On May 15, TBS announced that for the upcoming season they will be adapting Ikeido Jun’s much-discussed novels about the economic bubble into a TV drama titled ‘Hanzawa Naoki‘ (tentative), starring actor Sakai Masato as the protagonist.
The drama is based on Ikeido’s novels ‘Oretachi Bubble Nyuukou-gumi‘ and ‘Oretachi Hana no Bubble-gumi‘. Sakai plays an unconventional and charming banker named ‘Hanzawa …
The free mobile chat and mail application LINE released a new set of CMs starring their new main image character, Ishihara Satomi.
In the new CM, ‘Satomi’ and the rest of the ‘LINE Theater Troupe’ have to work on their facial expressions and do so by imitating various of the popular LINE stickers from the application. The rest of the troupe is …
It was announced that actress Kashii Yu will be making an appearance on the upcoming TV Asahi drama “Nobubaga no Chef.”
Kis-My-Ft2 member Tamamori Yuta will also star in the drama and it tells a story about a French chef named “Ken” (Tamamori) who time slips back to the Sengoku period. Ken is faced with some difficult problems as the chef …
On October 16th, Fuji TV announced that they are going to air a special episode of their 2012 winter drama ‘Lucky Seven‘ starring Arashi’s Matsumoto Jun in spring 2013.
The drama followed a team of seven private detectives that struggled with various difficult cases. Matsumoto was supported by an ensemble of great actors such as Eita, Matsushima Nanako, Oizumi Yo, and …
It recently was announced that actor Oikawa Mitsuhiro would graduate from being the partner of Mizutani Yutaka in the popular crime series ‘Aibou’ (TV Asahi).
Oikawa has been playing the role of Sugishita Ukyo’s (Mizutani) partner since season 8, which began in October 2009, and will graduate from that position after the end of the currently airing season 10. Of course this doesn’t mean the end of the series and therefore everyone is curious about who is going become the next partner.
You can find out the result of goo’s online and mobile poll after the cut!
On February 9th, five Japanese actors with a promising future were honored at the ‘2012 Elan d’or Awards’. The five recipients were Hasegawa Hiroki, Anne, Inoue Mao, Kora Kengo, and Yoshitaka Yuriko.
Hasegawa Hiroki experienced a sudden popularity boost thanks to his performance in the 2011 hit drama, ‘Kaseifu no Mita‘. The starring actress of that drama, Matsushima Nanako, also made …
Left: Mizutani Yutaka, Right: Oikawa Mitsuhiro
Left: Mizutani Yutaka, Right: Oikawa Mitsuhiro
It’s been announced that actor Oikawa Mitsuhiro will graduate from TV asahi’s popular drama series, ‘Aibou‘, after season 10 concludes in March.
‘Aibou’ is a detective series that began in 2000, centering around a genius inspector named “Sugishita Ukyo’ (played by Mizutani Yutaka), who belongs to the “special mission task force” of the Metropolitan Police …
Oikawa Mitsuhiro has announced that he’ll be releasing a new original album titled “Ginga Densetsu“! on March 21st.
This is his first album in two years since February 2010’s “Utsukushiki Bokura no Sekai“. Scheduled to hit stores on March 21st, the album will be released under the name, “Oikawa Mitsuhiro&THE FANTASTIX“.
To promote the album, a special site called “Ginga …
Getting ready for an evening full of dramas! ("Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu" - Fuji TV)
Getting ready for an evening full of dramas! ("Watashi ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu" – Fuji TV)
For this week’s first of two Drama Prime Time Reports, we get to look at six new fall dramas, four of them reaching ratings of 17.0% and beyond, and a very stable “Kaseifu no Mita“.
On Monday, Fuji TV aired the first episode of …
Mizutani Yutaka (l.) and Oikawa Mitsuhiro are partners again for "Aibou Season 10"
Mizutani Yutaka (l.) and Oikawa Mitsuhiro are partners again for "Aibou Season 10"
TV Asahi finally made an official announcement regarding the 10th season of the popular crime drama “Aibou” which stars Mizutani Yutaka (59) as Japan’s most popular TV detective, ‘Sugishita Ukyo‘.
With the announcement, TV Asahi also denied all the preceding rumors by naming Oikawa Mitsuhiro (41) …
Most people already agree that we’re going to see a 10th season of the popular “Aibou” drama series in the upcoming fall and winter season, but rumors about Oikawa Mitsuhiro (41) leaving the show still haven’t died down.
Many people are not expecting him to play Mizutani Yutaka’s (59) partner in the 10th season and therefore there’s much speculation about a …
goo Ranking recently opened up a poll to its users, asking which celebrity they were most surprised to hear a marriage announcement from.
Coming in first place is Kato Cha, who shocked people everywhere when he announced his marriage to a girl 45 years his junior earlier this week. Second place goes to the celebrity couple Kimura Takuya and Kudo …
On July 27th, actor/singer Oikawa Mitsuhiro (41) and actress Dan Rei (39) announced that they got married, and officially registered their marriage on the 27th.
The couple first met each other when they co-stared in TV Asashi’s drama “Aibou Season8 New Year’s day special” which started filming back in November of 2009. Oikawa and Dan began dating shortly thereafter, and decided to …
