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Meisa Kuroki on your desktop
It was just a few days ago that we blogged about Meisa Kuroki making her debut as a singer and now the folks at Toshiba (she’s in the company’s mobile phone [Sportio] commerical) have a wallpaper up on the special Play-T site. Also available for your viewing pleasure is the TVCM featuring Meisa and her…
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Desktop: Aya Ueto for Kose’s Softymo
Gosh, it seems like we’re always featuring a wallpaper of Aya Ueto here at Karakui.com but who’s complaining? For one thing, it’s free and the second thing (wait, do we really need a second reason after free?) is that this is also a nifty 3 month calendar for your Mac/PC’s desktop. So go and grab…
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Meisa Kuroki debuts as singer – Tokyograph
Rising young actress Meisa Kuroki has just made her singing debut in connection with the au Sportio/W62T mobile phones. Her first song is an R&B/dance number called ‘Like This.’ Kuroki will appear in commercials for both phones, and different arrangements of the song will be used for each. ‘Like This’ will see only limited distribution.…
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Yu Yamada riding high
With confirmation of the relationship coming from the man himself, it’s official that Yu Yamada (23) and Shun Oguri (25) are a couple. Both recently starred in the J-drama “Binbo Danshi” and were in relationships that ended “around last summer.” As a result, Yu’s blog shot up to the top spot of Ameba’s ranking unseating…
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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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