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news: artiste
[JAPAN][Wai Wai] Sourpuss thespian Sawajiri snared in Doppelgang bang scandal
In the latest article of Wai Wai, 揟he actress storms off stage in a rage and demands a massage from her manager. Admonishing him for starting with her feet, she then thrusts out her breast and insists he start his petting there, according to Friday (3/7). |
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news: dorama
Sei Ashina stars as call girl in TV drama
Sun, March 2, 2008 (10:36pm EST)
Actress Sei Ashina has been cast in the lead role of the BS Fuji drama series "Je t'aime." This is her first time starring in a television drama.
Ashina plays a woman who suddenly begins working part-time as a call girl. The show is said to feature the actress in very revealing scenes.
Written by Toshio Kamata, the series will last 7 episodes. Broadcast begins on April 10 in BS Fuji's Thursday 11:30pm time slot.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: artiste
Nana Kitade releasing Ruby Gloom single
Mon, March 3, 2008 (12:09am EST)
Singer Nana Kitade is continuing to promote the animated series "Ruby Gloom," this time with a new single released under the name of the show's title character.
Ruby Gloom is an apparel brand that originally spawned a cartoon in Canada, which is now broadcast in several countries. It started airing in Japan last month, though the brand began being promoted last year through a tie-in with Kitade's second album, "I scream."
Kitade's new song is titled "Siren," produced and arranged by Marty Friedman. It is being used as the show's ending theme, and will be released under Ruby Gloom's name on March 26.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: artistes
Hip-hop shorties form unit
Mon, March 3, 2008 (12:12am EST)
Rapper LITTLE (of KICK THE CAN CREW) has assembled the hip-hop counterpart of Mini Moni. He has formed a unit called SHORTYS, whose members stand between 150 and 160 centimeters tall (a little over five feet).
LITTLE originally formed the group in 2002 with rappers MICRO (Home Made KAZOKU) and SMALLEST (Torikabuto), quietly continuing their activity in the indie scene. Then last November, SHOGO of rock band 175R asked to join the group. LITTLE accepted him and decided it would be an opportunity to move the group to the forefront.
LITTLE will release a new album called "YES rhyme-dentity" on May 7, his 32nd birthday. One of the feature tracks, "Gradation," was recorded by the four artists last month. They will perform it for the first time on the same day the album goes on sale, as part of LITTLE's 10th anniversary concert at the Ebisu Liquid Room.
Several other musicians, including DOHZI-T and Metis, are also participating on the album and will perform with LITTLE at the anniversary concert.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: dorama
EXILE's AKIRA to do TV drama debut
Mon, March 3, 2008 (2:56am EST)
AKIRA, a member of pop group EXILE, has been cast in his first television drama. The series is TBS's "Around 40," which starts on April 11.
"Around 40" focuses on women around the age of forty. Yuki Amami stars as a single psychiatrist. AKIRA plays her younger brother, a former gang member who is now a beautician with a wife and child.
The drama series was previously announced here.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: artistes/movie
Hi-Fi Camp's debut song to be used in "Cyborg Girl"
Mon, March 3, 2008 (3:24am EST)
The 4-member band Hi-Fi CAMP will see their debut single used an insert song in Kwak Jae-Yong's "Cyborg She" (also known as "Cyborg Girl" or "Boku no Kanojo wa Cyborg"). The film which opens on May 31, stars Haruka Ayase and Keisuke Koide.
Hi-Fi CAMP is made up of two vocalists, a keyboardist, and a DJ. The group formed in January 2007 and has already signed with the same company as Monkey Majik and GReeeeN.
Their song, titled "Kizuna," goes on sale on June 4.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: dorama
Korea gets its own HYD
Mon, March 3, 2008 (3:40am EST)
On Friday, Korean media outlets reported that the country will soon have its own live-action version of "Hana Yori Dango."
Yoko Kamio's popular manga has already been turned into two drama series in Japan, plus a movie that recently finished a shoot in Las Vegas. It was also adapted in Taiwan as "Meteor Garden," which had two sequels and spawned the popular band F4.
The Korean version is set to start in late 2008, lasting 24 episodes that run 70 minutes each. No cast details have been announced so far.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: idol
New H!P unit revealed: Milky Way
Mon, March 3, 2008 (2:42pm EST)
 
Hello! Project has revealed the lineup of its newest unit, Milky Way. The group, which is tied to the anime series "Kirarin Revolution," consists of Morning Musume member Koharu Kusumi plus Hello! Project Eggs Yuu Kikkawa and Sayaka Kitahara.
Kusumi voices the anime's lead character, Kirari. Kikkawa and Kitahara will be joining the voice cast as new characters.
Milky Way's first single, "Anata Boshi," goes on sale April 30.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: movie
Unfinished Kurosawa film to be unveiled in 2010
Mon, March 3, 2008 (5:58pm EST)
An unfinished film by director Akira Kurosawa will be publicly screened in 2010, it was announced on Friday.
The work is a documentary titled "Gendai no Noh" that Kurosawa started in 1983 while production on "Ran" was halted, but was shelved when "Ran" resumed shooting.
Kurosawa captured about 50 minutes of footage of a modern Noh play, which was given to the National Archives after the director's death. An additional hour of footage will be shot to complete the film in accordance with the original screenplay and production plan.
The finished feature will be shown as part of the "AK100 Project," which celebrates the 100th anniversary of Kurosawa's birth in 1910. Memorial activities are reportedly starting up later this year. Along with "Gendai no Noh," the public will also get a chance to watch several minutes of unseen footage that was intended for the 1970 film "Tora! Tora! Tora!"
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: artiste/anime movie
Crystal Kay sings Pokemon theme
Mon, March 3, 2008 (6:23pm EST)
The next in line of the "Pokemon" movies will have its theme song provided by R&B arist Crystal Kay. Titled "ONE," it will be her first tune for an anime film.
Producers have apparently been considering the singer since 2001, when she sang "LOST CHILD" for the "Satorare" movie. They finally decided to use her music for the upcoming 11th film, "Giratina to Sora no Hanataba: Sheimi," which opens on July 19.
Crystal Kay commented that she has been a fan of the Pokemon franchise since she was a child.
The release date of "ONE" has not been announced, but it will begin chaku-uta distribution on March 8, the same day that the movie's trailer enters theaters.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: idols/CM
NEWS in more RUSS-K ads
Mon, March 3, 2008 (6:56pm EST)
Surf brand RUSS-K will again use NEWS as its CM characters for the next two seasons. Five new commercials, filmed in Hawaii, will start airing on the 5th.
This time, the group's members were not assigned specific lines. Instead, they were given outlines of the different scenes, and they ad-libbed the dialogue.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: celebrities
Konishiki undergoes gastric bypass surgery
Mon, March 3, 2008 (7:07pm EST)
On Monday, former ozeki Konishiki announced on his website that he underwent gastric bypass surgery last month in order to reduce his weight.
The procedure, designed to treat obesity by reducing the stomach's capacity, was performed in Hawaii on February 25. Konishiki reported that the operation went smoothly.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: awards
Young up-and-coming actress Aragaki Yui (19) looks like having another successful year. She appeared in three movies last year - "Koi Suru Madori", "Waruboro" and "Koizora" - and got a slew of best newcomer awards. At yesterday's Golden Arrow awards in Tokyo, given for various media categories, she was the winer in the movie category. Other winners included: Broadcast Award - actor Oguri Shun (26); Newcomer Award - actress Kikuchi Rinko (26) and comedienne Yanagihara Kanako (22). Not attending the show at the Hotel New Otani was young golf sensation Ishikawa Ryo (16), who won the sports category.
Source: www.japan-zone.com |
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news: artistes
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[CHINA] L扐rc~en~Ciel devotes 揊irst Kiss |
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news: singer
Enka singer Oishi ties the knot
Tue, March 4, 2008 (2:52am EST)
Enka singer Madoka Oishi, 35, married an employee of a securities company on Monday. The two met through a friend a year ago and soon began dating. The man, also 35, proposed to her at Meiji Shrine during the winter.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: artiste
Two separate masterings for new Utada album
Tue, March 4, 2008 (3:09am EST)
It was recently announced that Hikaru Utada's newest album, "HEART STATION," was mastered twice - once for CD and once for digital distribution.
Both were mastered at Sterling Sound in New York by world-class engineers. Ted Jensen handled the CD version, while Tom Coyne did the digital version. The separate masterings were done to account for differences in the two formats, so that each is as close to the original sound as possible.
The album goes on sale March 19.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: film festival
Sky PerfecTV offers 2 million yen prize for indies at Yubari
Tue, March 4, 2008 (3:57am EST)
The Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival, which runs on March 19-23, is offering one of the biggest cash prizes for independent filmmakers. The winner of the Off-Theater Competition, judged by a committee led by Isshin Inudo, will be awarded 2 million yen.
The prize money, furnished by SKY PerfecTV!, will be used to finance a new film by the winning director, which must be completed in time to be shown at next year's festival.
SKY PerfecTV! is also working with the festival to have the 34 participating films broadcast on the service's movie channels on the same day as their screenings, with viewer fees partly subsidized by the festival.
The Yubari film festival was established in 1990 but was canceled in 2006 after the city went bankrupt. It was finally revived this year by the non-profit organization Yubari Fanta.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: idols
Hey! Say! JUMP cheers on volleyball again
Tue, March 4, 2008 (4:40am EST)
Hey! Say! JUMP has been appointed as the supporter for the 39th National High School Volleyball Tournament, which takes place on March 20-26 with coverage by Fuji TV.
The group was chosen as the special supporter for the Volleyball World Cup in November, for which they released their debut single, "Ultra Music Power." For this competition, they will provide an image song titled "Chance to Change" (no release date announced yet).
Like last year, announcers Kazuhiro Watanabe and Rio Hirai will be in charge of the tournament's coverage.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: comedians
"Quiz! Hexagon II" spawns a second baka trio
Tue, March 4, 2008 (5:07am EST)
Fuji TV's quiz show "Quiz! Hexagon II" gave birth to a music group last year, when the show's trio of "baka" idols - Mai Satoda, Suzanne, and Yukina Kino#a - made their debut as the unit pabo. Now it's the men's turn, as their equally dumb counterparts have banded together to release a song of their own.
Yusuke Kamiji, Takeshi Tsuruno, and Naoki Nokubo are now known as Shuchishin, and they will release their self-titled debut single (with lyrics written by Shinsuke Shimada) on April 9.
The song will be first played on the air during Wednesday's broadcast of "Quiz! Hexagon II."
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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