Yamashita Tomohisa in new Weider in Jelly CM

A new CM for Weider in Jelly starring Yamashita Tomohisa (NEWS) will start airing on October 1st. In the CM, Yamashita tries “Battle Royale Tennis”, which is a tennis match with more than 100 people.

This is the first time for Yamashita to play tennis, and although he enjoyed the match with 100 people, he rather try regular tennis, as in a one VS one.


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 …


Haruma Miura & Kitagawa Keiko for Knorr CM

Actor Haruma Miura and actress Keiko Kitagawa made an appearance at the CM presentation for Ajinomoto’s Knorr Cup Soup earlier today in Tokyo.

The commercial will air starting from September 24th in Japan. In the commercial, the two of them will be representing two different ways of enjoying the Knorr Cup Soup. Haruma Miura will be representing “Tsuke-Pan”, where …


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, …


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 …


Takei Emi: First teenager image model for “TSUBAKI”

SHISEIDO’s haircare brand, “TSUBAKI” will release a new line called “TSUBAKI WATER” (a hair treatment product that you don’t need to wash off), and they’ve added Takei Emi (16) as the CM’s image model. There have been many actresses and models for previous


ARASHI’s Matsumoto Jun to appear as a priest in a CM

On September 22, Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun attended an event for the commercial presentation of Daio paper’s newest product, ‘+Water’ tissues.

In the commercial, Matsumoto is clad in priest’s clothes waiting at the altar for people who wish to take the “vow of moisture”. ‘+Water’ boasts 170% more liquid component than previous Daio paper’s product, so it guarantees complete moisture …


KAT-TUN’s Kamenashi meets childhood hero

KAT-TUN’s Kamenashi Kazuya failed to hide his excitement while meeting former pro baseball player, and current sports reporter, Furuta Atsuya at an event for Panasonic.

The event was called Panasonic BEAUTY – a line for men’s electronic products – which Kamenashi Kazuya promotes. Even though Kamenashi was there to promote the products, he couldn’t help but talk about baseball …


Ninomiya Kazunari’s new CM available online

Seems like Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari will soon invade the television screens of Japan. His CM for Hitachi’s refrigerator line is going to air not long after his CM for “スープdeおこげ (Su-pu de Okoge)“. This product, which is highly popular among working women, has been endorsed by Ninomiya since 2007.

You can view the CM on …


Watarirouka Hashiritai to appear in CM with Tamaki Hiroshi

Left to right: Ohta Aika, Hirajima Natsumi, Kikuchi Ayaka, Watanabe Mayu, Nakagawa Haruka

Left to right: Ohta Aika, Hirajima Natsumi, Kikuchi Ayaka, Watanabe Mayu, Nakagawa Haruka

Watarirouka Hashiritai (spin-off unit from AKB 48) will appear in a CM for NEC’s new laptop “LaVie L”. This is the first time the members appear in a CM, and also the first time that they dress up in maid costumes.

In the CM, they will chase after …


AKB48’s Shinoda Mariko reveals her love philosophy

On September 15th, AKB48 member Shinoda Mariko arrived at the press conference for new video distribution program “LISMO Channel(Video)“, which targets mobile phone (au), PC, and CATV platforms. Every Monday and Friday, “LISMO Channel(Video)” will distribute videos of the latest movies, dramas, animes, and variety shows for 5 minutes.

Since AKB48 just released their dating fantasy game on the 14th, …


Kobayashi Mao promotes new Lotteria burger

Actress/TV presenter Kobayashi Mao (28) attended a launching event for the new Lotteria burger CM this week.  The CM features the new “ebimayo” (prawn mayonnaise) burger.

The actress is also well known as the wife of celebrated kabuki actor, Ichikawa Ebizo (32), and part of the reason Mao was chosen to endorse the product is because of their “Brangelina”-like couple …


Behind the scenes of Ninomiya Kazunari’s newest Hitachi CM

Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari was chosen to advertise the refrigerators for an eco-friendly line of Hitachi home appliances.  This will be the third CM made for the line, as Sakurai Sho and Aiba Masaki have already released commercials for the line’s vacuum cleaner and washing machine, respectively.

The CM will feature Ninomiya coming into his apartment and finding a …


Ikuta Toma to star in new Final Fantasy XIV CM

Ikuta Toma has been chosen as the new image character for the “Final Fantasy XIV” (for Windows version) CM, and held a press conference on the 14th.  Toma wore armor and weapons from “FF” for the CM, and said, “I felt like I was in the world of Final Fantasy.  The armor was well made, so I was very excited.”

The …


SMAP collaborates with Ishikawa Ryo for Lotte CM

It was revealed by Oricon that pro-golfer Ishikawa Ryo will star in a new CM for Lotte’s  “Green Gum”, which will use SMAP’s song “Glamorous” as the main theme.

Ishikawa said that he felt honored to be working with such national pop stars and that he had been listening to their songs ever since he was young.  SMAP’s “夜空ノムコウ (Yozora no …


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