Kurihara Rui to make his acting debut with ‘Zekkyou Gakkyuu’

Popular model Kurihara Rui will be making his acting debut.

His first appearance as an actor will be in upcoming horror movie “Zekkyou Gakkyuu” starring Kawaguchi Haruna.

“Zekkyou Gakkyuu” is based on an ongoing horror comic on “Ribbon” (Shueisha) written by Ishikawa Emi. The live-action adaptation will mainly consist of the stories “Yomi no Shinjitsu” (from the 3rd volume) and “Ningen Rank” …


Kawaguchi Haruna to star in a live-action adaptation of “Zekkyou Gakkyuu”

It’s been announced that actress Kawaguchi Haruna will star in horror movie “Zekkyou Gakkyuu” that is set for release early summer.

“Zekkyou Gakkyuu” is based on an ongoing horror comic on “Ribbon” (Shueisha) written by Ishikawa Emi. The live-action adaptation will mainly consist of the stories “Yomi no Shinjitsu” (from the 3rd volume) and “Ningen Rank” (from the 8th volume).

The story …


Kawaguchi Haruna to release her 2nd photo book

It’s been revealed that actress Kawaguchi Haruna will be releasing her 2nd photo book titled ‘haruna 2‘ on March 24th.

To coincide Kawaguchi’s graduation from high school, the theme of the photo book is “graduation”. She gave its appeal saying, “Please look at the last of my high school life from various perspectives!”

In the photo book, Kawaguchi will return with her …


Kawaguchi Haruna to hold her first fan club event

It’s been revealed that actress Kawaguchi Haruna (17) will be holding her first fan club event, ‘Sotsugyou‘ (‘Graduation’), in March.

After graduating from high school this spring, Kawaguchi plans to focus on her acting career. The event will celebrate the start of a new chapter together with her fans. “I’m very excited. I’m very happy because I usually don’t have the …


Nagasawa Masami and more added to the cast of ‘Bokutachi no Koukan Nikki’

On October 29th, it was announced that actress Nagasawa Masami is going to appear in a supporting role in Uchimura Teruyoshi’s second movie ‘Bokutachi no Koukan Nikki‘.

‘Bokutachi no Koukan Nikki’ is an adaptation of Suzuki Osamu’s novel ‘Geinin Koukan Nikki ~Yellow Hearts no Monogatari~‘ and depicts the struggles of a comedic duo in the Japanese world of entertainment. Suzuki himself …


Kawaguchi Haruna holds release event for her calendar

On October 21st, actress Kawaguchi Haruna held a release event for her 2013 calendar.

Kawaguchi, who is currently in her final year of high school, revealed, “I have an English and world history test at school tomorrow, so I’m planning on studying right after the event.” She added, “But I don’t have any confidence… I just have to …


‘GTO’ to air two-hour special episode in October

On September 11th, it was announced that the remake of ‘GTO‘ (Fuji TV) is going to return with a two-hour special episode in October.

The ‘GTO’ remake stars EXILE’s AKIRA as ‘Onizuka Eikichi’ and just aired its final episode on the 11th. In the upcoming special, he will have to face corrupt politicians and use all of his energy in order to …


Kawaguchi Haruna cast as heroine for upcoming “Kindaichi” special drama

It’s been announced that actress Kawaguchi Haruna will be playing the heroine for the upcoming special drama “Kindaichi Shonen no Jikenbo Hongkong Kowloon Treasure Murder Case.”

The heroine ‘Nanase Miyuki’ has been played by Tomosaka Rie, Suzuki Anne, and Ueno Juri in the past, so Kawaguchi will be the 4th generation ‘Nanase Miyuki’. Kawaguchi, who claimed to be a big fan …


More cast members revealed for upcoming drama ‘GTO’

As reported previously, Fuji TV will be making a remake of popular drama “GTO (Great Teacher Onizuka)” starring EXILE’s performer AKIRA. Recently, more cast members for the upcoming drama have been revealed.

Revealed cast members include Takimoto Miori as the heroine “Fuyutsuki Azusa”, Shirota Yu as “Danma Ryuji” (Onizuka’s friend and manager of a cafe), Yamamoto Yusuke as “Saejima Toshiyuki” (Onizuka’s …


Drama Prime Time Report – April 23rd~April 26th

Drama Prime Time Report – April 23rd~April 26th

Drama Prime Time Report – April 23rd~April 26th

Two new dramas and many bad second episodes!

On Monday, ‘Hancho‘ (TBS) was still doing okay despite a drop of 1.1% (11.4%) with its third episode, while ‘Kagi no Kakatta Heya‘ (Fuji TV) wasn’t able to pull all viewers from the first episode over to the second. However, falling just 1.8% the latter didn’t …


Kawaguchi Haruna & Hayami Mokomichi attend press conference for ‘Houkago wa Mystery to tomo ni’

On April 7th, actress Kawaguchi Haruna and actor Hayami Mokomichi attended a press conference for their drama, ‘Houkago wa Mystery to tomo ni.’

As his first time co-starring with Kawaguchi, Hayami commented on his first impressions on the actress saying, “When she first came to greet me, her first words were ,’Your skin is dark.’ I thought …


Cast of “Ouran High School Host Club” movie appear at stage greeting

On March 17th, the cast of “Ouran High School Host Club” attended the movie’s first stage greeting at Shinjuku Piccadilly.

Actress Kawaguchi Haruna expressed, “It’s a film that is filled with our love. I didn’t think there would be such a warm place, that’s how much help I had from everyone. I’m sad that I won’t be able to …


Kawaguchi Haruna and Hayami Mokomichi to star in new comedy-mystery drama

Actress Kawaguchi Haruna and actor Hayami Mokomichi will star in a new mystery-comedy drama called “Houkago wa Mystery to tomo ni“.

Kawaguchi will play the main protagonist, ‘Kirigamine Ryou‘, a tomboyish second year student, while Hayami will play the role of a ‘Ishizaki Hiromi‘, a teacher. Kirigamine is the vice-president of detective club and she is trying to solve mysterious affairs …


Kawaguchi Haruna experiences her first bubble bath for first photo book

Young actress Kawaguchi Haruna announced that she’s going to release her first photo book with the title, “haruna” on March 20th.

The pictures were taken in her home town on the Goto Islands in Nagasaki. You can even see her alma mater and her home on some of the 96 pages. Other locations include the warm island of Ishigaki in Okinawa.

She …


Cast of ‘Ouran High School Host Club’ to make a special appearance in the drama ‘Shirato Osamu no Jikenbo’

Today it was made public that the main cast of the upcoming movie ‘Ouran High School Host Club‘ is going to make a special appearance in the currently airing drama ‘Shirato Osamu no Jikenbo‘ (TBS), starring Chiba Yudai.

In July of 2011, before the upcoming live-action movie adaptation of ‘Ouran High School Host Club’, TBS broadcast a live-action drama with the …


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