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Nakama to star in New Year’s drama – Tokyograph
TV Tokyo has already announced its plans for its annual ‘Shinshun Wide Jidaigeki’ drama. The network started airing the special in 1981 as a 12-hour event, but it was later reduced to 10 hours. Last year, Izumi Inamori became the first woman to star in it, and this coming year Yukie Nakama will become the…
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Yu Yamada stars in the NTV drama “Seigi no Mikata”
Already on its third episode, NTV’s “Seigi no Mikata” stars the beautiful Yu Yamada who’s been off to an amazing start for the 1st half of 2008 starring in a “Nodame Cantabile” special, a guest appearance on fellow Uchinanchu Yukie Nakama’s “Gokusen 3,” and a starring role in “Binbo Danshi.” Synopsis via Tokyograph: 15-year-old Mirai…
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Okinawan Festival is just around the corner!
I hope all of you are enjoying your summer vacation and as July comes to a close, coming up in August will be the Okinawan Festival at Kapiolani Park (Honolulu, Hawaii)! This year is the 26th for the festival and it’ll take place on the weekend of 8/30 to 8/31. More information on the festival…
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Manami Higa to star in NHK’s 2009 taiga drama “Tenchijin”
On Monday, NHK formally announced the main cast of its 2009 taiga drama, ‘Tenchijin.’ The series is based on Masashi Hisaka’s novel about Naoe Kanetsugu, a military leader who served under Uesugi Kagekatsu. It was revealed at the end of last year that Satoshi Tsumabuki is starring in the role of Kanetsugu. Tsumabuki is being…
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Ready to FLiP out?
Okinawa has a pretty good record of turning up some pretty popular punk bands like MONGOL800, INDIAN-HI and Bleach. Of particular note is that like Bleach, FLiP is an all-girl punk band comprised of Sachiko (vocals/guitar), Yuko (guitar/chorus), Sayaka (bass) and Yuumi (drums/chours). The band just released their first mini-album called “Haha kara Umareta Hinekure…
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Emi Tawata to release her 2nd mini-album – bounce.com
Emi Tawata, the Pop/Soul/R&B singer, will be releasing her second mini-album on the 23rd of this month titled “LOVE&PEACE.” The album follows her debut album “∞infinity∞” (also a mini-album) which was released on April 23rd of this year. Emi’s music can be listened to on her MySpace page. (Link: bounce.com [ニュース].)
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Ueto joins Akanishi on “Speed Racer” – Tokyograph
Aya Ueto has been chosen as the female lead in the Japanese dub of the ‘Speed Racer’ movie. She will provide the voice for Speed’s girlfriend Trixie, who is played by Christina Ricci. Jin Akanishi has already been revealed as the voice of Emile Hirsch’s Speed. The Japanese version will hit theaters on July 5.…
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Desktop: ORANGE RANGE’s “PANIC FANCY”
With the upcoming release of their fifth original major label album, “PANIC FANCY,” due out on 7/9, ORANGE RANGE’s label (Sony Records) has special commemorative wallpapers up on the site. Better grab them fast because they go bye-bye on the 9th. (Via 壁紙fan!)
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DCT’s Nakamura marries H&MC’s Maki – Tokyograph
I skipped over the headlines in the Japanese news outlets I follow because the only mention was that Masato Nakamura—of one of the greatest J-pop bands, Dreams Come True—was marrying a woman 29 years his junior. So imagine my surprise to find that his wife is none other than HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR’s lead vocalist…
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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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