Yamamoto Yusuke shows off his AKB48-style cosplay

On December 2nd, Yamamoto Yusuke, Mizobata Junpei, and Okamoto Rei held an interview before appearing in Ever Green Entertainment’s event, “Ever Green Entertainment Show 2011 vol.2” at Shinagawa Stellar Ball.

In the stage play segment of the event, Yamamoto plays a ‘homosexual character’ who wears an AKB48 costume. When reporters asked, “Is that your true self?“, Yamamoto responded, “I’m really not like …


Abe Hiroshi, Aragaki Yui, and Mizobata Junpei announces the completion of “Kirin no Tsubasa” filming

On October 28th, the stars movie “Kirin no Tsubasa” (to be released January 28th), Abe Hiroshi (47), Aragaki Yui (23), Mizobata Junpei (22), and Tanaka Rena (31) attended the film completion event.

As tokyohive reported back in June, “Kirin no Tsubasa” is a movie adaptation of the TBS drama “Shinzanmono“.  Late in the casting stage, Aragaki was added to …


Mizobata Junpei gets cast in upcoming drama, “Mitsu no Aji ~A Taste Of Honey~”

Actor Mizobata Junpei has landed a role in the upcoming drama, “Mitsu no Aji ~A Taste of Honey~“, which will premiere in October.

The drama will star Eikura Nana, Kanno Miho, and ARATA, who are involved in a complicated love triangle. Mizobata, meanwhile, will play a medical student who’s a classmate of Eikura’s.

Since it’s his first time playing …


Which young male celebrities are easiest to approach?

In this world, you can usually categorize people with the following: those easiest to approach and those who are difficult to approach. This applies to the entertainment industry as well.

goo Ranking was curious about this and asked its users, ‘Which of the young male celebrities are easiest to approach?‘

Check out who came out on top below!

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1. Aiba Masaki

2. Kiritani Kenta

3. …


Hirosue Ryoko makes first public appearance after pregnancy, receives beauty award

On September 1st, actress Hirosue Ryoko attended an awards ceremony for “The Best of Beauty 2011“. This was the first time she made a public appearance after giving birth to her second son in March.

The press asked, “Is you newlywed life going well? Is your child healthy?“, to which she responded, “Yes, thank you.”

Last October, Hirosue married candle artist CANDLE …


Matsuzaka Tori and Okamoto Rei to star in “Detective Conan” drama!

On August 14th, the additional cast for the current on-air drama, “Meitantei Conan Kudou Shinichi e no Chousenjou”, has just been named!

It was revealed that Matsuzaka Tori will play ‘Hattori Heiji‘, the rival to main lead Mizobata Junpei; meanwhile, Okamoto Rei will play ‘Toyama Kazuha‘, Hattori’s love interest. Matsuzaka, who is originally from Kanagawa, expressed …


AKB48’s Akimoto Sayaka cries at her surprise birthday party

On July 19th at the filming of “Meitantei Conan: Kudou Shinichi no Chousenjou” at Saitama Prefecture, a surprise event occurred for AKB48’s Akimoto Sayaka’s 23rd birthday.

After she received her unexpected present from Mizobata Junpei and the staff, she said, “How wonderful… this is my first time celebrating my birthday during filming,” and began crying from the surprise. Akimoto, whose …


Drama Prime Time Report – July 11th~14th

"Meitantei Conan"(NTV)

"Meitantei Conan"(NTV)

Fuji TV’s ‘Getsu 9′ (Monday 9pm) drama “Zenkai Girl“, starring Aragaki Yui and Nishikido Ryo, finally started on Monday where we previously discussed its initial rating of 14.3% the other day.

The rating doesn’t seem that bad compared to the other starts this season, but ‘Getsu 9′ dramas always bear a special burden due to the prestigious time …


Drama Prime Time Report – July 04th~07th

Horikita Maki is also happy that the summer season has begun!

Horikita Maki is also happy that the summer season has begun!

The first batch of summer dramas have already begun airing in the first half of this week, with the 43rd season of “Mito Komon” kicking things off on Monday, followed by the interactive drama experiment “Piece Vote“.

“Mito Komon” started with 10%, a common rating for the long-lasting drama series. …


Oricon surveys 1,000 girls on the most anticipated dramas this summer

Oricon Style’s print magazine “Only Star” surveyed 1,000 girls in their teens and twenties about their most anticipated summer dramas. The publication wanted to know which actor or actress these ladies were most looking forward to this season.

According to the results, most girls anticipated the ‘rebirth’ of the “Hanazakari no Kimi Tachi e“, starring AKB48’s most popular member Maeda Atsuko. …


Aragaki Yui joins Abe Hiroshi for upcoming “Shinzanmono” movie

Today it was revealed that actress Aragaki Yui was added to the cast of the upcoming movie “Kirin no Tsubasa“, a movie adaption of the popular drama series “Shinzanmono“, starring actor Abe Hiroshi.

The actress will play the girlfriend of the prime suspect in a mysterious murder case that happened in front of the statue of the winged giraffe in Nihonbashi, …


Which actor had his big break in the first half of 2011?

With the first half of 2011 coming to an end, ORICON STYLE has released the results of the poll that asked, “Which actor had their big break in the first half of 2011?”.

First place went to Mukai Osamu after starring in the NHK morning drama ‘Gege no Nyoubo‘, along with his recent movie release, ‘Paradise Kiss‘. On top of …


EXILE’s AKIRA to guest star in “Detective Conan: Kudo Shinichi no Chousenjou”!

Today, it was revealed that EXILE’s AKIRA will take on a role of one of the suspects in the first episode of “Detective Conan: Kudo Shinichi no Chousenjou”.

Last year, AKIRA won the Newcomer Award from at Japanese Film Critics Award for his first role in a movie, “Chanto Tsutaeru”. Furthermore, he is currently starring in a major role …


Mizobata Junpei celebrates his 22nd birthday!

It was announced today that actor Mizobata Junpei (22) began filming for his leading role drama, “Detective Conan:  Kudo Shinichi e no Chousenjou”, which starts airing on July 7th (every Thursday at 11:58 PM). His co-star, Kutsuna Shiori (18), will play his childhood friend, Ran.

Since today was also Mizobata Junpei’s 22nd birthday, Kutsuna Shiori and staff had prepared a surprise …


“Shinzanmono” movie to be released in 2012!

Earlier this year, the popular drama series “Shinzanmono” came back with a special episode titled, “Akai Yubi~ 「Shinzanmono」 Kaga Kyouichiro Futatabi!”

Abe Hiroshi, who starred in series as “Kaga Kyoichiro“, will return for the ninth installment of the series, titled “Kirin no Tsubasa“.

The book of the same name was published two month and has sold about 300,000 copies, so success at …


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