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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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Yuri Chinen (Hey! Say! JUMP) to star in April’s “Sensei wa Erai!”
Although Yuri Chinen has had a string of appearances in several J-drama, “Sensei wa Erai!” will be his first recurring role in a drama since 2004’s “Nanako to Nanao.” The drama stars Hey! Say! JUMP members Yuto Nakajima, Ryosuke Yamada, Yuri Chinen, and Daiki Arioka as middle schoolers who try to turn a dull teacher…
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Desktop: The One Pound Gospel (Final)
The drama just wrapped-up and as promised, the official website for “1 Pound no Fukuin” has the last of the show’s wallpapers available for download. As mentioned in our previous post, you may or may not be disappointed by the fact that Meisa Kuroki (or Kazuya Kamenashi from KAT-TUN) is not in any of these…
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Second special for “Attention Please” announced – Tokyograph
The 2006 Fuji TV drama series ‘Attention Please’ is returning to television for a second special episode. The series starred Aya Ueto as Yoko Misaki, a young woman training to become a flight attendant. In January of last year, Fuji TV aired the first special, which featured Yoko flying to Honolulu. This time, Yoko will…
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Aya Ueto to play Japan’s next PM
Okay, the title would’ve been pretty good for an April Fool’s post (yeah, right) but who knows, it may actually become true. (Tune in Twilight Zone music here.) Aya Ueto to star as lawyer in ‘Hokaben’ Really? No. Really? This makes Legally Blonde look like cinema verite by comparison. Read the Tokyograph entry here. (Via…
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“Gokusen 3” cast revealed – Tokyograph
The main student cast for the NTV drama ‘Gokusen 3’ has been revealed. Yuya Takaki (of Hey! Say! JUMP) will play the lead male role, and is joined by Haruma Miura, Hideo Ishiguro, Junta Nakama (B.A.D.), Akito Kiriyama (also of B.A.D.), and Shohei Miura. Roughly 600 actors applied for the parts, and 300 were selected…
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Orange Range sings theme for “Lost Time Life” – Tokyograph
I blogged about this a couple of days ago but I didn’t have a title for the song at the time so this is really an update. ORANGE RANGE is providing the theme song for the Fuji TV drama series ‘Lost Time Life,’ which premieres on February 2. The song is a love ballad titled…
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More drama theme songs announced – Tokyograph
News of new albums/singles for release in 2008 by artists slowly trickle in as we close 2007 and the latest is J-pop singer melody.’s “Haruka” which will be the theme song for TBS’s “Daisuki!!” The singer’s last single to be used as a theme song in a drama was 2005’s “realize” for “Dragon Zakura.” (Via…
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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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