On May 13th, it was announced that actress Ishihara Satomi is going to star in the TBS special drama ‘Koi‘ this fall.
‘Koi‘ is based on a novel of the same name by writer Koike Mariko, and is being appraised has Koike’s best work and was awarded with the Naoki Prize in 1995. The story is set in the early 1970s …
On February 14th, an award ceremony for “The 55th Blue Ribbon Awards” was held at Iino Hall.
Customarily, the winners of Best Actor and Best Actress from the last year, participated as the emcees for the event, and therefore, Takenouchi Yutaka and Nagasaku Hiromi took the roles of emcees this year.
For both Takenouchi and Nagasaku, it was their very …
On December 25th, it was announced that the popular Fuji TV drama ‘Rich Man, Poor Woman‘ – starring Oguri Shun and Ishihara Satomi – is going to return with a special episode this coming spring.
The drama portrayed the relationship between ‘Hyuga Toru’ (Oguri), a young billionaire and manager of an innovative IT company, and the unemployed female college student ‘Natsui …
Actress Ishihara Satomi and actor Iura Arata have been elected for the ‘Best Formalist 2012‘ award by the Japan Formal Association (JAFA) and received the awards at a ceremonial event in Tokyo on November 14th.
Of course both actors followed a formal dress code for the event. Ishihara was wearing a beautiful pink dress that she helped design and commented, “I …
On October 4th, Arashi’s Aiba Masaki (29) appeared at the 29th annual “Best Jeanist 2012” award ceremony in Tokyo where it was announced that he had won the award for the second year in a row based on a general vote. The awards are given out based on a national vote as various celebrities are voted on who suits jeans the most.
Aiba, …
Fuji TV has just announced their Monday drama (‘Getsu 9′) for the upcoming summer season and it’s going to star Oguri Shun and Ishihara Satomi in a modern Japanese version of ‘Pretty Woman‘ called ‘Rich Man, Poor Woman‘.
Oguri plays a billionaire and manager of a major IT company. Similar to the life of Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg, he had become …
