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Higa Manami Stars in Fuji TV’s “My Fair Prince”
Actress Higa Manami has a starring role in Fuji TV’s new drama “My Fair Prince (Oshi no Oojisama)”. The drama also stars Watanabe Keisuke, Dean Fujioka, and Shiraishi Sei. There was an Uchinanchu connection with the first episode as voice actor Nakamura Shugo had a guest appearance.
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NHK’s 2022 Asadora “Chimudondon” Announces Additional Cast Members
And, yes! We have two additional Uchinanchu that were announced as cast members for the upcoming NHK asadora “Chimudondon”. You probably noticed that we mention Gori a lot and now we get to mention his Garage Sale partner Kawata Hiroki! You may recall him from “Churasan” so it’s great to see him on this new…
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NHK’s 2022 Asadora “Chimudondon” Announces New Cast Members for the Higa Family
So a funny thing happened. While we were excited to hear about an upcoming NHK Asadora that takes place in Okinawa called “Chimumdondon“, we were also holding our breath to see how the rest of the cast would play out. NHK is slowly rolling out the names of the drama’s cast and when they started…
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Uchinaa-Muuku
Speaking of Aragaki Yui’s marriage announcement, she joins a growing list of popular actresses/singers from Okinawa with Uchinaa-muuku (son-in-law of Okinawa) husbands. 2021 Hoshino Gen (actor) to Aragaki Yui 2017 Kamiyama Ryuji (actor) to Chibana Kurara 2016 Inoue Yoshio (actor) to Chinen Rina 2014 Mukai Osamu (actor) to Kuninaka Ryoko 2014 Tanaka Tetsushi (actor) to…
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Aragaki Yui’s Marriage Announcement
Japanese Twitter was abuzz with news of popular actress Aragaki Yui’s sudden announcement that she will be marrying actor/musician Hoshino Gen. The pair appeared on the drama The Full-Time Wife Escapist in 2016 (which aired on Hawaii’s Kiku TV) which is interesting as it was about a fake married couple that grew to have true…
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Tamashiro Tina to be in Hosoda Mamoru’s Belle
Model and actress Tamashiro Tina will have a voice actress role in Hosoda Mamoru’s 2021 anime feature film BELLE. She will perform the part of Watanabe Ruka, a classmate of the main heroine of the story Suzu (Belle). Below is a tweet from Studio Chizu featuring Tamashiro Tina introducing herself for the role. I’ve watched…
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Speaking of Japanese Artists & Okinawan Music
Found about this on Twitter of a live performance of the song Okinawa Samba (from 1980) by Asano Yuko who is perhaps best known as an actress but she began as an idol singer. Upon first discovering the song, I read it as Okinawa Sanba as サンバ is also used for the Ryukyu instrument sanba…
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Aragaki Yui to Appear in NHK’s 2022 Taiga Drama
Aragaki Yui “Gakky” will appear in NHK’s 2022 Taiga Drama Kamakura 13. She will play the role of Yae, who is the main character’s first crush. In her 20+ years as an actress, this marks her first appearance in a Taiga Drama. Speaking of Taiga dramas, there was one called Ryūkyū no Kaze from 1993…
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Chimudondon – NHK’s 2022 Morning Drama
NHK announced its 2022 morning drama (asadora) and it’s an Okinawan series called Chimudondon (ちむどんどん)! The 106th edition of the series follows 2001’s “Churasan (ちゅらさん)” (can you believe it’s 20 years ago?!) as the second asadora with an Okinawan theme. Chimudondon stars Okinawan-born actress Kuroshima Yuina (黒島結菜) and will tell the story of chef Higa…
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Shimabukuro Seina’s Wedding Announcment
https://www.instagram.com/p/CKy01hHgbzn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link Model and actress Shimabukuro Seina probably best known for her appearances on the reality show Terrace House has announced her marriage to Noah who also appeared on the show. Congratulations! Follow Seina on Twitter (via Sora News 24)
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