Gossip magazine “Shukan Josei“s reported on September 7th that ex-KAT-TUN member, Akanishi Jin, will debut in a Hollywood movie – “Pirates of the Caribbean 4“, to be exact, scheduled for release sometime in 2011. ‘Shukan Josei’ contacted Walt Disney Japan for confirmation on the rumor, and they answered that they have not yet been informed...

This past January Sakurai Sho and Horikita Maki played as rivals in the TBS drama ‘Tokujo Kabachi!!’. It seems that their relationship has gone beyond than just being co-stars in a drama. According to a restaurant manager in Shinjuku, “I don’t have the slightest idea why, but somehow Sakurai-kun and Maki-chan have been appearing frequently...

Actress Eikura Nana will once again star in a CM for  Lotte products. The CM shows Eikura, relaxing in a kotatsu while eating Lotte’s “Yukimi Daifuku”, an ice cream wrapped in a thin layer of mochi (rice cake). Even though the shooting for the CM took place during the early summer, Eikura was very impressed...

Actress Umika Kawashima (16) and actor Aoi Nakamura (19) are co-starring in a BeeTV mobile drama titled “Sekai no Owari ni Saku Hana.” The drama tells of the painful first love between Taiyo and Saki, two youngsters who have been suffering from kidney disease since childhood and are waiting for transplants. Kawashima and Nakamura worked...

Eri Fukatsu won the best actress award at the 2010 Montreal World Film Festival in Canada on Monday for her performance in the Japanese film ‘‘Akunin’’ (Villain), directed by Lee Sang Il, according to the movie’s distributor in Japan. At the award ceremony in Montreal on the closing day of the 34th edition of the...

In August, it was reported that the manga series “Musashino-sen no Shimai” by Yukiwo would be turned into a theatrical film. It has now been confirmed that the movie is live-action, and that it will star actress Natsuki Kato (25) and AKB48 member Chisato Nakata (19). The story is a comedy about the carefree lives...

KinKi Kids member Koichi Domoto will star as the character Kikuchiyo, who was originally played by legendary actor Toshiro Mifunebased on Akira Kurosawa’s famous 1954 film “Shichinin no Samurai” (“Seven Samurai”). Yamamoto has apparently been preparing this production for the past three years. Although it is based on the Kurosawa movie, he explained that it...

Five of the most popular Morning Musume OG, namely Nakazawa Yuko, Iida Kaori, Abe Natsumi, Yasuda Kei and Ogawa Makoto, are forming a new unit named “Afternoon Musume ?”.The new unit will be promoting the new Georgia coffee drinks and the first CM will be available to watch on September 9th at 12 p.m (JST)....

Actor Yoshitaka Yuriko (22), model Sasaki Nozomi (22) and Vivian Sue (35) from Taiwan made an appearance on Japan’s largest fashion event in Saitama Super Arena “11th Tokyo Girls Collection”. They’re featured in the CM for Kao Corporation’s Haircare product “Essential Damage Care” and took to the stage for the campaign stage “Kao Essential “Kyun!Pein”....

Probably by this time, all Arashi’s fans want to be in Japan to ride in this special jet. How cool is that! Arashi will be helping the Japan Airlines which is currently undergoing a reconstruction due to their financial crisis. By the picture of Arashi’s members on the jet, they are hoping to boost up...

A radio preview of Morning Musume’s 1st single titled Appare Kaiten Zushi! has been released. For the most part the general sound of the preview we heard a while ago is the same, but in this preview we can tell a lot more such as the instrumental as well as who sings what, and I...

It has been recently announced that Kanjani 8 will be holding an event called ‘CLUB “THE EIGHT” premiere event‘ on September 12th. It will be held in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, Akita, Hiroshima, and Fukuoka at the same time, but the details about the event will not be revealed until the day of the event...

Nikkan Sports reports that actor Joe Odagiri (34) and actress Yu Kashii (23) are expecting their first child. Kashii is said to be in her fifth month of pregnancy, though she plans to continue working while she prepares for the child’s birth early next year. Kashii has already been cast as Atsushi Ito’s girlfriend in...

Six-hundred tons of water, 15 metre high waterfalls spreading across 400 metres, and 70,000 fans and celebrities were all part of Arashi’s final National Stadium concert last night in Tokyo, reports Sports Hochi. Starting at sunset, the group opened with the song “Summer Splash!” and appeared from behind a towering wall of water created by...

The Keigo Higashino novel “Himitsu” (“The Secret”) is being turned into a live-action drama series this fall, starring Mirai Shida (17) and Kuranosuke Sasaki (42). The show will air in TV Asahi’s Friday 11:15pm time slot, starting in October. Published in 1998, “Himitsu” was nominated for the Naoki Prize and the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize, while...

Miyavi is making a guest appearance on a song by American pop-punk band Good Charlotte, it has been learned. The song is “Like It’s Her Birthday” from the band’s upcoming album “Cardiology,” which goes on sale in Japan on October 27, ahead of the U.S. release. On September 7, the song will be available as...