A limited edition wallpaper is up on Lipton.jp featuring the beautiful actress/singer Meisa Kuroki. Wallpaper is available for download until 7/11 so grab it here while you can. (Via 壁紙fan!)
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Wallpaper: Aya Ueto for Lotte
Aya Ueto does it again. She remains—for the last few years—the actress with the most official wallpapers for the many times a company has made her their image girl. This time, she’s the image girl for Lotte’s ice vanilla snack. You’ll have to answer a question (really, they shouldn’t have gone through the trouble) to … Continue reading »
Wallpaper: Yui Aragaki for Meiji’s Almond Choco
Actually, two wallpapers featuring Yui Aragaki as the image girl for Meiji’s Almond Choco snack. The website also has CMs and the all-important making of clips starring Yui. Download the wallpapers here. (Via 壁紙fan!)
Aya Ueto to star in “Thermae Romae”
Cameras are already rolling for the live-action movie adaptation of Yamazaki Mari’s “Thermae Romae” manga, but the main cast has just been revealed. Abe Hiroshi (46) will star, while Ueto Aya (25) will play the female lead. The manga, which won the Manga Taisho and a Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize last year, is a comedy … Continue reading »
Yukie Nakama to star in the upcoming NHK period drama “Tempest”
Pictured is the cast for the stage play of “Tempest” starring Yukie Nakama in the main role of Mazuru/Neion Son (真鶴・孫寧温). The play, based on the novel by Naha-born author Eiichi Ikegami, will become a 10-episode BS period drama (BS時代劇) on NHK that is projected to start airing in July 2011. Synopsis of the stage … Continue reading »
Spring 2011 J-dramas to watch
I haven’t done one of these in a long time so here we go! There are two (maybe more) J-dramas beginning this month for the Spring 2011 season that star actresses from Okinawa. The first one starts on the 18th is titled “Shiawase ni Narou yo (幸せになろうよ)” and stars Meisa Kuroki in the role of … Continue reading »
Wallpaper: Aya Ueto for Kose Cosmeport
Kose has two, count ‘em, two calendar-type wallpapers featuring our favorite (or rather, Japan’s favorite) image girl Aya Ueto. The calendars are for the months of April to June and you can download both here. (Via 壁紙fan!)
Wallpaper: Meisa Kuroki for Lipton C
Lemons. And, Meisa Kuroki. Download it here. (Via 壁紙fan!)
Tokyograph: Morning Musume’s Niigaki Risa cast in ninth “Twilight File” omnibus
An audition announcement has revealed that Morning Musume member Niigaki Risa (22) is set to appear in a movie tentatively titled ‘Bad Days Reason,’ part of the omnibus ‘Twilight File IX.’ Specific details about the film are not yet known, but shooting is scheduled to start in fall 2011, presumably for a 2012 release. [...] … Continue reading »
Tokyograph: Kuroki Meisa cast as heroine in “Andalucia: Megami no Houfuku”
Actress Kuroki Meisa (22) has picked up another heroine role in a major motion picture. After co-starring with Kimura Takuya (38) in last year’s hit movie “Space Battleship Yamato,” she will now be joining Oda Yuji (43) in “Andalucia: Megami no Houfuku,” the sequel to the 2009 blockbuster “Amalfi: Megami no Hoshu.” [...] (Via Tokyograph.) … Continue reading »