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news: actress
Actress Okina denies reports of retirement
Mon, June 4, 2007 (3:51am EDT)
News of actress Megumi Okina's retirement spread throughout the Japanese media last week, but it appears that the reports may have jumped the gun. While her contract with Parfit did end, she recently denied that she is retiring. She also said that certain comments attributed to her were false.
One entertainment critic conjectures that her agency may be trying to release Okina, as she might be viewed as a troublemaker due to her scandals and lack of work. According to the office, however, it was Okina who chose to not renew the contract because she said she was considering retirement.
Others in the industry believe she may have received an offer from another talent agency, and her announced retirement simply provided cover for negotiations to take place. Indeed, many find it unusual that she would retire just after filming ended for the horror movie "Shutter," which will serve as Okina's Hollywood debut next spring.
Based on Okina's comments, it seems she intends to continue with her career, at least for now.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: actress
Aya Okamoto takes a break
Mon, June 4, 2007 (1:45pm EDT)
Actress Aya Okamoto is taking a break from show business. According to her agency, Ten Carat, she officially withdrew from work on May 31, saying that she wants time to reexamine herself. It is not known how much time she plans to take off.
Okamoto got her big break as a teen actress in 2001 when she starred in the NHK Asadora "Audrey." However, her image suffered a heavy blow last year when it was discovered that she was in the passenger seat of Shido Nakamura's car when he was caught for drunk driving.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: CM
New collaboration for Nissan: Nanamusica + Nodame
Mon, June 4, 2007 (2:23pm EDT)
Auto manufacturer Nissan has revealed the second artist collaboration for its "CUBE LOVES MUSIC" label. Ayaka and Kobukuro's "WINDING ROAD" proved to be a big hit earlier this year, and now Nissan is hoping that the combination of female duo Nanamusica and the Nodame Orchestra can produce a similar success.
The new Nissan Cube commercial, which begins airing on the 6th, will feature the song "Sora," sung by Nanamusica and accompanied by the Nodame Orchestra. The single is scheduled for release on July 18, and it will be accompanied by two more collaborative songs, "Kibou no Hoshi 2" and "Pegasus." The CM version of "Sora" will be released for mobile download on the same day the commercial is launched.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: event
AX announces Anna Tsuchiya
Mon, June 4, 2007 (4:39pm EDT)
Today, Anime Expo 2007 announced yet another addition to its lineup of high-profile guests from Japan. Model, actress, and singer Anna Tsuchiya (best known among anime fans for her musical contributions to the "NANA" franchise) will attend this year's convention as an official Guest of Honor, and she will perform a one-hour concert at the Long Beach Arena on Saturday, June 30.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: artistes
Five years after they debuted, popular Okinawan rock band Orange Range are to release their first greatest hits collection. They will put out two albums, the singles collection "Orange" and an album of fan favorites "Range", on July 27. They will also release a new single, "Ikenai Taiyo", a week earlier on July 18. A former indie band, Orange Range made the major label debut with Sony Music in 2003. It was their second single, "Shanghai Honey", that made the breakthrough, selling over 350,000 copies. Within two and a half years, they had broken the 10-million-copy barrier. To date their 15 singles have sold some 6.5 million and their four albums over 5.5 million. Even in a market that has seen big declines in CD sales, a Sony spokesman said they hope to sell a combined six million copies of the new albums.
Source: www.japan-zone.com |
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news: artistes
[OFF-THE-HOOK] The return of X-Japan?
06/04/2007 11:47 PST by KNDY
Since YOSHIKI抯 appearance at Otakon last year, there have been a lot of comments from Yoshiki regarding a band with Gackt (which was confirmed at J-Rock Revolution with the emergence of Skin feat. YOSHIKI, Gackt, Sugizo and Miyavi to perform at Anime Expo) and the other regarding YOSHIKI recording a song with TOSHI (擶ithout You |
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news: artiste
[JAPAN] In 15 years of ZARD, only 7 televised appearances
06/04/2007 11:27 PST by KNDY
It is no secret that ZARD is a band that hardly made any public appearances. In fact, until ZARD/Sakai Izumi抯 first concert performance in front of fans took place back in 1999 and a nationwide tour in 2004.
But a look into the performing history of ZARD, Sakai Izumi [note: ZARD is the band name but all members have quit back in the early 90抯, thus ZARD is more or less a solo act feat. Sakai Izumi] performed on television seven times. Several of those performances were for TV Asahi抯 揗usic Station |
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news: CM/artiste
New phone CM for Sawajiri
Wed, June 6, 2007 (2:31am EDT)
Actress Erika Sawajiri is promoting another Sony Ericsson phone. The W52S "Walkman," which goes on sale later this month, has 2GB of internal memory and is stated to be capable of 110 hours of music playback.
Sawajiri will be seen performing kung-fu moves in the phone's commercial. The ad begins airing on the 30th.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: CM/artiste
New phone CM for Sawajiri
Wed, June 6, 2007 (2:31am EDT)
Actress Erika Sawajiri is promoting another Sony Ericsson phone. The W52S "Walkman," which goes on sale later this month, has 2GB of internal memory and is stated to be capable of 110 hours of music playback.
Sawajiri will be seen performing kung-fu moves in the phone's commercial. The ad begins airing on the 30th.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: CM/artiste
New phone CM for Sawajiri
Wed, June 6, 2007 (2:31am EDT)
Actress Erika Sawajiri is promoting another Sony Ericsson phone. The W52S "Walkman," which goes on sale later this month, has 2GB of internal memory and is stated to be capable of 110 hours of music playback.
Sawajiri will be seen performing kung-fu moves in the phone's commercial. The ad begins airing on the 30th.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: actor
Kenji Sakaguchi chosen as caster for judo championships
Wed, June 6, 2007 (3:15am EDT)
Actor Kenji Sakaguchi has been appointed as a main caster for Fuji TV's exclusive broadcast of the 2007 World Judo Championships. He will be in attendance at the event, which is taking place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on September 13-16 (14-17 in Japan).
The last time the championships were held in Rio de Janeiro was in 1965. At that competition, Kenji's father Seiji Sakaguchi earned the bronze medal (he also won the national championship in the same year).
The younger Sakaguchi, who is only a second-degree black belt, will be accompanied by announcer Rio Hirai for the coverage of this year's tournament. Hirai is actually said to have been named by her parents after the Brazilian city.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: dorama
Singer Gackt continues to diversify and has filmed his first role in an NHK taiga drama series. In an episode of the ongoing series "Fuurinkazan" to be aired on June 17, he makes his first appearance as the historical figure Uesugi Kenshin (1530-1578), one of the many powerful warlords of the Sengoku period. Yesterday at NHK's studio in Tokyo, he filmed scenes with star Uchino Masaaki (39), who plays the samurai Yamamoto Kansuke (1493-1561), and veteran actor Ogata Ken (69). In his 9th taiga series, Ogata plays Usami Sadamitsu (1489-1564), military strategist to Uesugi. Yamamoto is best known for his battle plan which led to victory over Uesugi at Kawanakajima. But believing his plan to have failed, he charged headlong into the enemy ranks and died before the battle was won. The title of this year's taiga is an old expression that means "as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain."
Source: www.japan-zone.com |
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news: movie
Sho Aikawa to star in film adaptation of 'SS' manga
Thu, June 7, 2007 (5:05pm EDT)
A press conference was held on Thursday to announce the production of "SS," a film based on Shohei Harumoto's manga of the same name (also known as "Special Stage"). The film, scheduled for release next spring, is being helmed by TV director Yoshinori Kobayashi, who made his big screen debut with the "Unfair" movie.
Sho Aikawa stars as a middle-aged man who remembers his forgotten dreams of becoming a professional rally driver. The cast includes Noriko Sakai (as Aikawa's wife) and talento Megumi.
It was also noticed at the press conference that Megumi had a ring on her left ring finger, suggesting that her relationship with Dragon Ash's Kenji Furuya is going well.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: dorama SP
Nakama to portray life of Masako Natsume
Thu, June 7, 2007 (6:21pm EDT)
TBS is planning to air a drama special about the life of actress Masako Natsume, who died of leukemia in 1985 at the age of 27. The drama is based on "Futari no Masako," a book written by Natsume's mother.
Natsume is perhaps best known for her role as Tripitaka (Sanzo Hoshi) in the "Saiyuki" drama series from the late '70s.
Popular actress Yukie Nakama will play Masako, and Yoshiko Mita will play her mother. Filming began on May 27, with a target broadcast date in autumn.
The special is titled "Himawari ~Masako Natsume 27-sai no Shougai to Haha no Ai~." Himawari is the Japanese word for sunflower, which was one of Natsume's favorite flowers and was also the title of a movie she watched many times as a student - "I Girasoli," starring Sophia Loren.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: movie
Kamen Rider V3 gets a movie
Thu, June 7, 2007 (6:45pm EDT)
This fall, the "Kamen Rider" franchise will get yet another addition: "Kamen Rider The Next." The movie is being directed by Ryuta Tasaki, who helmed several other series and films in the franchise. As the title might suggest, it follows up on the 2005 release "Kamen Rider The First" (which was based on the first Kamen Rider series) and takes its inspiration from the second series, "Kamen Rider V3."
"V3" aired for 52 episodes between 1973 and 1974, and is often claimed by fans to be the best of the TV show's many incarnations. The hero, V3, will be played by Kazuki Kato, who played Drake in the "Kamen Rider Kabuto" series that ended earlier this year.
Due to horror elements, the film is expected to get a PG-12 rating.
Source: www.tokyograph.com |
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news: movie
[JAPAN] Watanabe Ken in a new film about alzheimer抯
06/07/2007 6:57 PST by KNDY
CRIEnglish.com reports that Watanabe Ken will be in a new film titled 揗emories of Tomorrow |
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