Jun Matsumoto cast for upcoming Monday-9 drama "Shitsuren Chocolatier"

1： かばほ～るφ ★ 2013/11/04(月) 10:42:34.57 ID:???0

Arashi's Jun Matsumoto (30) will be starring in Fuji TV's new drama Shitsuren Chocolatier (Monday-9) which will be starting in January. It will be 2 years since Jun Matsumoto last starred in a serial drama, the most recent being Lucky Seven from last year which was also on Fuji's Monday-9 slot from January to March.

This tells the love story of Sota Koyurugi, a chocolatier, and is based on the manga of the same title written by Ms. Setona Mizushiro. Sota goes to France for his training as he tries to make the heroine who is not interested in chocolates take notice of him. He comes back from his training as an "ikemen chocolatier" and tries too woo the heroine once more.

One thing to look forward to is how Matsumoto will portray the sweet, innocent and loyal feelings his character holds towards the heroine. Matsumoto comments, "I'm truly excited about playing a chocolatier for the first time. Chocolate making is a very delicate job as the amount of ingredients, temperature, and time are all very important. I want to prepare well for this role. I hope to turn this time slot into a "sweet and fun" hour and make the viewers want to root for Sota's love to succeed, while also enjoying the chocolates that will appear in every episode".

Source: http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/news/2013/11/04/kiji/K20131104006946040.html

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Rino Sashihara: "I'll do a photo book and surpass Santa Fe" (Shuukan Jitsuwa)

1： バズソーキック(埼玉県) 2013/10/31(木) 23:40:56.63 ID:nqq8GDqoP

Rino Sashihara dropped a bomb on TV Tokyo's new late night program Sashihara no Ran.

"Sashihara said on the program that she wants to come out with her first photo book since there is something that 'she can only sell now'. She said that 'I'm salary-based so things like these help me out the most', stating that she's looking for the high amount of income she'll be receiving from doing a photo shoot. When she was asked what kind of photo book she wants to do, she said 'Santa Fe. It's Santa Fe, yeah, Santa Fe', repeating the name of Rie Miyazawa's legendary nude photo book which was released in 1991 and sold over a million copies." - (TV writer)

(Continued after the jump)

Source: http://news.livedoor.com/article/detail/8206437/

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Erika Sawajiri to make her first appearance on Pittanko and A-Studio

1： バックドロップ(愛知県) 2013/11/01(金) 20:19:19.88 ID:IqIdJE2DP

Erika Sawajiri (27) will be guesting on the 11/15 episodes of Pittanko Kan★Kan (TBS, Friday 7:56) and A-Studio (TBS, 11:00). She was interviewed by the host Tsurube Shofukutei (61) for A-Studio, her first appearance on a variety show in 6 years, and she comments, "It was so refreshing and fun~!"

Sawajiri sported a white cardigan and jeans for the occasion, a more natural look for a glamorous actress such as her.

"I have this pretty bad image, right? Even around town, when people see me, they don't call me 'Erika cha~n'; they get surprised and go, 'Ah...', and shy away from me... I may say some nasty things from time to time, but I'm actually a normal person."

A-Studio was shot on location in the city. Sawajiri was all smiles the entire time, and was even using her hands and her body to make gestures. Even Tsurube couldn't hide his surprise and said, "She's super easy to talk to!".

Erika Sawajiri responded to Sankei Sports' interview after the shoot and said: "It was so refreshing and fun~!" with a smile on her face. She also talked about the image that she mentioned and said: "I don't really concern myself with what other people think, and that must be because I didn't really talk about myself too much".

"It must be my age, but the way I look at things has changed, and I think I should be expressing myself a bit more."
On the program, they also talked about her movie Helter Skelter, which was shown last year. She had a steamy scene in the movie and even won the best actress awards at the Japanese Academy Awards, but had to cancel promotions due to health issues. 

She reflects on this and says: "I had to take a break since I was still mentally dragging that role on with me, but it's truly something regrettable as a professional to do that..." "But if I kept on doing promotions at that time, I might have said something strange again, and people would have probably taken it the wrong way".

Source: http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/20131101/oth13110105070030-n1.html

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Live action Lupin III cast minus Fujiko has been finalized? Sho Sakurai as Daisuke Jigen?

1： 名無し募集中。。。 2013/10/31(木) 16:13:00.13 0 ID:

There has already been talk of a live action adaptation for Lupin III for about 2 years now, and that Arashi's Sho Sakurai will be in it. But Shun Oguri will be playing Lupin, which means that Sakurai will only be playing a supporting role, as Daisuke Jigen. 

"TouSpo initially reported that Erika Sawajiri will be playing Fujiko Mine, and that Satoshi Tsumabuki and Norika Fujiwara will also be in the movie. But after numerous revisions with the planning and casting, it seems that they were finally able to start filming in Thailand this month. There's no changing the fact that Oguri will be playing the lead, but the bigger shock here is that Sakurai will only be playing second fiddle to him. This is an irregularity, as it is hard to imagine anyone from Arashi not playing the lead role in a movie." - (executive at a production company)

True, it's not far-fetched that fans will cause an uproar if a member of Japan's national idol group will only settle for a supporting role.

"But Sakurai is a huge fan of the Lupin series, and he was overjoyed by the offer. Even Jun Matsumoto said, 'I also want to be a part of this, even just a cameo'. These personalities probably already consider it an honor to be part of such a well-loved franchise." - (same executive)

But up to now, there has been still no official word that the live action adaptation of Lupin is indeed underway. A portion of the media has been reporting its authenticity because of the following reason:

"It appears that it's already being treated as 'official news' in Thailand. There has never been any official announcement in Japan about this project, but even Thai actress Yayaying uploaded a portion of the script on SNS and announced that she 'will be starring alongside the Japanese idol, Sho Sakurai' to her fan club. Even the producers seem troubled by these actions that have violated their confidentiality." - (showbiz pro representative)

And according to the executive above, "As for the other cast members, there's Taichi Saotomoe, who will be playing Goemon Ishikawa, and the candidates for Fujiko Mine are Masami Nagasawa and Kyoko Fukada. They still have not finalized yet who will be playing Fujiko despite starting filming, and it seems that things haven't been smooth sailing for them at all". The movie is reportedly set for a Spring 2014 release, as we all await an official announcement. 

Source: http://www.cyzowoman.com/2013/10/post_10298.html

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(Related post about Lupin III HERE)

Tetsuya Komuro: "The concept of 'hit songs' has collapsed"

1： ：禿の月φ 2013/10/11 18:40:18

Musical producer Tetsuya Komuro expressed his opinions about the current state of J-POP on Twitter.

"The concept of 'hit songs' has collapsed. People have too many choices now, and there aren't a lot of things in common anymore." He points out that it's harder to make "hit songs" these days due to the diversity of music.
* (This was after a Twitter user told him, "Komuro-san seems to have taken a step ahead of the times, and you can't make a hit song if the listeners can't follow you. I get the feeling that Komuro-san can't make any more hits".)

He continues: "There will be people who will think that the Tokyo Sky Tree is the best, and there will also be people who consider the Tokyo Tower as the symbol of Tokyo." He also used Uniqlo, GAP, H&M, and FOREVER21 as examples and said "The quality of commodities have gone up, even music, everything is of pretty good quality", as he suggests that we are now in the times where we can easily get things that have pretty good quality.

A follower asked him, "Even still, don't you think that there's still 'something ubiquitous' that will not change?." Komuro replies, "I think I know what that 'something ubiquitous' is. It'll be a lot of manual labor so please give me some time. It's all a mix of music, words, and interval", as he shows his desire to create new songs.

Source: http://www.j-cast.com/tv/2013/10/11186079.html

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Sho Sakurai's credit card receipt uploaded on Twitter

1： 以下、名無しにかわりましてVIPがお送りします 2013/11/03(日) 14:40:23.32 ID:Wyh53WGm0

@m*****: 

今日うちの店に嵐の櫻井翔来たらしいよ

It looks like Sho Sakurai of Arashi came to our shop today

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Noontime SMAP&SMAP to replace Waratte Iitomo next year!? (Shuukan Josei)

1： ハイキック(埼玉県) 2013/10/29(火) 11:51:00.66 ID:GA3jwDrzP

Shuukan Josei November 12 Issue

Huge scoop: A noontime SMAP&SMAP will be replacing Waratte Iitomo once it goes off the air?

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Haruka Ayase has such a nice body but...

1： 風吹けば名無し 2013/10/23(水) 04:18:16.62 ID:QI1vvRc0

あんまり人気ないよな

...She's not that popular, right?

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Chiaki Kuriyama at the 26th Tokyo International Film Festival

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Poster and trailer for Live action Majo no Takkyubin revealed

1： ネックハンギングツリー(愛知県) 2013/10/26(土) 06:08:11.46 ID:LSoYZs6fP

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Majo no Takkyubin, or Kiki's Delivery Service (Directed by Takashi Shimizu, in theaters on March 1, 2014), revealed its teaser poster on the 26th. Newcomer actress Fuuka Koshiba as Kiki is seen riding a broom with the black cat. The poster features Koshiba's personal handwritten message: "Nice to meet you! I'm Kiki!"

(Related post HERE)

　　　　　　　

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What were the reasons why Ringo Sheena was hugely successful?

1： 名無し募集中。。。 2013/04/01(月) 19:32:15.07 0 ID:

椎名林檎はなんであんなに売れたの？

Why was Ringo Sheena that popular?

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Let's talk about Yui Ichikawa

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Kyoko Fukada and Keiko Kitagawa to have a kissing scene in the movie "RoomMate"

1： 三毛猫φ ★ 2013/10/30(水) 20:49:37.11 ID:???0

Kyoko Fukada and Keiko Kitagawa were both in attendance for the completion screening and presscon for the movie RoomMate, in cinemas on November 9. Fukada and Kitagawa have a kissing scene towards the end of the movie, and was the first time for both actresses to kiss a woman. When they were asked what their thoughts were, they said, "It was soft", as they looked at each other and chuckled in embarrassment.

Kitagawa comments that right before they filmed the kissing scene, "My heart pounded when I learned that I'll be kissing Kyoko-chan. I felt so ashamed after we did it". Fukada on the other hand comments, "I was nervous. But the staff were also very nervous".

The movie is based on the 1997 novel of the same name written by mystery writer Aya Imamura (1955-2013). Harumi (Kitagawa) and Reiko (Kitagawa) hit it off, start sharing a room, and live a happy life, but Reiko suddenly starts acting inexplicably.

Despite being a suspense movie where you'd expect a tense air on location, Kitagawa looks back and said, "She's a senpai, but Kyoko-chan treated me like a friend who's my age, and it felt like I was in school". Fukada also comments, "Keiko-chan strengthened the cohesiveness of the girls. I really had a lot of fun".

Others in attendance were Kora Kengo, director Takeshi Furusawa, and rock band androp.

Source: http://www.oricon.co.jp/news/movie/2030288/full/

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Mr. Johnny Kitagawa's favorite kind of face wwwwww

1： 名無し募集中。。。 2013/06/08(土) 11:30:37.96 0 ID:

似たような顔ばっか

They all look the same

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Yu Darvish and MALIA (Maria Shinbo) caught together by Josei Seven

1： 風吹けば名無し 2013/10/31(木) 07:49:48.88 ID:rwfy0U0f

Yu Darvish is apparently two-timing his live-in partner Miho Koga.

Right after seeing Koga off, Darvish went on a date with this model...

Source: http://josei7.com/topics.html

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AKB48's new single "Heart Ereki" sells over a million on the first day, breaks B'z record

1： 三毛猫φ ★ 2013/10/30(水) 20:05:22.19 ID:???0

Idol group AKB48's 33rd single "Heart Ereki" (Heart Electric) released on the 30th sold a total of 1.02 million units on it's first day and ranked first on the 10/29 daily rankings. This is the first time in history that an artist has released 14 consecutive singles that have recorded over 1 million in sales.

This is the 14th consecutive million-seller for AKB48, dating back to their 20th single in February of 2011 "Sakura no ki ni narou", and their 15th in total. They have broken B'z record of 13 straight singles that have sold over a million which started from "LADY NAVIGATION" (March 1991) to "REAL THING SHAKES" (May 1996).

Even in the total number of singles that have surpassed a million sales category, they have tied with B'z with a total of 15 singles, and are on the verge of taking the solo lead. Another feat achieved by AKB48 is that this is their 21st straight single, dating back from their 13th single "Iiwake Maybe" (August 2009), to debut at #1 on the first day in the daily rankings.

This song is influenced by the "group sound" that was popular in the 1960s. Released exactly 8 years from October 30, 2005 when Haruna Kojima (25) passed the "AKB48 Opening Member Auditions", this single commemorates her first time taking the center spot for a single.

Kojima comments: "When I received the mail from Akimoto-sensei that 'Kojima will be the center', I thought there must have been some mistake, or that it was spam mail or something. But I am truly happy that I was chosen to be the center for a single that has achieved such an honorable feat". Minami Takahashi (22) also gave her comments: "I felt happy and honored after hearing that we made history with 14 straight singles that sold over a million. We will keep our feet on the ground as all members will strive to do our best so that we will not put shame to this feat".

Source: http://headlines.yahoo.co.jp/hl?a=20131030-00000322-oric-ent

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