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"Cherry Nights" manga gets live-action drama
Mon, September 6, 2010 (10:23am EDT)
 
Dragon Odawara's comedy manga "Cherry Nights" is being adapted as a live-action television series, starring comedians Ayumu Kato (35) of the duo Zabungle and Yu Sawabe (24) of the duo Haraichi.
The original comic, which has been running irregularly since 2005, revolves around the everyday lives of two male virgins rooming together in a run-down apartment. Kato takes on the role of Kaoru Eto, a 30-year-old who boasts of being popular with the ladies, passing on his imaginary romance techniques to his eager 18-year-old disciple Hajime Tamura (played by Sawabe).
The "Cherry Nights" drama will be aired by BS Fuji late on Sunday nights (2:00am), starting on October 10.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Umika Kawashima, Aoi Nakamura star in mobile drama
Mon, September 6, 2010 (8:06pm EDT)
 
Actress Umika Kawashima (16) and actor Aoi Nakamura (19) are co-starring in a BeeTV mobile drama titled "Sekai no Owari ni Saku Hana." The drama tells of the painful first love between Taiyo and Saki, two youngsters who have been suffering from kidney disease since childhood and are waiting for transplants.
Kawashima and Nakamura worked together in a commercial for Calpis Water last year, but this will be their first time playing opposite each other in a drama. Other cast members include Shiro Sano (55), Michiko Hada (41), Yuta Nakano (24), and Mariko Tsutsui (47).
"Sekai no Owari ni Saku Hana" will begin distribution on September 20. A total of 12 episodes are planned for release.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Yuna Ito to provide theme song for TV drama
Sunday 12th September, 05:26 AM JST
TOKYO —
Singer and actress Yuna Ito, 26, will provide the theme song for the NTV drama “Ogon no Buta.” It will be her first TV show theme song in four years. The program will air on Wednesdays from 10 p.m.
Previously, Ito provided the theme song, “Faith,” for 2006’s “On Fire” series.
The new drama is a good versus evil story about a financial examiner misappropriating funds. “I really hope that viewers enjoy both my song and the show,” Ito commented. The single will go on sale in November.
Source: www.japantoday.com |
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Downtown's Hama-chan tackles law in new drama series
Wed, September 8, 2010 (6:19pm EDT)
Comedian Masatoshi Hamada (47), better known as "Hama-chan" of the duo Downtown, is going to star in his first drama series 2001. He will play a public prosecutor in "Kenji Onijima Heihachiro," set to start this October on TV Asahi.
In the drama, Hamada plays the titular Heihachiro Onijima, a 44-year-old man who becomes a public prosecutor due to an incident 6 years earlier, where his older sister committed suicide after being caught up in a political scandal. The unyielding Onijima fights to uphold his views of what is right as he takes on Japan's legal system.
The female lead, an elite public prosecutor who is the polar opposite of Onijima, will be played by actress Yuki Uchida (34).
"Kenji Onijima Heihachiro" will air on Friday nights at 9:00pm.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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EXILE's NAOTO stars in Nagoya-based drama special
Tue, September 14, 2010 (12:25pm EDT)
EXILE member NAOTO (26) has been chosen to star in a drama special titled "Okagesama de!" The show is being produced jointly by the Aichi-based Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting (CBC) and the Junior Chamber International Nagoya, which are both celebrating their 60th anniversaries.
  
The story is described as a love comedy set in Nagoya. The project was first revealed in May, but details were sparse until now. In addition to NAOTO as the main character, the cast will include Nako Mizusawa (16), Keiko Toda (53), and SKE48's Rena Matsui (19). Toda is originally from Nagoya, while SKE48 is based there.
Director Yukihiko Tsutsumi has also been tapped for the project, partly because he also hails from Nagoya.
CBC will broadcast the drama on September 18, starting at 3:00pm.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Ryoko Yonekura stars as a sexy tax inspector
Tuesday 21st September, 03:35 AM JST
TOKYO —
Singer and actress Ryoko Yonekura, 35, will star in a new Asahi TV drama set to begin Oct 21, at 9 p.m. The first episode of the series, “The Tax Inspector,” features a scene in which Yonekura, as the lead character, wears a revealing black dress to a host club (a drinking establishment with male entertainers paid to make small talk with guests) and swoons the club’s top host.
The set-up is a ruse to investigate the club for importing tax-free Tiffany jewelry. Yonekura and co-star Norihito Kaneko re-enacted a scene from the drama during a press conference to promote the TV series. Yonekura turned up in a sexy long black dress, while Kaneko got down on one knee to pour her a drink.
Source: www.japantoday.com |
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Saki Aibu, Manami Higa co-star in volleyball drama
Mon, September 20, 2010 (1:37pm EDT)
 
Saki Aibu (25) and Manami Higa (24) will co-star in a TBS drama special titled "Ashita mo Mata Ikite Ikou." The drama will depict the friendship between volleyball players Saori Kimura (24) and Yumika Yokoyama. In April 2008, Yokoyama passed away at the age of 21 due to a rare form of cancer.
Kimura and Yokoyama will be played by Aibu and Higa, respectively. The two athletes were one year apart at the same high school, and they were said to have been as close as sisters. Yokoyama's death occurred just one month before Kimura and the rest of Japan's national team competed in the preliminaries for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
The drama is based on Yokoyama's writings, which were later published as a book by the title "Ashita mo Mata Ikite Ikou." The story begins during their time in high school, when the highly talented Kimura was selected for the national team and the promising Yokoyama was diagnosed with cancer.
To play the parts, Aibu and Higa received volleyball training under the guidance of former national team member Mari Ochiai (28).
"Ashita mo Mata Ikite Ikou" will air on October 25, just a few days before Japan's national women's tournament begins.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Tatsuya Fujiwara becomes "25-year-old grandfather"
Thu, September 23, 2010 (8:05pm EDT)
Actor Tatsuya Fujiwara (28) is taking on his first role in a TV comedy series, titled "Ojiichan wa 25 Sai." The show is being directed by Yasuo Baba, whose past works include the films "Watashi wo Ski Ni Tsuretette" and "Bubble e Go!! Time Machine wa Drum Shiki."
Fujiwara stars as a man who was in an accident on a snowy mountain 46 years ago. His frozen body is discovered in the present day, and despite being actually 71 years old, he has the appearance and personality of a 25-year-old. He also learns that at his old home in Oshiage, Tokyo, his son (played by Katsumi Takahashi) is now 52 years old and is raising two children of his own - a 25-year-old son (Shunsuke Daito) and a 20-year-old daughter (Kana Kurashina).
  
Naturally, Fujiwara's character knows nothing about the past 46 years, so things such as mobile phones and concepts such as hikikomori are completely new to him.
The series will have a short run on TBS, starting on November 15 and ending on November 25. For those two weeks, it will air on Mondays through Thursdays at 11:50pm, for a total of 8 half-hour episodes.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Hiroshi Tachi stars in NHK jidaigeki dramas
Sat, September 25, 2010 (2:21am EDT)
Actor Hiroshi Tachi (60) has landed two lead roles in NHK historical dramas. The first will be a special aired on January 1, titled "Onmitsu Hichou," followed by a related series called "Onmitsu Happyakuyacho" that starts a week later on January 8.
For Tachi, these will be his first appearances in a jidaigeki television drama since the 2006 taiga drama "Komyo ga Tsuji." It is also his first time as the star of a drama on New Year's Day.
In "Onmitsu Hichou," Tachi plays the samurai Kamiya Shozaemon, ordered to uncover the truth behind an incident known as the "Ninjo Jiken," which later led to the downfall of Tanuma Okitsugu, a senior counselor of the Tokugawa shogunate. "Onmitsu Happyakuyacho" is set 34 years later, and there Tachi plays Shozaemon's son Matajuro.
Filming for both works started on September 18. Tachi's supporting cast includes Kiyotaka Nanbara (45), Cunning Takeyama (39), Tatsuomi Hamada (10), Maki Mizuno (40), Keiko Matsuzaka (58), Norihito Kaneko (32), Takashi Sasano (62), and Masahiko Tsugawa (70).
The "Onmitsu Happyakuyacho" series is scheduled for Saturday nights at 7:30pm.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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"Gegege no Nyoubou" ends with strong ratings
Mon, September 27, 2010 (10:11am EDT)
NHK's morning drama series "Gegege no Nyoubou" aired its final episode on September 25. Despite having the lowest-rated first episode ever for an NHK Asadora (14.8%), the show's ratings improved greatly during its six-month broadcast run, resulting in a strong overall average of 18.6% in the Kanto area (15.9% in Kansai).
The last episode achieved a 23.6% rating in the Kanto region, the highest of the entire series. In the Kansai region, it achieved 17.9%. Despite the poor start, the show has consistently been reaching over 20% ratings during the past several weeks. The 18.6% series average is the highest since "Dondo Bare" in 2007.
"Gegege no Nyoubou" starred Nao Matsushita (25) as the wife of "Gegege no Kitaro" mangaka Shigeru Mizuki, while Osamu Mukai (28) played Mizuki himself.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Saki Aibu, Kei Tanaka, Takaya Kamikawa form love triangle in mobile drama
Mon, September 27, 2010 (8:28pm EDT)
Saki Aibu (25) is set to star in a new mobile phone drama on BeeTV, titled "Sayonara no Koi." The story is described as the "ultimate love triangle," in which she plays opposite Kei Tanaka (26) and Takaya Kamikawa (45).
 
Aibu plays an agency employee named Sena, who was raised by a single mother. She is engaged to a fellow employee who is the son of a politician (Tanaka), but her heart is also pulled by a former genius composer who currently works as part of the cleaning staff for her building (Kamikawa).
The drama is scheduled to last 12 episodes, coming out every Thursday after its premiere on October 1. Other cast members include Ritsuko Tanaka, Maju Ozawa, and Emiri Nakayama. The theme song "Tsuki to Taiyou ni Yureru Sora" is being sung by miray, who will also appear in the drama as herself.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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"Teppan" premieres at 18.2%
Tue, September 28, 2010 (9:50am EDT)
NHK's new Asadora series "Teppan" is off to a promising start. The first episode, which aired on Monday, got an average rating of 18.2% in the Kanto region, and 13.1% in the Kansai region.
Based on the Kanto numbers, this is the highest-rated premiere of an Asadora since "Imotako Nankin" (20.3%) in 2006. However, that series ended up doing poorly overall, as ratings fell and resulted in a series average of 16.8%. By contrast, "Gegege no Nyoubou," which ended last week, started out with a record low of 14.8% but built a strong audience to finish with an 18.6% series average.
"Teppan" stars Miori Takimoto (18) as a young woman struggling to open an okonomiyaki restaurant.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Michiko Hada, Yoko Nogiwa co-star in daytime drama
Tue, September 28, 2010 (11:14am EDT)
 
Michiko Hada (42) and Yoko Nogiwa (74) are co-starring in an upcoming daytime drama series on Fuji TV. Titled "Hanayome Noren," the show is another take on the bride-versus-mother-in-law setup.
Set in a long-standing Japanese inn, Hada plays the modern woman who finds herself at odds with the traditional culture of her mother-in-law (Nogiwa). For Hada, this is her first time appearing in a daytime drama. On the other hand, this role gives Nogiwa the record of oldest heroine ever in that Fuji TV time slot (weekdays 1:30pm).
"Hanayome Noren" premieres on November 1.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Kou Shibasaki joins Yuji Oda in "Amalfi" drama
Thu, September 30, 2010 (5:32pm EDT)
 
It was reported in August that Fuji TV has green-lit a television sequel to the 2009 movie "Amalfi: Megami no Hoshu," which starred actor Yuji Oda (42). More details have now been released, including the casting of Kou Shibasaki (29) as the female lead.
The drama series, titled "Gaikoukan Kuroda Kosaku," will bring Oda back as the diplomat Kosaku Kuroda, who now has to take on matters such as domestic terrorism as well as international affairs. Settings include San Francisco, Mexico, and Japan, with part of the series planned to be filmed overseas. Kuroda's backstory will also be covered.
Shibasaki will play the part of a police detective who works with Kuroda. She previously acted on-screen with Oda in the 2006 movie "Kenchou no Hoshi" (also known as "Star Reformer").
 
Filming has just started, even though the series will not start until January 2011 in the Thursday 10:00pm time slot. Teruyuki Kagawa (44), Kaho (19), and Tamiyo Kusakari (45) have also been cast.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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Yukie Nakama stars in suspense drama "Mesen"
Sun, October 3, 2010 (8:28pm EDT)
Yukie Nakama (30) will star in a true suspense drama special this December in Fuji TV's "Kinyo Prestige" time slot (Friday 9:00pm-10:52pm). Titled "Mesen," the story is based on a novel published last year by writer Setsuko Amano.
Nakama plays the daughter of a construction company president. She works as an illustrator, but due to an accident during her childhood, she has been using a wheelchair almost her whole life. One day, her father suddenly commits suicide, and one by one the other members of the family fall victim to a string of mysterious murders. Nakama's character begins her search for the killer, uncovering the clever tricks used in the murders and the unexpected culprit's sorrowful motive.
The supporting cast includes Koji Yamamoto (33), Takashi Ukaji (48), and Kitaro (62). Fuji TV has not yet announced a specific broadcast date.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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