You can now pre-order Gokusen The Movie DVD at CD Japan ~

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=VPBT-13410

http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=VPXT-71083

DVD release of the film "Gokusen The Movie" starring Yukie Nakama and Kazuya Kamenashi (from KAT-TUN). A high school teacher, Kumiko Yamaguchi, a.k.a. Yankumi, is now handling the new ( Read more... )

Here are the results for the 62nd Dorama Academy Awards for the summer season doramas published by the "The Television" magazine.

Best Dorama
01 - Buzzer Beat
02 - Ninkyo Helper
03 - Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji

Best Actor
01 - Kusanagi Tsuyoshi
02 - Yamashita Tomohisa
03 - Sato Koichi

Best Actress
01 - Matsushima Nanako
02 - Tabe Mikako
03 - Fukuda Saki

Best Co-Actor
01 ( Read more... )

Arashi member Sakurai Sho will appear in a documentary drama to be broadcast next year in January. The drama's title (for now) is ‘阪神・淡路大震災から15年　神戸新聞の7日間～被災地に生きた記者 達の闘い～(仮) / Hanshin･Awaji Daishinsai kara 15-nen Kobe Shimbun no 7-kakan～Hisaichi ni Ikita Kisha-tachi no Tatakai～(Kari) [lit. '15 Years after Great Hanshin Earthquake: The 7 Days of Kobe ( Read more... )

Korean group Big Bang has landed their first tie-in with a Japanese television drama. Their new song, "Koe wo Kikasete," will be used as the opening theme of TBS's "Ohitorisama," which stars Alisa Mizuki and Teppei Koike.

This song also marks the return of Daesung (D-LITE), who was injured in a car accident this past August.

"Ohitorisama" starts ( Read more... )

Here's a little extra info from TOKYOGRAPH ~~

The 26th annual Best Jeanist awards were presented on Sunday. For the fourth consecutive year, KAT-TUN member Kazuya Kamenashi and singer Kumi Koda were voted #1 in the public selection category.

More than 70,000 votes were counted between October of last year and this past August. Kamenashi won another ( Read more... )

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For Japanese women, ‘leggings' have become essential fashion items. [‘Leggings' are tight, form fitting trousers. In Japan they are sometimes called ‘トレンカ(trenca)' and/or ‘スパッツ(spats)'.] It has quickly become a fad, but there is one man that abhors the trend. He is KAT-TUN member Ueda Tatsuya, a man with a markedly different sense of fashion ( Read more... )

On September 23rd Takizawa Hideaki of Tackey & Tsubasa held a release event for their new single ‘ヒカリひとつ / Hikari Hitotsu’ [lit. ‘One light’] at Akasaka Sacas in Tokyo! Takizawa suddenly appeared in front of 3,000 fans and shouted “Let’s have a good time!” The new song had become the main title song for the drama series ‘オルトロスの犬 / Orthrus no Inu’, ( Read more... )

Yamashita Tomohisa (Yama-P) recently captivated viewers with his energetic acting in the Fuji TV drama series ‘ブザー・ビート～崖っぷちのヒーロー～ / Buzzer Beat～Gakeppuchi no Hero～'. Now he is set to enthrall fans with his singing ( Read more... )

Recently in Tokyo KANJANI∞ recorded video footage for the new TV program ‘関パニ / Kan-Pani' which will be hosted by the group. The first broadcast is set to go on air on October 7th. In between the recordings, the members were asked by an interviewer what sort of things they would like to try out in their program. Shibuya Subaru eagerly replied “It ( Read more... )