Aya Ueto to host the Japan Record Awards, her first time together onstage with her husband HIRO

1： 禿の月φ ★ 2013/12/02(月) 05:12:30.49 ID:???P

Actress Aya Ueto (28) has been selected to host the 55th Annual Japan Record Awards (TBS - 12/30). This will be her 2nd time hosting the event, the first one being in 2008.

Her husband since September of last year HIRO (44) and his group EXILE have already won as one of the "Best Song" awardees for their song "EXILE PRIDE ~Konna sekai wo ai suru tame~" and are in the running to win the grand prize. The TV station is still "currently under negotiations with EXILE" concerning their participation in the said event, but HIRO will be focusing on his work as president and producing for LDH come next year, and will definitely make his grand appearance here so that everyone can send him off with a bang. It seems that we'll finally see the couple together in public for the first time since they got married.

(Related post HERE)

Source: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20131202/oth13120205040016-n1.html

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TOKIO's Taichi Kokubun to become the face of TBS' mornings from spring 2014

1： かばほ～るφ ★ 2013/11/24(日) 11:05:58.73 ID:???0

TOKIO's Taichi Kokubun (39) will become the main host of TBS' informational morning show that will begin in spring. This will be the morning show that will replace Hanamaru Market (Mon~Fri 8:30AM) which will end in March. Kokubun has had the opportunity to host a lot of programs before, but this will be the first time he will be hosting a morning show.

He was chosen because of his ability to take charge, his likability, as well as his clean image. The title of the program is yet to be decided.

Kokubun has had experience in various genres such as variety shows, sports, travel, cooking, as well as educational programs. 
His skills for taking charge is regarded highly, as he has won the Galaxy Award in May of 2006 (Association of Broadcast Critics). He was recognized for his contributions as a host to TV Asahi's Aura no Izumi and TBS' talk show R30.

He also has a clean image that is necessary for being the face of mornings. He has previously won the Cotton Award, an award given to distinguished personalities with pleasant images. He was also the main caster for Fuji TV's coverage of last year's London Olympics, as he has proven that he has the composure to deal with sudden occurrences.

The long running morning show Hanamaru, which has lasted for 17 years, has announced that it will end by March next year. Hanamaru became popular with all the lifestyle segments and promotions, but according to staff, the new program will be a variety informational show that is more news and entertainment-oriented.

Back in 2008 when Kokubun had regular shows on all channels, including NHK, he was asked about having a daily program from Monday to Friday. He commented back then: "I haven't thought that far, but I'll do my best". 

Source: http://www.nikkansports.com/entertainment/news/p-et-tp0-20131124-1222384.html

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Monta Mino's "list of sexual harassment victims" revealed by FLASH!!?

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TBS receives complaints about Ayame Gouriki's peeing scene in Kurokouchi

1： 腕ひしぎ十字固め(チベット自治区) 2013/10/27(日) 09:43:53.65 ID:2Wa6e+0h0

The TBS drama Kurokouchi has only just started, yet already it has received complaints from the viewers.

The scene in question came in episode 1. The female detective Seike, played by Ayame Gouriki, wet herself after getting surprised due to the gunshot. Kurokouchi, played by Tomoya Nagase, then proceeded to take a photo of this on his smart phone. This photo was then used by Kurokouchi in episode 2 to blackmail Seike saying that he would "pass the photo around unless details of the investigation were given" to him. Some viewers apparently found this as a form of sexual harassment and power harassment.

According to one of TBS' staff: "We received complaints of contempt regarding the wetting scene, and ethical complaints as to how a male detective treats a female".

On the Internet, some people have been praising the said scene, but some have said that the producers only did this for publicity. "The story is robust in this drama that has an outlaw as the lead. You can say that this drama has been very bold in going against the conventional drama formulas by even showing a dead woman's entire body without even hiding the breasts. And the scene where the character wet herself isn't that horrible that it should be considered a problem by the BPO (Broadcasting Ethics & Program Improvement Organization), so I think that they just wanted to create buzz."
- (broadcast writer)

There were some comments on the Internet saying, "I'll watch this every week since I was able to see Gouriki wet herself". The first episode got 12% which is pretty average, but there are also some people saying that Gouriki wasn't bad at all in this, even if she may have quite a lot of haters.

According to some reports, Gouriki's agency did not oppose to her wetting herself in the story, and that they even said "it's alright if it really is necessary in the story". "And Kurokouchi's partner is a man in the original manga, so fans of the original wouldn't have approved of Gouriki being cast here. Perhaps her agency had to give the go signal to these indelicate scenes in exchange for forcing her to be in the drama."

The BPO did not give any comments regarding this. Even TBS refrained from commenting further, stating, "We have received the opinions of some of our viewers, but we will not be commenting on this matter".

Source: http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/8195590/

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KimuTaku's Ando Lloyd episode 1 gets 19.2%; Kamenashi's Tokyo Bandwagon gets 8.8%

1： かばほ～るφ ★ 2013/10/15(火) 09:55:21.67 ID:???0

October 12 (Sat)
8.8%   21:00-22:24  NTV  Tokyo Bandwagon

October 13 (Sun)
19.2%   21:00-22:09  TBS  Ando Lloyd ~A.I. knows LOVE?~

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Ayame Gouriki at the production presscon of Kurokouchi: "I'm not concerned about the ratings"

1： デンジャラスバックドロップ(千葉県) 2013/10/03(木) 21:55:23.50 ID:iMA1CzkD0

Tomoya Nagase and Ayame Gouriki were at the production press conference within the metropolis for their new drama Kurokouchi which will start airing on Friday, October 11th on TBS.

Ayame Gouriki was asked how she felt about ratings as her agency senpais Aya Ueto (Hanzawa Naoki) and Ryoko Yonekura (Doctor X) are in dramas with high ratings. To this, she bluntly answered, "I'm not really concerned about it".

This will be an unorthodox detective drama with the premise that the culprit of the unsolved \300 million case back in the Showa era is still alive. Gouriki, who plays the role of a new detective who will be working with the evil detective Kurokouchi (Nagase), comments: "I hope I can act in a way that can honestly pierce the hearts of the viewers concerning what's good and what's not in this 300 million case. " About filming the scenes: "There are a lot of heavy scenes, but it's always fun and tense at the same time on the set".

Other cast members who attended the presscon were Atsuro Watabe, Mikihisa Azuma, and Ken Kaneko 

Source: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20131003-00000314-oric-ent

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TBS angered by TouSpo's article on Rena Nounen refusing to star alongside KimuTaku in Ando Lloyd

1： かばほ～るφ ★ 2013/10/02(水) 12:35:01.99 ID:???0

As early as now, a lot of people are worrying that Ando Lloyd ~A.I. knows LOVE?~ will flop due to the inevitable comparisons with Hanzawa Naoki, which was in the same time slot last season.

Recently, it was reported by TouSpo in an article titled "Rena Nounen rejected an offer" on September 30 that a TBS staff said: "We made an offer to 'Amachan' as we believed she can bring in the ratings, but they rejected. 'So it was impossible after all' -- that's how everyone feels now in the station". The article cited that Nounen's camp didn't deem Ando Lloyd as a viable project to succeed Amachan.

Because of this, some people directly asked Ando Lloyd's official Twitter account if they really did make an offer to Rena Nounen. 

They wrote on their official Twitter account on the night of October 1:
"We initially thought that there's no point in putting up with that rumor because of how troublesome it will be, but it seems that there are some people who believe the report, so let us just make it clear once and for all that we did not make an offer to Nounen-san. Therefore, she didn't reject us. Nounen-san and staff, sorry about this. And TouSpo web-san, enough of this already".

There was a user who replied to this: "Well, there's no way you'd admit it even if it was true, right? It's a producer's job to spew out lies after all". To this, the account replied: "Don't look down on us". It seems that the staff were really angered by this report. 

Source: http://www.j-cast.com/2013/10/02185232.html

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Monta Mino's "2nd" summer vacation in 2013... due to the sexual harassment issue?

1： 禿の月φ ★ 2013/09/09(月) 19:39:34.53 ID:???P

Main host Monta Mino (69) has entered a week-long break from his morning show Mino Monta no Asa Zuba! (TBS).

Mino had already taken his summer vacation at the beginning of August, and will be entering his "2nd break", which is rare for the main host. 

Viewers have begun speculating that, "Could it be the effect of his sexual harassment fracas?".

Whenever Mino was on leave, his life-size standee would be placed on the set. The standee was there at 5:37AM on the September 9 broadcast, but it was removed immediately after showing the Olympics announcement at 5:38AM. Mino usually opens each show with his monologue, but the September 9 show started with all 6 announcers lined up in front of the camera.

Mino was caught on camera as it apparently looked like he was touching announcer Akiyo Yoshida's backside on the August 30 broadcast of the show. TBS comments: "We do not recognize this act as any sort of sexual harassment, but since it was an act that brought forth confusion, we have given verbal warning to the staff who are in charge of the program". Mino also responded in an interview by Nikkan Sports by saying, "My, why would I even commit sexual harassment? That was not my perception, and I think that even the girl is troubled by all of this".

These have not helped extinguish the flames, as people are still saying:
"It's probably his punishment for that sexual harassment thing."
"A 2nd summer vacation? Isn't he just being frozen out?"
"They're probably waiting for the issue to die down a bit."

Source: http://www.j-cast.com/2013/09/09183406.html?p=all

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New cast members for KimuTaku's "Ando Lloyd" - Yuko Oshima, Tsubasa Honda, Mizuki Yamamoto, Jesse

1： 禿の月φ ★ 2013/09/02(月) 06:12:59.52 ID:???P

AKB48's Yuko Oshima has been cast in Takuya Kimura's October drama Ando Lloyd ~A.I. knows LOVE?~.

Oshima will be playing the role of Nanase Matsushima, a physicist and assistant professor, who is the younger sister of Kimura's character Reiji Matsushima, a university professor and genius physicist.

Other cast members are Kenta Kiritani, Tsubasa Honda, Sayaka Yamaguchi, Jesse (Johnny's Jr.), Mizuki Yamamoto, Yuta Hiraoka, Yuko Natori, and Kenichi Endo.

Honda will be playing the role of the android Suppli, who also comes from the future. Yamamoto will be playing the role of Matsushima's lab assistant Kaoru Kuriyama.

Neon Genesis Evangelion's Hideaki Anno and Kazuya Tsurumaki help out with the concept and scenario, while the scriptwriting will be handled by SPEC and Keizoku's Yumie Nishiogi. The drama will begin in October, Sunday nights at 9 on TBS, taking over Hanzawa Naoki's timeslot.

Source: http://mainichi.jp/mantan/news/20130901dyo00m200043000c.html

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Tomoya Nagase stars in new drama KUROKOUCHI, together with Ayame Gouriki

1： 禿の月φ ★ 2013/08/09(金) 05:33:01.93 ID:???P

Translated by Doramaworld
TOKIO's Nagase Tomoya and Gouriki Ayame will be working together for the first time in the TBS autumn 2013 drama "Kurokouchi" which will begin its run from October in the Fridays 10pm timeslot. The drama which is based on the same-titled manga by Richard Wu and will consist of 10 episodes, features Nagase as Kurokouchi Keita, an assistant inspector in the Kanagawa Prefectural Police Criminal Department 2nd section who believes that the true criminal behind the JPY 300m robbery case in December 1968 which had passed its statute of limitations in 1975 is still out there and attempts to find whoever this is. He does not care about resorting to controversial ways to solve his cases including blackmailing politicians and demanding huge amounts of money. With the intelligence he gets, Kurokouchi is able to solve many cold cases. On the other hand, Gouriki plays the role of Seike Mashiro, his colleague who's serious about her work and has a sterling record as compared to Kurokouchi.
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Additional comments by Nagase and Gouriki
Nagase: (On Gouriki) "She's really clear, transparent, and cute. We're not the "beauty and the beast" but I hope we can show how interesting it can be for 2 people from totally different worlds to coexist."

Gouriki: "I'll play the role sincerely and honestly, and try to portray the role of a cool detective."

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Takuya Kimura to appear in a new drama this fall on TBS?

1： 五十京φ ★ 2013/05/12(日) 12:06:57.94 ID:???0

Cyzo Woman 2013年05月12日09時00
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