Matsuyama Kenichi has been chosen to star in NHK's Taiga drama, "Taira no kiyomori" for 2012. �NHK's Taiga drama is an annual�historical fiction television series, and each series broadcasts for an entire year.

Matsuyama showed up at the press conference, and confessed that he was interested in a Taiga drama for 2012, therefore was strongly willing to participate in the drama. �However, he was still surprised that they actually chose him.

He said, "I feel a lot of pressure on me, but playing one specific person for whole year is a good challenge for me. �I'm studying hard about Kiyomori now."

2011's Taiga drama, "Gou~Hime tachi no Sengoku~" will start on January 9th, starring Ueno Juri.

Source & Photo: Sanspo