On April 7th, the cast of the movie ‘SPEC~Ten‘, including the two lead actors Toda Erika and Kase Ryo, attended the opening day stage greeting for the film at Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills in Tokyo.
The very high popularity of the ‘SPEC’ series was evident by the large number of fans who tried to get into the overcrowded venue. After a …
On April 7th, it was revealed that Sanrio’s Hello Kitty will be collaborating with the horror film character “Sadako” from the popular ‘Ring‘ film series.
Sanrio decided on this collaboration after hearing that “Sadako” would be returning in a new film called ‘Sadako 3D‘. Hello Kitty has been redesigned with Sadako’s long, black hair and dress …
Actor Abe Sadao and actress Kanno Miho will be playing a married couple in a new movie titled ‘Kiseki no Ringo’.
The movie is based on a non-fiction novel by Ishikawa Takuji, which has sold an exceptional 260,000 copies. It will be directed by Nakamura Yoshihiro, who is known for ‘Team Bautista no Eikou’.
‘Kiseki no Ringo’ is about an …
It’s been a little over a month since the disbandment of Tokyo Jihen, and now, Shiina Ringo has officially resumed her solo career! She will be providing her new song, “Jiyuu e Michizure“, for the upcoming drama, ‘ATARU’.
Starring SMAP’s Nakai Masahiro, ‘ATARU’ tells the story of a man with autism and savant syndrome, who …
On April 6th, Oricon revealed the results of their survey and unveiled the most anticipated drama of the upcoming season.
It has become a regular custom for Oricon to ask 1,000 men and women before the start of every new season about their most anticipated upcoming drama. The end results aren’t that surprising considering the steady popularity of idol group Arashi. …
On April 6th, TV Asahi’s music program, MUSIC STATION aired a 3-hour special episode “MUSIC STATION 3-hour Special” featuring a heavyweight lineup of guests.
On the special episode, Mr. Children made their first appearance in 3 years and 3 months since they last appeared on the show back in December 2008. Additionally, Rihanna, Fukuyama Masaharu, KARA, Kis-My-Ft2, Porno Graffitti, and Superfly …
Actor Oguri Shun will be starring in the new CM for Ajinomoto as ‘Mutta’ from his upcoming film, ‘Uchuu Kyodai’.
The CM starts with two brothers, who dream of going to space one day, eating tamago kake gohan (rice with raw egg usually seasoned with soy sauce). Although they promise to become astronauts, the CM shows the brothers …
AKB48’s Oshima Yuko will be the voice behind animated protagonist ‘Merida’ in the upcoming Disney Pixar film, ‘Merida to Osoroshi no Mori‘ (‘Brave‘)!
This will be Oshima’s first time voice acting for a Hollywood film. She commented, “[I'm wondering] how I’m going to play this role. I’m already excited yet nervous at the same time.”
Set in Scotland, the movie …
On April 5th,the new Fuji TV drama ‘Kagi no Kakatta Heya‘ held a press conference in Tokyo, where they announced that Arashi’s upcoming single “Face Down” has been chosen as the drama’s theme song. The protagonist of the drama, Ohno Satoshi, attended this conference with co-stars Toda Erika and Sato Koichi.
With “Face Down”, Arashi set a new …
Last month, Tokyohive reported Kanjani8 will star in their first movie ‘Eight Ranger’, a Sentai parody corner performed at their concerts.
The movie is scheduled to hit the theater on July 28th, and their trailer was released on April 4th. In the trailer, 7 costumed members make up “Eight Ranger”. The theme song by Kanjani8 is titled, “ER” (Eight …
On April 3rd, actress Toda Erika (23) and actor Kase Ryo (37) made an appearance at the ‘Haru ni ShoTen! SPEC Festival’.
This event was held to promote their starring drama DVD ‘SPEC ~Sho~’ (to release on the 4th) and their upcoming movie ‘SPEC ~Ten~ (to hit theaters on the 7th) and approximately 1,000 fans of …
Drama Prime Time Report – March 26th~April 1st
Drama Prime Time Report – March 26th~April 1st
A few late-night dramas, a few drama specials, and one suffering taiga drama.
One more week and the first prime time dramas of the spring season will finally premiere on Japanese TV, but until then we will have to kill the time with the few leftovers, some drama specials, and of course many …
Actress Motokariya Yuika has been appointed as the new MC for the TBS variety program, ‘Ousama no Brunch’!
Motokariya will fill in former MC Yuka’s spot starting on April 7th. She will work alongside actor Tanihara Shosuke, who has been a part of the show since 2007.
‘Ousama no Brunch’ started back in April of 1996, making this the program’s …
"Bokura ga Ita" / "Doraemon" / "Sherlock Holmes"
"Bokura ga Ita" / "Doraemon" / "Sherlock Holmes"
The lack of competition resulted in another easy win for “Doraemon” and an almost identical weekend box office chart to last week.
It was the last weekend of the spring holidays and it seems like there were still a lot of families left that didn’t watch the latest adventure of “Doraemon“. In the …
