Yamamoto Yusuke to play a villain in new ‘Ring’ movie, ‘Sadako 3D’

Early last year, it was announced that the über-popular horror character ‘Sadako’ from the “The Ring” would be getting her own movie in 2012 called “Sadako 3D“. Last month, the media revealed a few of major cast, in which Ishihara Satomi would play the protagonist (a high school teacher), while Seto Koji will play as her boyfriend (a …


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 …


Shinoda Mariko to appear in “Ouran High School Host Club” movie

As reported previously, the TBS drama “Oura High School Host Club” which was aired in this summer will get movie adaptation starring Kawaguchi Haruna and Yamamoto Yusuke, and today on October 16th, it was announced that AKB48 member, Shinoda Mariko will make an appearance in the movie as a spoiled daughter of a rich family.

“Ouran High School Host …


“Ouran High School Host Club” to get a movie adaption

Today, TBS held a fan event for their midnight drama “Ouran High School Host Club” with the whole cast, including lead actress Kawaguchi Haruna and actor Yamamoto Yusuke. At the event, they also revealed that the drama is going to be made into a movie that is scheduled to open in March of 2012.

The drama and upcoming movie are based …


Drama Prime Time Report – July 22nd~24th

You better not make NANA (Kojima Haruna) your enemy. ("Ikemen desu ne")

You better not make NANA (Kojima Haruna) your enemy. ("Ikemen desu ne")

The ‘Drama Prime Time Report’ for the Weekend is here and let’s look at the couple of question marks that have been raised after the previous ratings, especially at the problematic danso dramas.

On Friday the second episode of “Ikemen desu ne” aired, one of three ‘danso’ dramas this …


Kawaguchi Haruna likes to sniff other people’s arms

TBS recently held a press conference for their upcoming drama “Ouran High School Host Club“, starring actress Kawaguchi Haruna and actor Yamamoto Yusuke.

The drama is set at a wealthy high school – Ouran High School -, and focuses on ‘Fujioka Haruhi‘ (Kawaguchi) who attends the academy as scholarship student. However, she accidentally knocks over an antique vase and becomes …


Check out a video interview with the cast of “Ouran Host Club” + translation!

The cast of “Ouran Host Club” was recently interviewed on TBS’s morning show,”Ousama no Brunch”!

Check out the video and translation below!


Maeda Atsuko is a sweet flower for “Girl’s Entertainment!”

As we previously reported, the popular AKB48 member is the cover girl for twelve different magazines this month, including the June issue of “Girl’s Entertainment!“.

In her spread, Acchan poses with flowers big and small while showing readers a variety of sweet expressions. “Moshidora” co-star Seto Koji, Yamamoto Yusuke, and Matsuzaka Tori also appear in their own separate pictorials.

Check …


Cast confirmed for the upcoming drama adaption of “Ouran High School Host Club”!

The cast for the upcoming drama adaptation of the manga “Ouran High School Host Club” has been confirmed!

As we previously reported, the leads are Yamamoto Yusuke as the host club president Tamaki Suo, and Kawaguchi Haruna as ‘Fujioka Haruhi’. Nakamura Masaya – who recently made headlines when he and new wife Yaguchi Mari announced their marriage


Cast members of “Paradise Kiss” to hold the stage greeting in Ameba Pigg

The cast members of upcoming movie “Paradise Kiss” have announced that they will be holding a stage greeting in the real world and the virtual world.

This special event will first be taking place at the Shibuya CC Lemon Hall on May 30th and will shortly be followed by a virtual stage greeting online on Ameba Pigg. This …


Upcoming movie “Nintama Rantaro” adds more to the cast!

Popular kids anime show “Nintama Rantaro” is being adapted into a live-action version movie, and as we already know, Kato Seishiro will be starring as main character, Rantaro, but recently more cast members for the movie have been announced.

Actors such as Kaga Takeshi, Emoto Akira, Ishibashi Renji, and Yamamoto Yusuke transformed into a variety of characters from the show with …


Manga “Ouran Host Club” to get a live action adaptation!

You can never have too many live-action adapations of mangas (I think?), and to answer the prayers of a lot of fans, they are finally making one for Hatori Bisco’s manga, “Ouran High School Host Club“. The plans were revealed in the July issue of Hakusensha’s “LaLa” tokubon.

The romantic comedy will star Yamamoto Yusuke (“Hanazakari no Kimitachi e“) as the …


“Paradise Kiss” unveils new poster with all main cast members

As many of you already know, Yazawa Ai’s popular manga “Paradise Kiss” will be released as live-action movie on June 4th. Recently, a new poster with all its main cast members has been revealed, and fans were jubilant over the gorgeous art.

In the new poster, Kitagawa Keiko, Mukai Osamu, Yamamoto Yusuke, Igarashi Shunji, Ohmasa Aya, Kaku Kento, and Kato Natsuki …


Kimura Takuya to star in most expensive TBS drama ever, “Nankyoku Tairiku”

Today TBS has announced that they are going to broadcast a new drama in October called “Nankyoku Tairiku ~Kami no Ryouiki ni Idomunda Otoko to Inu no Monogatari~” and that it is going to be the most expensive drama serial in the history of TBS. And who else would be more appropriate for such a huge project than the drama …


Nakai Masahiro shows fighting spirit for upcoming special drama “Aji Ichimonme”

A press conference for upcoming special drama “Aji Ichimonme” was held on January 4th, and cast members Nakai Masahiro (SMAP), Yamamoto Yusuke, Kanjiya Shihori, Takahata Atsuko, and Kobayashi Nenji all showed up.

“Aji Ichimonme” was a popular drama series back in 1995 (the first series),\ and in 1996 (the second series), and there were two special dramas broadcasted in 1997 and in 1998.  Nakai Masahiro …


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