Aragaki Yui & Ohno Satoshi in 'Mou Yuukai Nante Shinai' (Fuji TV)
Last week, NHK’s taiga drama ‘Taira no Kiyomori’ basically opened the quasi first week of the 2012 drama winter season. Two other dramas and a mini series also already aired their first episodes. However, it was the drama specials that really knew how to keep us drama addicts entertained throughout the whole week.
You can check out the ratings and details after the cut!
Fighting against the other networks... Abe Hiroshi in 'Saka no Ue no Kumo' (NHK)
Fighting against the other networks… Abe Hiroshi in 'Saka no Ue no Kumo' (NHK)
Here is the Friday and weekend edition of the the Drama Prime Time Report, highlighted by the drama specials, ‘Ranma 1/2‘ and ‘Akujotachi no Mes‘, a new season-low for ‘Yokai Ningen Bem‘, and a gradually improving ‘Nankyoku Tairiku‘.
Friday’s prime time began with two specials, the …
On December 6th, actress Ryo announced that she’s pregnant with her second baby! According to her agency, she is currently 5 months pregnant, and will be giving birth next spring.
It was also announced that Ryo will make an appearance in the upcoming drama, ‘Renai NEET ~Wasureta Koi no Hajimekata‘, as a character who is pregnant. The actress commented, “I …
On November 28th, actress Nakama Yukie attended a press conference for the upcoming 3D film, “Tempest“.
Set in the late Edo period, the film portrays the story of a woman named Mazuru, who disguises herself as Son Neion to protect the Ryukyu Kingdom. It started off as a stage play back in February, and was later adapted into a drama series …
Today it was announced that actress Nakama Yukie is going star as a career woman in the upcoming TBS drama “Renai NEET ~Wasureta Koi no Hajime Kata~“.
“Renai NEET” is a romantic comedy about six individuals between twenty and forty, who all are fortunate to be in a good social position yet fail to advance in the professional called love. The …
Fuji TV has announced that they’ll be airing a special drama called “Akujotachi no Mes“, starring the bewitching Nakama Yukie as a cold-blooded surgeon. Seto Asaka, the wife of V6’s Inohara Yoshihiko, will also be starring in her first role since giving birth to a baby boy in March 2010.
“Akujotachi no Mes” is based on a novel called, “Incident… Akujotachi …
As reported earlier, an award ceremony for the “Tokyo Drama Awards 2011” which was the main event of International Drama Festival in TOKYO was recently held. Ninomiya Kazunari, Suzuki Kyoka, Ashida Mana, Uchino Masaaki, Mitsushima Hikari, Nakama Yukie, Oishi Shizuka, and more showed up at the ceremony.
This is the 4th year for the “Tokyo Drama Awards”, and …
We’ve seen quite a lot of dramas with a female detective in the leading role. Numerous actresses already gained a stab at such roles, with some of them transforming into a detective for the first time in their careers.
Unfortunately, some of the younger actresses weren’t exactly 100% convincing in their roles, which also becomes clear when looking at the most …
On August 3rd, actress Nakama Yukie attended a press event for a new model of Panasonic’s steamer product ‘Nano Care‘. At the event she was named general manager for the “Beauty Department’ where she remarked, “I’ve been using the product line for some time. It’s because I’m general manager“.
Panasonic announced four new products for this upcoming fall season at this …
Online portal site Mantan Web recently surveyed random men and women between the ages of 20 to 50 on which celebrity had the best voice. The results of this survey were recently revealed on their website.
Check out the results below!
“Which male celebrity has the best voice?”
1. Fukuyama Masaharu (172 votes)
2. Kirin – Kawashima Akira (80 votes)
3. Tamaki Hiroshi (74 votes)
4. …
"We've made it!"
"We've made it!"
The Drama Prime Time Report is back after we had to skip the report for March 11th~13th due to the emergency earthquake/tsunami broadcasts on all channels and the resulting cancellation of all dramas that aired during those days. Even NHK decided to cancel the broadcast of their taiga drama on Sunday, which had been unheard of for …
On Monday “Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta” reached a new season-high, but it’s still a bit lacking for a Monday drama.
The viewership of the Tuesday drama “CONTROL” didn’t change at all while “Utsukushii Rinjin” was able to climb up to 13.6%.
“Aibou season9” has come to an end on Wednesday with another 2h special that achieved 20%, …
"It's those ratings again..."
"It's those ratings again…"
On Monday, “Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta” managed to stay above 10%, but had to give away 1.1% compared to last week.
Unfortunately, the ratings for the Tuesday dramas “CONTROL” and “Utsukushii Rinjin” decreased as well, probably due to a very strong final episode of the show, “Kaikin! Story“.
“Aibou Season 9” wasn’t able …
Actress Nakama Yukie (31) has been chosen as the ambassador of NHK’s new channel, “BS Premium”, which will launch on April 1st, and held a press conference at NHK Tokyo on March 1st.
Upon accepting the title, Nakama expressed, “I’m honored to be able to take on the role of the first ambassador [of BS Premium] and …
Wake up! No time for love, the ratings are here!!
Wake up! No time for love, the ratings are here!!
The recent progress of the story, “Taisetsu na Koto wa Subete Kimi ga Oshiete Kureta” on Monday must have hooked a few more viewers than normal as the ratings continued to improve a little. The fifth episode achieved an average of 12.1% and therefore performed the best for the season …
