Date: 12/27/2010 Inoue Mao departed for Nagano the next day after staying up all night for “Juui Dolittle”!! Mao stayed in Nagano for 10 days and shot all over Nagano for “Ohisama”! It was extremely cold during the first day, and there was even a blizzard at night…!! Mao even said at the press conference for “Ohisama” that they were baptized by Nagano. [because of the blizzard] At noon, Mao [...]
The other day the official 61st Kouhaku Utagassen 2010 artist and song listings were confirmed. Various lists have already been translated already, so I’m posting it for news sake. I went through the trouble of finding the artist and respective songs on Youtube and linked them in the below tables so everyone can get a preview of the song. Most performances were live, but there’s some that are professional music [...]
Amuro Namie’s “Namie Amuro PAST<FUTURE Tour 2010″ (Avex Trax) nabbed the top spot in Oricon Music’s Weekly DVD ranking selling over 95,000 copies. The DVD is a compilation of 8 months worth of public performances starting from April in 26 cities all over Japan, totaling 80 concerts.
Actor Oda Yuji was at an event for his Winter 2011 drama, “Gaikoukan: Kuroda Kosaku” (starting 1/13 on Fuji TV, every Thursday at 10PM) which was held in the international terminal of Tokyo’s Haneda airport. This is the first official appearance that Oda Yuji has embarked on since his marriage to a woman not in the industry. When asked about his aspirations for the new year, Oda replied with passion, [...]
Freeter, Ie wo Kau (Freeter, Buy a House) Fall 2010, 10 episodes, Fuji TV Main Cast: Ninomiya Kazunari, Karina, Takenaka Naoto, Asano Atsuko and Igawa Haruka. Overview Freeter, Ie wo Kau takes a look at the jaded college graduates of Japan. Most current entry-level college graduates who are entering the workforce were babied by their parents. Mom cooked the meals, Dad worked his ass off to pay the bills, while [...]
Japanese movie, “Norwegian Wood” directed by Tran Anh Hung won for Best Musical Composition at the 7th Dubai International Film Festival which was held in Dubai of the United Arab Emirates. On hearing the news, actor Matsuyama Kenichi who was the lead in the film said one thing, “Jonny-san, banzai!” Director Tran invited Radiohead guitarist Jonny Greenwood to compose its score. The soundtrack is filled with a variety of guitar [...]
The DVD and blu-ray of “Ōoku: Danjo Gyakuten” which tells a story of the reversal of the roles of men and women, and love story between two men, goes on sale next year on 4/8. Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari, actor Tamaki Hiroshi and actress Shibasaki Kou perform in this movie that depicts the good and bad of men and women in a dazzling shogun’s harem. Ninomiya and Tamaki recreate a kiss [...]
Super popular idol group, Kanjani 8 announced during a world tour on the 19th at the Tokyo Dome that they’ll be singing two theme songs, one for the popular television anime “Crayon Shinchan” (TV Asahi, every Friday at 730PM) and another for the movie “Crayon Shinchan Arashi wo Yobu Ogon no Spy Taisakusen” (opening next year on 4/16 nationwide). A packed house of 55,000 spectators went wild after that. This [...]
Rockband Sambomaster will be singing the theme song for the Eguchi Yosuke drama, “School!!” which will air next year January on Fuji TV, every Sunday at 9PM. It’s been roughly 5 years since Sambomaster sang the theme song for the hugely successful drama series, “Densha Otoko.” “School!!” is a drama about a civilian principal (Eguchi) who takes over a school that’s in shambles. Sambomaster will be singing a “graduation song” [...]
SMAP’s Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (36) and actress Takeuchi Yuko (30) were present at a Christmas event for their movie “Boku to Tsuma no 1778 no Monogatari” (opening 1/15). An all-girls choir of 30 sang a medley of SMAP’s “Arigatou” and “Sekai ni Hitotsu Dake no Hana” which made it feel a lot like Christmas. Kusanagi and Takeuchi were deeply moved and looked at the young girls’ faces calmly. Kusanagi said, “You [...]
