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Jun Matsumoto & Masami Nagsawa X “Wagaya no Rekishi”

By Tenkaijapan - Last updated: 水曜日, 3月 10, 2010
"Wagaya no Rekishi" (c) Fuji Televisinon Network

"Wagaya no Rekishi" (c) Fuji Televisinon Network

It was announced that actor Jun Matsumoto(松本潤) and actress Masami Nagsawa(長澤まさみ) are going to have a kiss scene in the drama.

“Wagaya no Rekishi” is a lavish Fuji TV special to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

Set after WW II, “Wagaya no Rekishi” follows the Yame family and its 7 members over the next two decades. The drama will provided a mixture of laughter, romance, drama and suspense. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tomohisa Yamashita X Ashita no Joe

By Tenkaijapan - Last updated: 月曜日, 3月 8, 2010
  (C)高森朝雄・ちばてつや/講談社

(C)高森朝雄・ちばてつや/講談社

The live-action film adaptation of “Ashita no Joe” will open early 2011.

“Ashita no Joe”(あしたのジョー/lit.Tomorrow’s Joe) is a critically acclaimed boxing manga created by Asao Takamori and Tetsuya Chiba in 1968-1973.The manga is among the most critically acclaimed stories in Japanese popular culture.
Joe Yabuki(矢吹丈), the hero of the manga, is a troubled young man who runs away from an orphanage. Wandering through the Tokyo slums, he meets former boxer Danpei Tange(丹下段平). Read the rest of this entry »

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Aya Ueto becomes a detective for new drama “Zettai Reido-Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Sousa”

By Tenkaijapan - Last updated: 水曜日, 3月 3, 2010
Aya Ueto

Aya Ueto

Actress Aya Ueto (上戸彩) is going to star in her first detective role for Fuji TV’s “Zettai Reido: Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Sousa” (lit: Absolute Zero).

Similar to the American series “Cold Case”, it will have a team trying to solve or resolve cases that happened a long time ago. Japan actually just created a special department for cold cases in November 2009.

Cold Case

Cold Case

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Miori Takimoto X NHK asadora “Teppan”

By Tenkaijapan - Last updated: 木曜日, 2月 25, 2010
Miori Takimoto

Miori Takimoto

An asadora (朝ドラ)is NHK’s morning drama series. Asadora air Monday through Saturday at 8:15am, and runs for 15 minutes without commercials. To break it down, asa (朝) means “morning”, while dora (ドラ) is an English loanword meaning “drama”.

The 83rd asadkra series, “Teppan (てっぱん),” has an official heroine.
NHK announced that 18-year-old Miori Takimoto (瀧本美織) was chosen for the lead role from an audition of more than 1,400 actresses.
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Rosa Kato and Nana Katase co-star in drama “Pro Golfer Hana”

By Tenkaijapan - Last updated: 水曜日, 2月 24, 2010
Pro Golfer Hana

Rosa Kato "Pro Golfer Hana" (C) 2010 NTV

A golf-themed drama series titled “Pro Golfer Hana (プロゴルファー花)” will broadcast on NTV this spring.

Co-stars Rosa Kato (加藤ローサ) and Nana Katase (片瀬 那奈) have been earnestly preparing for their parts through lessons from professional golf teachers.
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Eita and Juri Ueno’s Twitter drama “Sunao ni Narenakute”

By Tenkaijapan - Last updated: 火曜日, 2月 23, 2010

Eita / Juri Ueno

Eita / Juri Ueno


Eita (瑛太) and Juri Ueno (上野樹里)’s spring drama is based on Twitter.
New drama on Fuji TV will be called “Sunao ni Narenakute (素直になれなくて/lit. Hard To Say I’m Sorry)”, the same title of a ballad performed by American rock group Chicago.
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Yusuke Yamamoto stars in drama “Tumbling”

By Tenkaijapan - Last updated: 木曜日, 2月 18, 2010
Tumbling (c) 2010 TBS

Tumbling (c) 2010 TBS

TBS‘s new drama explore the men’s rhythmic gymnastics with a series titled “Tumbling.”

Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport that combines elements of ballet, gymnastics, dance, and apparatus manipulation.

The drama features a cast of popular young actors, led by Yusuke Yamamoto (山本裕典) in his first lead role in a series.
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Daimajin Kanon X Yuka Rikuna

By Tenkaijapan - Last updated: 日曜日, 2月 14, 2010
(C) 2010 TV Tokyo

(C) 2010 TV Tokyo "Daimajin Kanon"

The special effects drama “Daimajin” that was hugely popular back in 1966 will make its revival as a TV series on TV Tokyo.

The late-night dorma “Daimajin Kanon (大魔神カノン)” had 1 bil.yen for its creation, huge budget for a drama of that time slot.

Heroine of the new series will be the female college student Yuka Rikuna (里久鳴祐果),21, who got selected among 1000 young women auditioned for that role.

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Ryoko Yonekura X “Koshonin The Movie: Time Limit Kodo 10,000m no Zunosen”

By Tenkaijapan - Last updated: 土曜日, 2月 13, 2010

(c)2010「交渉人THE MOVIE」製作委員会

(c)2010「交渉人THE MOVIE」製作委員会


The TV Asahi drama series “Koshonin” is coming back as a theatrical film “Koshonin The Movie: Time Limit Kodo 10,000m no Zunosen” (Negotiator The Movie: Time Limit Battle of Wits at Altitude 10,000m).
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Juri Ueno X 2011 taiga drama “Gou ~Himetachi no Sengoku~”

By Tenkaijapan - Last updated: 土曜日, 1月 30, 2010
Juri Ueno

Juri Ueno

NHK has announced the lead for its 2011 taiga drama series. Titled “Gou ~Himetachi no Sengoku~(江~姫たちの戦国~),” the drama will star Juri Ueno and is based on an original script by “Atsuhime (篤姫)” writer Kumiko Tabuchi(田渕久美子). Read the rest of this entry »

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Jun Matsumoto Filming Drama “Wagaya no rekishi”

By Tenkaijapan - Last updated: 火曜日, 12月 1, 2009
Wagaya no rekishi

Wagaya no rekishi

In spring 2010, Fuji TV’s special drama “Wagaya no Rekishi (わが家の歴史/Our Family’s History)” will be broadcast . Read the rest of this entry »

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