first true lead role in a television drama. Titled “Meitantei no Okite,” the show is based on a “parody mystery” work by award-winning author Keigo Higashino. The original “Meitantei no Okite” is a short mystery collection that takes a humorous approach to  [ Read More ]

Teen actress Sakuraba Nanami (16) has been cast in the lead role of TV Asahi’s drama special “Ghost Town no Hana.” This is her first time starring in a show outside of cable television. “Ghost Town no Hana” is based on a script that won last year’s Shinjin Scenario Taisho,  [ Read More ]

Yonekura shot down! On Monday, actress Yonekura Ryouko (33) had her first ever shooting scene for TV Asahi’s dorama special “Koshonin Special ~The Negotiator~”. It’s a special to an action and suspense dorama of the same name that aired in January 2008. Yonekura is playing a woman who is working  [ Read More ]