Tabe Mikako and Miura Haruma emotional during opening of “Kimi ni Todoke”

The popular manga turned live-action movie, “Kimi ni Todoke”, had its opening today at the TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills.

The opening was attended by Tabe Mikako and Miura Haruma, along with the director of the film, Kumazawa Naoto. Due to the overwhelming support from the public for the movie, Tabe Mikako and Miura Haruma were moved to tears, …


S/mileage’s ‘Onaji Jikyuu de Hataraku Tomodachi no Bijin Mama’ PV released!

S/mileage fans who have been waiting for ages just to view the group’s next PV can now celebrate!

Just a little while ago, the group’s PV for their third single, “Onaji Jikyuu de Hataraku Tomodachi no Bijin Mama”, has been released.

The release of the PV comes as a surprise, as it was not expected to be available to the public until September 29th, as that’s the date the single is being released.

Check out the PV under the cut.


Girls to Men held their debut performance

A new group, Girls to Men, held their first ever live performance in Tokyo on Thursday.

Girls to Men is a four member group with gender identity disorder.  The quartet met while receiving hormone replacement therapy at the hospital.

The leader of the group is SAKUYA, who was once a member of Seifuku Kojo Iinkai under the name Takada …


Fujiwara Tatsuya to become a 25-year-old grandfather

Actor Fujiwara Tatsuya will be taking his first ever role in a TV comedy series for ‘Ojiichan wa 25 Sai’.

Fujiwara will play the role of a man who got involved in an accident on a snowy mountain 46 years ago. His body was completely preserved, and was discovered in the present day. Despite being 71 years old, …


Yamamoto Yusuke has a girlfriend?

‘FRIDAY’ reports that earlier this month, actor Yamamoto Yusuke was seen with a woman at his apartment. The woman, who is said to be around 21 years old, entered the apartment together with the actor and spent the night there. They apparently left the apartment at different times the next morning.

FRIDAY also asserted that Yamamoto and the woman have been …


Inagaki Goro to play as Ueto Aya’s brother in ‘Nagareboshi’

SMAP’s Inagaki Goro has been casted for the upcoming FujiTV drama series, ‘Nagareboshi’, which also stars Ueto Aya and Takenouchi Yutaka.

Ueto Aya plays the role of a young woman working in the sex trade just so she could pay off her brother’s debt. Inagaki Goro will play as the remorseless brother who abuses his sister’s love for the sake of …


Winery to pull sales after mention in ‘Kami no Shizuku’

After the appearance of a vintage wine from Chateau le Puy in the finale of live-action ‘Kami no Shizuku’ in March 2009, an undeniable increase in order for the said wine was witnessed. Around 150 orders were placed from Japan and a lot of Japanese fans even came to Paris just to purchase the vintage …


Giant Ayase Haruka Balloon?!

Earlier today, a PR-Event for Panasonic’s digital camerta ‘Lumix FX700’ was held in Shijuku. Of course, the said event was attended by their current image character Ayase Haruka along with her gigantic 10m high Ayase Haruka balloon. Even the actress was surprised at how big it is and told the people, “Please take a picture …


‘KARA MOBILE’ opens in Japan

DoCoMo, Softbank and Au will open a KARA official mobile fanclub site called “KARA MOBILE” for their subscribers.

Since it is a mobile fanclub, it will naturally have KARA member’s biography, discography and latest news about the group. It will also have exclusive content such as latest news, off-shots and video messages of the girl group. …


‘Oniichan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne—!!’ Manga Gets Animation

Futabasha’s Comic High magazine announced that Kusano Koichi’s manga ‘Oniichan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne-!!’ will have a television anime adaptation. It is a story that revolves around the “slightly dangerous relationship” between siblings – Shusuke, a boy who likes risqué books and DVDs and Nao, his younger sister.

This manga has been running since …


Ueto Aya likes Kato Seishiro

After her break up with V6 member Morita Go, has Ueto Aya found someone new? Yes, but not in
a romantic sort of way.

Ueto Aya has been chosen to be the new face for NEXCO (Central Nippon Expressway Company), together with the incredibly cute child actor Kato Seishiro. They will now be informing the public about the upcoming project and its effects, …


anju to cover PENICILLIN’s “Romance”

Fashion model Takahashi Maiko (25) will team up with model/artist Watanabe Nozomi (21) to form the musical duo called ‘anju’. For their first release, they will be singing ‘eye love you ~Romance~‘, and it will be released on the 20th of October. Aside from the duo, the song will also feature PENICILLIN’s vocalist, HAKUEI, thus the song …


Newly disclosed details about the film “Tooku no Sora”

Even though the movie “Tooku no Sora” is only a couple days away from its release on September 25th, more information about the film was just disclosed this week. The film, which is a love story, will star actress Uchiyama Rina (28), and it represents her first starring role since 2006.

The actress plays a young woman, whose …


Kaibutsu-kun, 2010’s best selling drama DVD

‘Kaibutsu-kun‘ DVD box set is now Japan’s best selling DVD for 2010.

From the figures released by the Oricon today, it was revealed that the drama starring Arashi’s Ohno Satoshi have beaten the US drama “24 season 7” box set that was previously no.1.

During the first week of sales for the “Kaibutsu-kun” drama DVD set, it …


Meisa and Meisa for Kit-Kat

Actress Kuroki Meisa attended a launch event this week that centers on the significant change in the flavour of Nestle’s Kit Kat snack. She appeared alongside with her alter ego, Meisa Akagi, who is currently used in Kit Kat CMs.

Kuroki, who said she likes the color black, thereby wearing a black outfit, and Akagi, wearing red, have …


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