On May 2nd, the ceremony for the ‘22nd Japan Movie Critics Award‘ was held in Tokyo and was attended by all the winners who were already announced early April.
Check out the winners and the pictures from the ceremony below!
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Best New Actress (Komori Kazuko Award)
Takei Emi – ‘Kyo, Koi wo Hajimemasu’
Best New Actor (Minami Toshiko Award)
Aoyagi Sho – ‘Kyo, …
'35 Sai no Koukousei' (NTV)
'35 Sai no Koukousei' (NTV)
More than a handful of spring dramas have premiered last week.
Fuji TV unveiled both of their Tuesday prime time dramas on the same date and both of them began with a mediocre start. Neither ‘Kamo, Kyoto e Iku.‘ – starring Matsushita Nao – nor ‘Kasuka na Kanojo‘ – starring Katori Shingo, were able to impress …
On March 5th, it was revealed that actress Sasaki Nozomi will be challenging herself to her first announcer role in Takei Emi’s upcoming drama, ‘Otenki Oneesan‘ (TV Asahi), starting in April.
Sasaki expressed, “Female TV announcers have a gorgeous image, but in reality, I have no idea what their lifestyle is like or what they talk about. So it’s …
On February 27, Video Research Ltd. once again released various statistics about the usage of commercials in 2012. As usual, they concentrated their analysis on the three main regions of Japan (Kanto, Kansai, and Nagoya) and the five main commercial networks.
The results show that the overall amount of commercials slightly increased again in all three regions compared to the previous …
It was announced that Takei Emi will star in TV Asahi’s upcoming late-night mystery drama “Otenki Oneesan” that will begin airing in April.
In the drama, Takei will play as a weather woman named “Abe Haruko.”
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Abe Haruko is somewhat of a weather prodigy as she acquires her qualification to become a certified weather forecaster at the young age of 11. She serves …
On February 7th, an awarding ceremony for the ‘2013 Elan d’or Awards‘ was held at a hotel in Tokyo.
“The Elan d’or Awards” are presented by the All Nippon Producers Association (ANPA) to recognize the producers and promising actors/actresses who achieved outstanding works in domestic movies and TV dramas through the year.
The subjects works for this year were the domestic movies shown …
On January 29th, actress Takei Emi held a presentation event for her wedding dress collection, ‘f-emi collection emi takei‘.
For this collection, Takei designed a total of 14 dresses. At the event, she modeled a pure white dress with pearls glittering across the chest and a sky blue dress with a big ribbon on the back. “I designed them hoping that …
On January 28th, Oscar Promotions held a press conference to reveal their new girls’ unit X21. Actresses Takei Emi and Kutsuna Shiori attended the event as guests to root for their juniors.
X21 is made up of many promising young girls such as Yoshimoto Miyu and Ozawa Nanaka, the two winners of the ‘13th Japan Bishojo Contest’ in 2012. Many other …
Shiseido will air their new CM for ‘MAQuillAGE‘ starting January 20th. The CM will star Takei Emi with Ayaka’s song in the background.
The theme song “Chiisana Ashiato” was written by Ayaka just for ‘MAQuillAGE’. It describes the niceties of a woman’s mind, giving the CM’s worldview depth and color. This song is one of the title tracks to Ayaka’s new single, …
On December 19, actress Takei Emi appeared at the commemorative stage greeting event held at TOHO Cinemas Shibuya (in Shibuya, Tokyo) for the film “Kyo, Koi wo Hajimemasu” (directed by Furusawa Ken.) At the same time, actor Matsuzaka Tori appeared at the Osaka stage greeting event for the film at TOHO Cinemas Umeda (in Kita, Osaka). The events were …
On December 14th, actress Takei Emi attended an awards ceremony for ‘The 54th FECJ Awards‘ to receive the “celebrity of the year” award.
Wearing a black Gucci dress, Takei expressed, “I feel very honored to receive an award like this.” She also declared, “I will do my best everyday to do the work I love. Through it, I want to absorb …
On December 8, actress Takei Emi (18) and actor Matsuzaka Tori (24) appeared a stage greeting event at the TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills in Tokyo for their co-starring film “Kyo, Koi wo Hajimemasu” (directed by Furusawa Ken.)
The romantic film is based off of the popular comic of the same name. At the event, [Takei …
2012 is coming to an end before we know it. This year, there were various up-and-coming actors and actresses who gained popularity in the entertainment industry.
Oricon recently held a poll asking 1,000 people which actors and actresses they thought had their biggest breakthrough. This year, Matsuzaka Tori and Gouriki Ayame were chosen as number 1 in the actor and actress categories …
On November 16, actress Takei Emi made a guest appearance at Tokyo Disney Sea for a one-night only Christmas event called ‘Daiichi Seimei Special Night‘.
Takei, who serves as the image character for Daiichi Seimei, appeared at the event wearing red and white in the image of Santa Claus. She waved a penlight with Mickey Mouse and other Disney characters. The …
On November 9th, actress Takei Emi attended a CM presentation event for ‘Aeon’ wearing a Santa costume.
The CM suggests the many different ways to celebrate Christmas, which is perfect match for Takei, whose birthday is also on December 25th. She commented, “Christmas is also my birthday, so I spend ‘many’ Christmases together with my family and my dog Tea-chan.”
When asked …
