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Rika Adachi in wedding kimono for “Gegege no Nyobo”
Rika Adachi (足立梨花) wearing a wedding kimono for drama “Gegege no Nyobo”.
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Miori Takimoto X NHK asadora “Teppan”
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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Juri Ueno X 2011 taiga drama “Gou ~Himetachi no Sengoku~”
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 »
Kouhaku performers’ names revealed
On this Nov.23rd, a public holiday of “Kinrou Kansha no hi” (Labor Thanksgiving Day) in Japan, NHK (Nihon Housou Kyoukai/ Japan Broadcasting Corporation) revealed the list of performers of the 60th ” Kouhaku Uta Gassen ” (紅白歌合戦/ white and red song festival) . http://www9.nhk.or.jp/kouhaku/artists/index.html Kouhaku or the year-end grand song festival is a nationwide popular annual year-end grand song festival on the new year’s eve broadcast by NHK.