On September 1st, it was revealed that director Tsutsumi Yukihiko (‘TRICK’, ‘20th Century Boys’, ‘SPEC’) is going to adapt Tokyo Seleccion Deluxe’s most popular play, ‘Kuchizuke‘ (‘Kiss’) into a movie starring actress Kanjiya Shihori.
The original play by Tokyo Seleccion Deluxe, who announced their breakup in 2012, was performed in four major cities in 2010 and was sold out for every day. …
It was announced that the live action adaptation of “Detective Conan” will come back after 7 months as a special drama titled, “Kudo Shinichi Kyoto Shinsengumi Satsujin Jiken“, starring Mizobata Junpei.
“Detective Conan (Meitantei Conan)” is Aoyama Gosho’s popular manga that is being serialized on Weekly Shonen Sunday, and its TV anime series had started airing in 1996, and since in …
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 …
Will he find 'that woman'? ("Kasha" - TV Asahi)
Will he find 'that woman'? ("Kasha" – TV Asahi)
Here is the Friday and weekend edition of the the Drama Prime Time Report, highlighted by a Saturday full of mysteries and monsters.
Friday was a fairly normal day in terms of ratings. As expected, “Sengyou Shufu Tantei” (TBS) was able to recover from last week’s blow and at least gained …
The "Marumo no Okite" special brightened the Sunday evening.
The "Marumo no Okite" special brightened the Sunday evening.
It was an interesting and fun week full of variety specials, the “Freeter” and “Marumo no Okite” drama specials, and several new fall dramas have already gave us a nice taste of the upcoming season.
Monday was still a relatively slow day for us drama fans, but at least the quiz show …
"Zenkai Girl" (Fuji TV)
"Zenkai Girl" (Fuji TV)
We are slowly reaching the end of the summer season and getting closer to the climax for most of the dramas as there are only a few episodes left before the final episodes.
The ratings won’t see much of a difference until the finale or second to last episode, depending on the scale of the grand finale, …
You better not mess with 'Ran' (r.) and 'Kazuha'! ("Meitantei Conan" - NTV)
You better not mess with 'Ran' (r.) and 'Kazuha'! ("Meitantei Conan" – NTV)
The “Daegu Athletics World Championships 2011” in Korea begins to take over prime time, but unfortunately it’s not easy to obtain official numbers from TBS. At least for Monday we have the ratings, and with a mark of 16.0%, the world championships are doing great during the …
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 …
Idol groups Not yet and Momoiro Clover Z took over the August edition of men’s magazine “smart“, stunning many with their flawless pictorials!
Not yet member Oshima Yuko takes the front seat for this week’s issue, as she starred in her own set of photos in addition to snagging the cover shot; she also did a spread with her …
American footwear brand, UGG ® Australia, held an opening party, titled “A Celebration of Summer”, in Ginza, Tokyo.
At the luxurious venue, various models wore summer-like outfits, all paired with UGG’s signature sheepskin boots. Actress Okamoto Rei charmed the crowd with her cute blue boots, simple white outfit, and heart-shaped red purse. “Anecan” model Takagi Reiko also made an …
Actress Okamoto Rei (20) appeared in Tokyo on the 18th at a commemorative sales event for her Image DVD “Doki☆Doki Vacation“ (¥1980 on Liverpool website). Although she was filmed in Bali dressed in native islander outfits as well as in swimsuits, she showed a bit of shyness as she said “I looked like an entirely different person. When I think …
On March 28th, main cast members of the upcoming movie “Koukou Debut“, which Mizobata Junpei and Ohno Ito star in, gathered at Tokyo FM Hall, and sent yells for earthquake victims.
This day was planned to be a private showing for the movie, however, it was changed to the event to send the supportive messages to the victims. Other …
Actress and model Okamoto Rei is going to turn 20 in June and decided to release her first photobook called “OKAMO“. The photobook was created as a great memory of her final days as a teenager.
The photobook perfectly shows off the cute and youthful side of the rising actress. All the pictures were shot in Thailand and features an innocent …
"Hand out your report or we have to arrest you!"
"Hand out your report or we have to arrest you!"
It was rather difficult to find the ratings of all the shows for the weekend, but at least the drama ratings should be complete.
Thursday was a holiday, but shows aired as usual due to Friday being a normal workday (unless you took a leave in order to gain a long …
The ratings from Monday through Thursday contained no big surprises. ”Freeter” and “Aibo” outdid themselves once again, while “Nagareboshi” continued its roller coaster ride of ratings. “Ougon no Buta” and “Iryu 3” have aired their final and extended episodes that pushed up their average ratings quite a bit. In the end, Iryu was only 0.1% better than Ougon, ratings-wise at …
