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Meisa Kuroki starring in drama version of “Danso no Reijin” – Tokyograph
TV Asahi is producing a drama special about the life of Yoshiko Kawashima, a Manchu princess who became a spy for the Kwantung Army and was eventually executed by the Chinese government (Wikipedia link here). Her story was partly responsible for the coining of the phrase ‘danso no reijin’ (‘beauty in male attire’), referring to…
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Oricon: Nakama again named celebrity with best black hair – Tokyograph
Oricon repeated its survey from last year that asked the public who they think looks best with black hair, though this time around the survey divided the choices for male and female celebrities. Not surprisingly, the female list was very similar to the previous results, with Yukie Nakama once again in the lead. Mika Nakashima…
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Yu Yamada to make an appearance on episode 4 of “Gokusen 3”
Episode 2 of “Gokusen 3” managed to hold the majority of its viewers pulling in 24.8% (episode 3 just aired) and with popular actress/model/singer, Yu Yamada, set to make an appearance in episode 4, the series will most likely continue its high viewer rating. According to an entry on Yu’s blog, she’ll be playing the…
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Canon’s “Enjoy Photo” wallpaper featuring Yu Yamada
Gosh, this promotion’s been going on for months and here’s another new wallpaper featuring the three “sisters” for your Mac/PC. Besides Okinawan beauty Yu Yamada, you also have actresses Yu Aoi and Kaho. To grab the wallpaper (they still have the older ones too) head on over here and click on the download (ダウンロード) button…
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Yui Aragaki tapped for drama theme song – Tokyograph
Actress Yui Aragaki has achieved her first drama tie-in as a singer. Her ‘Make my day’ will be used as the theme song for Fuji TV’s ’81diver,’ which premieres on May 3. Aragaki released her first album, ‘Sora,’ this past December. However, ‘Make my day’ will be her first actual single, scheduled to go on…
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Baby you can drive my car
Not one, but two Uchinanchu actresses topped the rankings at the #1 and #2 spot: Aya Ueto and Yui Aragaki. Next week is Golden Week in Japan. With that in mind, Oricon conducted a survey of a thousand people, asking them a series of leisure-related questions. When asked which actress they would want to go…
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Aya Ueto Mother’s Day special desktop
Chocolate + Mother’s Day go together like a burger and fries. (Don’t mind me, it’s almost dinner time.) This looks like an annual ad campaign for Lotte’s Ghana chocolate featuring several popular actresses (like Masami Nagasawa, Maki Horikita, Nana Eikura and Ei Morisako) and one dude (pro-golfer Ryo Ishikawa). For Karakui.com, although we’re favoring Aya…
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Pretty women: Shiseido’s TSUBAKI ad campaign screensaver
With a tag line that reads: “Nihon no josei wa, utsukushii.” (Japanese women are, beautiful), cosmetics giant Shiseido’s ad campaign for their TSUBAKI shampoo line definitely drives that point home. Featuring several (yes, more than one!) popular actresses, there are ads for TSUBAKI’s Shiro (white) and Aka (red) shampoo product. The one that we’re interested…
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Desktop: Aya Ueto gets you to buy softymo
Ah, it’s nice seeing a new wallpaper for my Mac (or your Mac/PC) — especially if it’s with Aya Ueto. So, yeah, it’s for a cosmetic product line called softymo (from KOSÉ), but it’s a calendar too (albeit one that only goes up to June but I digress). Come April we’ll be seeing Aya in…
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