On Saturday the Japanese insurance company "Sompo Japan" will start two new commercials called "Informing Insurance Teacher – Faint Love" and "Informing Insurance Teacher – Hot Proposal" starring their image character Ueto Aya (24) as the aforementioned teacher.   In the comical commercial Ueto will change into the role of  [ Read More ]

You might have already noticed a few rankings here that were taken from NTT DoCoMo's mobile voting service "NTT DoCoMo Mina no Polling & Ranking". That service already started a long time ago, but I didn't become aware of it until recently. There are obviously several rankings that I've missed  [ Read More ]

It's Monday and another rumored fall drama has finally been confirmed, but they are still deciding on suitable a title.   Actor Takenouchi Yutaka (39) will return to Fuji TV's prestigious Monday 9pm timeslot after more than 9 years since "Dekichatta Kekkon" in 2001. He is going to play a  [ Read More ]

goo made a survey about actresses again, using NTT DoCoMo's voting and ranking feature and this time almost 40,000 people answered the question about "Which young actress would have no problems playing a wicked woman?".   The role of a wicked woman can always spice up the story of a  [ Read More ]

Here are some recent rankings from Internet portals like goo or research groups like "Video Research Ltd". Those rankings should not be confused with the random web polls from (mostly unmoderated) Japanese boards/communities I post here from time to time!   Who had the most exposure in commercials? Who has  [ Read More ]

There are two new rankings from goo. The first one asked their members about "who looks best in a yukata" while the second one is dedicate to Aragaki Yui and asked "Which commercials simply made you fall in love with Aragaki Yui". You can see the results below.   Which  [ Read More ]

Oricon release the newest TV commercial popularity ranking and Softbank Mobile managed to secure the first place for the 8th consecutive time.   The survey started back in late December and reached until June. Every month they've asked a representative group of the average TV audience about their favorite commercial  [ Read More ]

Actress Ueto Aya (24) is going to portray the life of the 28 year-old blind singer-songwriter Tatemichi Satoko in Fuji TV's upcoming drama special called "Ai wa Mieru".   Ueto spent one month practicing all the gestures of visually impaired people and will try her best to play the role  [ Read More ]