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Yu Yamada blogs from HEY!³
Model/Actress/Singer Yu Yamada has a new single, “leave all behind,” scheduled for release on April 23, 2008. To promote the upcoming single, she recently blogged about her appearance on the music show “HEY! HEY! HEY! MUSIC CHAMP” which is still without an air date — she says she’ll post the date it’ll air as it…
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Kurara Chibana to host television show – Tokyograph
I haven’t been following Kurara much since her run in the Miss Universe pageant. Well, it looks like things are going great for her and she’s even back to blogging regularly again. Talento Kurara Chibana, best known as the first runner-up for the Miss Universe 2006 crown, will begin hosting her first television show next…
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Rankings, rumors, and theme songs
Yeah, we love rankings here at Karkaui.com and maybe an occasional rumor from time-to-time wouldn’t hurt either. So starting with rankings from Oricon, Aya Ueto was ranked #2 for having the most “kissable lips” and fashion-wise, two Uchinanchu ranked for the style that women wanted to copy this spring: Yui Aragaki #2 and tied for…
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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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Winter 2008 J-drama watch list
I’m a little behind in posting about this since the 2008 winter season already started but it’s not too late to start watching the following Okinawan actors in these J-drama. (Images via DramaWiki.) “Saito-san” (comedy, family), which just began its run January 9th on NTV, stars Shintaro Yamada (younger brother of Yu Yamada, more on…
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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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