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Posted by simplymissj0 pt Tuesday, September 25, 2012

Yanagihara Kanako to play Yamapi's girlfriend in upcoming drama 'MONSTER'

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It was revealed that comedic talent Yanagihara Kanako will play her first heroine role in TBS� drama series �MONSTERS� (9PM on Sundays), which will begin airing on October 21. The series, a detective drama, has already become a hot topic as it stars SMAP�s Katori Shingo and Yamashita Tomohisa together for the first time ever.

Yanagihara plays Takano Emi, the girlfriend of rookie detective Saionji Kosuke who is the son of a noble family, played by Yamashita. In the drama, the pair was introduced by a family member and has been dating for 4 years with plans to marry. Emi loves Kosuke from bottom of her heart, and Kosuke's happiest time is also when he's with Emi.

According to Yanagihara, she thought, "It must be some kind of prank," when she heard that she would be playing Yamashita�s girlfriend. When asked why Yanagihara was chosen, producer Ishimaru Akihiko explained, �When I saw Yanagihara doing comedy, I saw the radiance of a heroine. I thought her acting was good, and when I imagined the heroine in this series as somebody beautiful and round-shaped, the first face that appeared [in my mind] was Yanagihara.� In this series, Yamashita�s character Kosuke has a strange love of round objects.

Yamashita made an extremely welcoming comment, saying, �Since we are the same age, I'm sure we will get on very well together, and can become good friends. Yanagihara is bright and lovely, and although I have met her for the first time, she is very cute! I want her to enjoy filming for the drama.� When Yamashita was told there might be a kissing scene between him and Yanagihara, he said with an Ero P-filled comment, �I am looking forward to feel her lips!

The first episode of �MONSTERS� will air as a 2-hour special on October 21 (Sunday).

Source and Image: Oricon via Yahoo Japan

  1. YAMAPI
  2. YAMASHITA-TOMOHISA
  3. SMAP
  4. YANAGIHARA-KANAKO
  5. KATORI-SHINGO
  6. MONSTERS
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