Artists will depend on their own popularity for fee.  The more popular, the more they’ll get. Arashi is on top! 2010           –        2011 Arashi – 150 million yen ? 150 million yen Oguri Shun – 25 million yen ? 25 million yen ...

Hiro Mizushima was chosen as the winner of the 5th Poplar Publishing Grand Prize for Fiction for his debut work “KAGEROU,” and he later revealed that it will be published as a book on December 15. According to news reports today, there are already more than 400,000 pre-orders for the book, based on information from...

Hiro Mizushima, one of Japan’s so-called popular ‘‘ikemen’’ (good-looking) actors, is leaving his acting career to concentrate on writing novels and other materials, according to his agency KEN-ON. Mizushima, 26, started his career as a fashion model when he was still in college. He played in many television dramas, including ‘‘Hanazakari no Kimitachi e Ikemen...