Please let me know if I've broken any rules by posting this here. If so I'll try to fix it as soon as possible ( Read more... )

I've been meaning to post an update about Aihara Mika-chan's OG career to this community for a long time now. However, before I do that I thought I'd better introduce myself to those members of this community who don't already know me - and what better way to do so than with this questionnaire ( Read more... )

There's some cool OG videos floating around; just thought I'd put 'em up.

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Hanasaki Ririka, in her two-woman group "Fantasmagoric" sings live in Harajuku.

Mariho Erina has a nation-wide Shochiku commercial! http://www.shochu-kojika.jp/about/cm.html I can't embed it, but you can see it here.

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Maikaze Rira singing live in 2011.

(Bonus for big fans: she now ( Read more... )

Normally when I update pages on the takawiki, I know people will spread the news around if they care--like with Ayahoshi Rion's new concert--so I don't bother. But these two make me too happy to keep to myself.

HANAKAGE ALICE has a talent agency! (You will not believe how adorable she looks with short hair. @_@)

and...

MIDORI HARUKA IS MARRIED! ( Read more... )

Marimo has announced her first post-Zuka performance!

Bad Girls Meets Bad Boys of Dance

She doesn't have a page up at Umegei, but since it's an Umeda show with Wataru I wonder if she will.

Anyway, yay. ^^

So.

Dan Rei is a Really Famous Actress going around starring in movies, being featured in gorgeous photo shoots, winning major industry awards...

...and as of July, marrying one of Japan's major sex symbols without missing a beat. Congratulations, Dan-chan!

(Fun note: Oikawa-san is apparently a big Takarazuka fan, particularly of Aran Kei. Hee

Hanafusa Mari's well-publicized retirement from WAO Enterprises seems to have ended happily, with Wao and Hana reconciled personally, and O-Hana resolved to walk her own path professionally ( Read more... )

Tokai TV's next afternoon dorama--it will be showing every weekday starting next year--will star EMI KURARA as late comedian/actress Miyako Chouchou! And who should be writing it but the inimitable Oishi Shizuka, writer of Ai to Seishun no Takarazuka and Soragumi's recent Utsukushiki Shougai?

Official webpage: Suzuko no KoiFurther good news: I was ( Read more... )

DAN REI, who can safely be labeled a Really Famous Actress at this point, is the star of a new suspense/mystery TV dorama, Zouka no Mitsu. See here for the web page, currently featuring a gorgeous pic of Dan-chan pouting at us: http://www.wowow.co.jp/dramaw/zoukanomitsu/
 And who should be set to guest-star in episode four, but SHIRAHANE YURI? No ( Read more... )

As far as I could understand with the help of Google Translate, Tsukigumi OG Takigawa Sueko and her yoga course got written up in the Hanako magazine ( Read more... )