Actress Kitagawa Keiko (24) can now be added to the long list of celebrities appearing in commercials for alcoholic drinks. She will be the image character for Asahi Beer's new drink called "Asahi Kutsurogi Shikomi <4VG>."
The new Kutsurogi brand is a new beer with the characteristic flavor of a German Weizen (wheat) beer and...
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"Headline TV" is similar to other look-up service that record and analyze the TV program of the main Japanese TV networks 24/7, 365 days a year. Those networks and other companies are then able to access all that detailed and accurate data for a certain fee. Once in a while they release some of...
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The beautiful young model and actress Kiritani Mirei (20) got herself her first solo commercial for Bourbon's "Almondrush" chocolate.
What stands out in the commercial despite Kiritani herself is the fact that they are adding "-sh" to every word. "Otsukaresama desh~! I hope high school students will start using phrases like that, for example when...
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Yoshimura Akira's historic novel "Sakuradamon no Ben" has been turned into a live-action film and today was the first preview screening at the Marunouchi TOEI theater in Yurakucho, Tokyo. The stage greeting was attended by the cast consisting of Osawa Takao (42), Hasegawa Kyoko (32), Watabe Gota (24), Bando Minsouke, Emoto Akira (61) and...
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The Keigo Higashino novel "Himitsu" ("The Secret") is being turned into a live-action drama series this fall, starring Mirai Shida (17) and Kuranosuke Sasaki (42). The show will air in TV Asahi's Friday 11:15pm time slot, starting in October.
Published in 1998, "Himitsu" was nominated for the Naoki Prize and the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize,...
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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 Fun, an "insurance teacher" who gives...
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Today actress Sawajiri Erika (24) made a special guest appearance at the "11th Tokyo Girls Collection", one of Japan's biggest fashion shows at the Saitama Super Arena.
It was her first public appearance since her very interesting interview with CNN a couple of days ago. In the interview she revealed, among other things, that she...
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Actress Kikuchi Rinko (29) is currently at the "67th Venice International Film Festival" to promote her new movie "Norwegian Wood" and more or less revealed her relationship with American director and producer Spike Jonze (40) known for movies such as "Being John Malkovich" or "Where the Wild Things Are".
Both of them didn't try to...
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A combination of NTT DoCoMo's mobile "Mina no Polling & Ranking", recent goo rankings and the spamtastic random web polls from last week.
The previous batch can be seen here.
Some of this week's topics:
- Who should become like a younger sister to you?
- Who is the most attractive and cool actress around 40?
- Takenouchi Yutaka's...
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The two amazing actresses Nakama Yukie (30) and Dan Rei (39) are going to work together for the first time for a new Fuji TV drama that is going to air in the upcoming winter season of 2011 that will start in January.
A title has yet to be announced for the drama, but it's...
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