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Desktop: Aya Ueto for CHECK PC!
Maybe it’s because of her spunky character roles, Aya Ueto is the image girl for CHECK PC! a security service for your computer. I guess if you’ve dreamed of Aya cosplaying as a sleuth, this wallpaper is for you. Enjoy! (Via 壁紙fan!)
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Yu Yamada stars in Japan’s own “200 Pounds Beauty” – Tokyograph
Actress Yu Yamada has landed her first starring role in a movie, titled ‘Kanna-san, Daiseikou Desu!’ Directed by Koichi Inoue, the film draws from the same source as last year’s Korean hit comedy ‘200 Pounds Beauty,’ which starred Kim Ah-jung. ‘Kanna-san, Daiseikou Desu!’ is originally a manga by Yumiko Suzuki. It tells the story of…
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Two Uchinanchu at the top of Oricon’s most successful young star of the year
Oricon has released the results of its end-of-the-year survey asking men and women who they thought was the most successful young star of 2007. With two thousand people participating in the survey, the answers were actress Yui Aragaki and comedian Yoshio Kojima. (Via Tokyograph: Yoshio Kojima, Gakky named this year’s top stars.) I guess the…
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TV: ‘Gokusen 3’ in April 2008
Yankumi, played brilliantly by actress Yukie Nakama, will be returning to the classroom in April 2008 with its third installment. The popular J-drama (pulled in a whopping 32.5% viewership) airs on the Nippon Terebi network which is celebrating its 55th anniversary and hopes to make it big with “Gokusen 3”, returning three years after season…
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Yui, please be my girlfriend
According to an Oricon survey, ‘Koibito ni shitai hito’ (the person you want as your boy/girlfriend), uber-popular actress Yui Aragaki (Gakky) took the top spot in the ranking which also featured fellow Uchinanchu Yukie Nakama (#4) and Aya Ueto (#6). It’s no surprise to see her rank at the top because she’s definitely cute and…
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Yu Yamada cast as Nodame’s rival – Tokyograph
Actress Yu Yamada has been revealed as part of the cast of the upcoming ‘Nodame Cantabile’ drama special, scheduled to air on January 4-5 on Fuji TV. Yamada plays Son Rui, a Chinese prodigy who becomes rivals with Nodame. Although Yamada had no prior experience in playing piano, she recently took lessons and practiced on…
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Blogs worth subscribing to from Vision Factory’s artists
Vision Factory, which manages artists like J-hip-pop queen Namie Amuro, has a listing of blogs (Namie is unfortunately not on the list) up on their site. The great thing is that a few of these blogs contain video clips (so they’re closer to vlogs). Below are a few of my faves: hiro (ex-SPEED) – ‘Constanze…
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On Gakky’s 20th birthday – karii (cheers)!
A recent entry titled “Ichio” (いちお) on Yui Aragaki’s (Gakky) blog mentions that the actress will turn ’20’ (the legal drinking age in Japan) in seven months (June 11th to be exact) and she already has a special Ryukyu glass (pictured above and comes via her blog) that she wants to drink awamori from. Oh,…
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Desktop: Aya Ueto for Supreme Court of Japan
And no, it’s not a joke. Aya Ueto is the image girl for Japan’s Supreme Court and they’re even cool enough to have made a desktop (kabegami) available in three different sizes. How ’bout the US’ highest court hiring Yvonne Strahovski as our own image girl. 😛 (Via 壁紙fan!)
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Film: ‘The Yakiniku Movie: Bulgolgi’ to screen at this year’s LVHIFF
From the LVHIFF 2007 site: THE YAKINIKU MOVIE is sure to drive LVHIFF filmgoers into a feeding frenzy after the screening! It’s the tale of Hyon and Yonchi, two long lost brothers from Korea reunited in Japan by their passion for barbecue…only to find themselves on opposite sides of the ultimate bulgogi smack down! […]…
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