atata wrote:i already watched 'constantine' :applaud: ..how abt minna? :chatter:
Watched it already.
Watched it already.
Japanese Entertainment News
Started by bmwracer · 25 Feb 2004 · 3,505 replies
Japanese Entertainment
Watched it already.
atata wrote:oh my goodness, yon, ur pic is cuteeeeeeee!!! :bonk: :bonk:
it show in singapore ard feb this yr..lol.so late in japan..heex :beatyou: :beaten:
tq... u are the 2nd people to compliment me after pcmodem...
it has shown in malaysia too but still i don't have any free time to watch it...
keanu reeves is 40? :shocked:
bmwracer wrote:
Yeah, locked but not deleted... I didn't have the heart to do it. :beaten:
Thanks. Be a waste to delete all those great pics. :love_eyes:
jholic wrote:keanu reeves is 40? :shocked:
I didn't realize how much he has aged until I saw Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure (I think TBS played it) two weeks ago or so.
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April 14, 2005
Pop duo Puffy, known in the US as Puffy AmiYumi, will be touring again from the end of this month till May. They kick off their latest tour, "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi ROCK SHOW*** GO WEST!!" supported by Sneaker 2 Bombs, on April 22nd in Portland, Oregon and the tour will continue through May 2nd. The duo, Yoshimura Yumi (30) and Ohnuki Ami (31), became pop icons in the late 1990s with a string of hits started by their 1996 debut "Asia No Junshin" and even their own variety show, "Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa Puffy." Last year, they launched a hit cartoon/live show on the US Cartoon Network, "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi." For more details on tour venues, dates and tickets (as well as ringtones, wallpaper, IM icons), check their website: www.puffyamiyumi.com.
Talent agency Oscar Pro presented its new stars of the future yesterday. Hoping to enjoy the same huge popularity as other young female pro golfers is high school student Umeda Kisa (16), while Maekawa Yasuyuki (31) is the first male actor with the agency. Also on parade were Taiwanese actress Lin Chiling (30) and pin-up girl Otomo Minami (23). The event is held every spring and has launched such names as Yonekura Ryoko (29), Kikukawa Rei (27) and Ueto Aya (19).
April 14, 2005
Pop duo Puffy, known in the US as Puffy AmiYumi, will be touring again from the end of this month till May. They kick off their latest tour, "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi ROCK SHOW*** GO WEST!!" supported by Sneaker 2 Bombs, on April 22nd in Portland, Oregon and the tour will continue through May 2nd. The duo, Yoshimura Yumi (30) and Ohnuki Ami (31), became pop icons in the late 1990s with a string of hits started by their 1996 debut "Asia No Junshin" and even their own variety show, "Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa Puffy." Last year, they launched a hit cartoon/live show on the US Cartoon Network, "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi." For more details on tour venues, dates and tickets (as well as ringtones, wallpaper, IM icons), check their website: www.puffyamiyumi.com.
Talent agency Oscar Pro presented its new stars of the future yesterday. Hoping to enjoy the same huge popularity as other young female pro golfers is high school student Umeda Kisa (16), while Maekawa Yasuyuki (31) is the first male actor with the agency. Also on parade were Taiwanese actress Lin Chiling (30) and pin-up girl Otomo Minami (23). The event is held every spring and has launched such names as Yonekura Ryoko (29), Kikukawa Rei (27) and Ueto Aya (19).
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April 14, 2005
Pop duo Puffy, known in the US as Puffy AmiYumi, will be touring again from the end of this month till May. They kick off their latest tour, "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi ROCK SHOW*** GO WEST!!" supported by Sneaker 2 Bombs, on April 22nd in Portland, Oregon and the tour will continue through May 2nd. The duo, Yoshimura Yumi (30) and Ohnuki Ami (31), became pop icons in the late 1990s with a string of hits started by their 1996 debut "Asia No Junshin" and even their own variety show, "Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa Puffy." Last year, they launched a hit cartoon/live show on the US Cartoon Network, "Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi." For more details on tour venues, dates and tickets (as well as ringtones, wallpaper, IM icons), check their website: www.puffyamiyumi.com.
Talent agency Oscar Pro presented its new stars of the future yesterday. Hoping to enjoy the same huge popularity as other young female pro golfers is high school student Umeda Kisa (16), while Maekawa Yasuyuki (31) is the first male actor with the agency. Also on parade were Taiwanese actress Lin Chiling (30) and pin-up girl Otomo Minami (23). The event is held every spring and has launched such names as Yonekura Ryoko (29), Kikukawa Rei (27) and Ueto Aya (19).
Haha, I saw Puffy at Fillmore last October...you know, guilty pleasure.... :beaten: At least there was a lot of Japanese women there.
You should highlight Ryoko's name in red.
kitakaze wrote:Haha, I saw Puffy at Fillmore last October...you know, guilty pleasure.... :beaten: At least there was a lot of Japanese women there.
You should highlight Ryoko's name in red.
Nah, thr red doesn't show up well against a blue background... It sorta vibrates and is hard on the eyes.
See: Yonekura Ryoko vs. Yonekura Ryoko
(I used to be an art/graphic arts student :beaten: )
bmwracer wrote:
Nah, thr red doesn't show up well against a blue background... It sorta vibrates and is hard on the eyes.
See: Yonekura Ryoko vs. Yonekura Ryoko
(I used to be an art/graphic arts student :beaten: )
Wow...you're right. :beaten: Although I don't think I've heard the term "vibrates" when applied to a static object....
bmwracer wrote:
Nah, thr red doesn't show up well against a blue background... It sorta vibrates and is hard on the eyes.
See: Yonekura Ryoko vs. Yonekura Ryoko
(I used to be an art/graphic arts student :beaten: )
Yellow on Blue: Go Bears! :woot:
Roll on you Bears! :dancing:
-PCM
keanu reeves is 40?
he is cool :hehe:
question --> do u have some japanese online news/program channels .. that one can see ... well i dont know japanese except for what i see in dramas ... would be nice to hear more japanese ..
TV defintley helped my french more than my teacher :bonk:
TV defintley helped my french more than my teacher :bonk:
kitakaze wrote:Wow...you're right. :beaten: Although I don't think I've heard the term "vibrates" when applied to a static object....
Doesn't the text look like it's moving or rattling around while you're squinting to read it? :)
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April 15, 2005
Morning Musume leader Yaguchi Mari (22) dramatically announced yesterday that she is going to quit the hugely successful pop group. The latest issue of the weekly gossip magazine Friday published compromising photos of Yaguchi with actor Oguri Shun (22). She issued a statement yesterday saying she was not fit to lead the group and was quitting immediately and going solo. She became the third member to take on the role of leader just two months ago, after the departure of Iida Kaori. She is of course an adult, but with Momus being an "idol" group, Yaguchi in particular is considered a role model for their many young fans and her behaviour is taken very seriously. She confessed her relationship to her agency the morning after they were spotted by paprazzi, and considered quitting showbusiness altogether. But with her popularity and potential as a growing star, the agency decided to put her on the path to a solo career. Yoshizawa Hitomi (20) will take over as Momus leader. • TBS "News no Mori" presenter Ogura Hiroko (30) married former J-Leaguer Mizuuchi Takeshi (32). The couple met in the summer of 2003, while Ogura was working as a sports announcer on the "News 23" show. Mizuuchi started as a forward for the Urawa Reds in the inaugural J-League season and retired in 1997. He now works as a sportscaster on the Fuji TV show "Suporuto."
April 15, 2005
Morning Musume leader Yaguchi Mari (22) dramatically announced yesterday that she is going to quit the hugely successful pop group. The latest issue of the weekly gossip magazine Friday published compromising photos of Yaguchi with actor Oguri Shun (22). She issued a statement yesterday saying she was not fit to lead the group and was quitting immediately and going solo. She became the third member to take on the role of leader just two months ago, after the departure of Iida Kaori. She is of course an adult, but with Momus being an "idol" group, Yaguchi in particular is considered a role model for their many young fans and her behaviour is taken very seriously. She confessed her relationship to her agency the morning after they were spotted by paprazzi, and considered quitting showbusiness altogether. But with her popularity and potential as a growing star, the agency decided to put her on the path to a solo career. Yoshizawa Hitomi (20) will take over as Momus leader. • TBS "News no Mori" presenter Ogura Hiroko (30) married former J-Leaguer Mizuuchi Takeshi (32). The couple met in the summer of 2003, while Ogura was working as a sports announcer on the "News 23" show. Mizuuchi started as a forward for the Urawa Reds in the inaugural J-League season and retired in 1997. He now works as a sportscaster on the Fuji TV show "Suporuto."
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April 16, 2005
World renowned theater director Ninogawa Yukio (66) is to take on a kabuki production for the first time. Known for his original and striking interpretations of the works of Shakespeare, he will put on a kabuki version of the Bard's comedy "Twelfth Night" as part of the "Shichigatsu Daikabuki" (July Big Kabuki) at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo's Ginza. The idea came when Ninogawa cast kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke (27) in a 2000 production of "Greeks" alongside award-winning actress Terashima Shinobu (32). "Twelfth Night" will also feature the young actor's father, Onoe Kikugoro (62), who has been designated a Living National Treasure. • Reflecting his huge fan appeal, Kimura Takuya (photo, 32) will appear in a series of TV commercials tied to his starring role in the upcoming Fuji TV drama series "Engine." The series starts on Monday, April 18 in the "golden" 9pm slot and is sure to draw good audience ratings. Kimura plays a racing driver, and so his endorsement of the Toyota Fielder car during the ad slots blurs the line between drama and commercial. This is yet another way, like product placement in movies, to integrate commercial messages into "non-commercial" programming. But unlike in some other countries, TV here has never had a rule preventing those appearing in a TV show from also appearing during the ad breaks.
April 16, 2005
World renowned theater director Ninogawa Yukio (66) is to take on a kabuki production for the first time. Known for his original and striking interpretations of the works of Shakespeare, he will put on a kabuki version of the Bard's comedy "Twelfth Night" as part of the "Shichigatsu Daikabuki" (July Big Kabuki) at the Kabukiza theater in Tokyo's Ginza. The idea came when Ninogawa cast kabuki actor Onoe Kikunosuke (27) in a 2000 production of "Greeks" alongside award-winning actress Terashima Shinobu (32). "Twelfth Night" will also feature the young actor's father, Onoe Kikugoro (62), who has been designated a Living National Treasure. • Reflecting his huge fan appeal, Kimura Takuya (photo, 32) will appear in a series of TV commercials tied to his starring role in the upcoming Fuji TV drama series "Engine." The series starts on Monday, April 18 in the "golden" 9pm slot and is sure to draw good audience ratings. Kimura plays a racing driver, and so his endorsement of the Toyota Fielder car during the ad slots blurs the line between drama and commercial. This is yet another way, like product placement in movies, to integrate commercial messages into "non-commercial" programming. But unlike in some other countries, TV here has never had a rule preventing those appearing in a TV show from also appearing during the ad breaks.
bmwracer wrote:More entertainment news from Japan-zone.com - Your Guide to Japan and Japanese Culture: :D
April 15, 2005
Morning Musume leader Yaguchi Mari (22) dramatically announced yesterday that she is going to quit the hugely successful pop group. The latest issue of the weekly gossip magazine Friday published compromising photos of Yaguchi with actor Oguri Shun (22). She issued a statement yesterday saying she was not fit to lead the group and was quitting immediately and going solo...She is of course an adult, but with Momus being an "idol" group, Yaguchi in particular is considered a role model for their many young fans and her behaviour is taken very seriously. She confessed her relationship to her agency...considered quitting showbusiness altogether.
Am I the only person who feels that this isn't at all that serious for a 22 year old female to date someone? While I realize she's a role model to a younger generation, is it so horrible that she is dating someone, or good lord of all-mighty, kissing him...or whatever it is she is doing in these 'compromising' photographs??
I realize the fervor with which papparazi chase and stalk stars, but I think that in Japan, things that are nothing are taken all too seriously. Frankly, I was more alarmed that a 22 year old was bouncing around with teenage girls and wearing outfits befitting a 4 year old than anything else, haha.
It is abnormal that an agency try to deter its members from dating to keep sales up by making them appear to be single. It happens--but it's odd. Again, is this particularly a Korean and Japanese thing where to be hot and sexy you must not admit to having a partner? Brad Pitt once had an interview while still married to Jennifer Aniston in Japan and the news anchor lady asked him, "So, tell me, what do you think about me?" And he replied, "Well, I cannot answer that--I'm a married man..." Are Westerners more relaxed about this or am I having tunnel vision?
yume wrote:Am I the only person who feels that this isn't at all that serious for a 22 year old female to date someone? While I realize she's a role model to a younger generation, is it so horrible that she is dating someone, or good lord of all-mighty, kissing him...or whatever it is she is doing in these 'compromising' photographs??
I suppose it depends on how "compromising" those photos are...
I pretty much agree with you, but different culture, different set of rules and codes of behavior... And in the business of entertainment, image is everything, er, perceived image...
I gotta feeling she was forced to step down in order to save face and be dignified about it, rather than get dragged out kicking and screaming...
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April 17, 2005
Folk singer Takata Wataru died of heart failure at a hospital in Hokkaido on Saturday. He was 56. He played his last gig just two weeks ago and his health deteriorated the following day. He was one of the leading figures of the Japanese folk music boom in the 1970s. • Impressionist Hori (28) married a 27-year old Hokkaido native named only as "A-san" yesterday in Tokyo. He announced his marriage plans the day before on one of his regular TV slots. The pair met a year and a half ago and have been living together since last year. • About 1,000 fans from across the country turned up without tickets for Saturday's Morning Musume concert to appeal for the return of Yaguchi Mari (22). Yaguchi suddenly quit the group last week after her romance with actor Oguri Shun (22) became public. the concert at the Hachioji Public Hall was delayed by 30 minutes as the group hurried to fill in the gaps left in their song and dance routines by Yaguchi's absence.
April 17, 2005
Folk singer Takata Wataru died of heart failure at a hospital in Hokkaido on Saturday. He was 56. He played his last gig just two weeks ago and his health deteriorated the following day. He was one of the leading figures of the Japanese folk music boom in the 1970s. • Impressionist Hori (28) married a 27-year old Hokkaido native named only as "A-san" yesterday in Tokyo. He announced his marriage plans the day before on one of his regular TV slots. The pair met a year and a half ago and have been living together since last year. • About 1,000 fans from across the country turned up without tickets for Saturday's Morning Musume concert to appeal for the return of Yaguchi Mari (22). Yaguchi suddenly quit the group last week after her romance with actor Oguri Shun (22) became public. the concert at the Hachioji Public Hall was delayed by 30 minutes as the group hurried to fill in the gaps left in their song and dance routines by Yaguchi's absence.
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April 18, 2005
Actress Adachi Yumi (23) has finally admitted a split from actor Kuroda Arthur (44). Rumors of a breakup have followed the pair over the last few months as the age gap and differing views on marriage and work put pressure on their 3-year old relationship. Adachi is said to want to continue to pursue her already nearly 20-year acting career, while the San Fransisco-born Kuroda was keen to get married. The traveled together to California last year in what some saw as an attempt to save a struggling romance. But sources say they didn't seriously decide to split until the end of March. The breakup was mutually agreed and the pair remain friends. • Enka singer Mori Shinichi (57) is to extend his stay in hospital for treatment of his hepaptitis. He was hospitalized amid a media frenzy over his split with wife and singing partner Masako (46). • A statue of the late Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury was unveiled in Kabukicho yesterday. The 3m statue is to commemorate the upcoming musical "We Will Rock You," which will be staged at the Koma Theater in the Tokyo entertainment district from May. The Japan-only greatest hits album "Jewels" was a smash hit last year for the band that for all intents and purposes broke up following Mercury's death in 1991.
April 18, 2005
Actress Adachi Yumi (23) has finally admitted a split from actor Kuroda Arthur (44). Rumors of a breakup have followed the pair over the last few months as the age gap and differing views on marriage and work put pressure on their 3-year old relationship. Adachi is said to want to continue to pursue her already nearly 20-year acting career, while the San Fransisco-born Kuroda was keen to get married. The traveled together to California last year in what some saw as an attempt to save a struggling romance. But sources say they didn't seriously decide to split until the end of March. The breakup was mutually agreed and the pair remain friends. • Enka singer Mori Shinichi (57) is to extend his stay in hospital for treatment of his hepaptitis. He was hospitalized amid a media frenzy over his split with wife and singing partner Masako (46). • A statue of the late Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury was unveiled in Kabukicho yesterday. The 3m statue is to commemorate the upcoming musical "We Will Rock You," which will be staged at the Koma Theater in the Tokyo entertainment district from May. The Japan-only greatest hits album "Jewels" was a smash hit last year for the band that for all intents and purposes broke up following Mercury's death in 1991.
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April 19, 2005
Actor Kashiwabara Takashi (28) is back at work after a break for "self-discipline." He started shooting on the movie "Juusankagetsu" (13 Months), the directorial debut by actor Ikeuchi Hiroyuki (28). The movie had been planned to start at the end of November last year. That date was put back to the New Year, but on December 30, Kashiwabara got into a fight over a parked car and punched the owner, a man in his 40s. He later apologized and shaved his head in the traditional sign of repentance. Ikeuchi said he would wait until his friend was ready to return to work. • Some similar male bonding can be expected in the upcoming movie "Otoko Tachi no Yamato" (Yamato). Set on the legendary WW2 battleship, it will star Sorimachi Takashi (photo, 32) and kabuki actor Nakamura Shido (31). Filming started Sunday at the Hitachi shipyards in Hiroshima prefecture. The movie is set to open after Golden Week and is timed for the 60th anniversary of the end of the war. • The takeover battle between Internet portal Livedoor and Fuji TV has reached a conclusion, with the winner being Livedoor's aggresive president Horie Takafumi (32). Fuji, Japan's biggest TV network, agreed to pay almost \180-billion for the shares in its own group company NBS that had been bought by Livedoor and a 14.6% stake in the young company. The deal is seen as face-saving and damage control, with little real benefit for Fuji's shareholders.
April 19, 2005
Actor Kashiwabara Takashi (28) is back at work after a break for "self-discipline." He started shooting on the movie "Juusankagetsu" (13 Months), the directorial debut by actor Ikeuchi Hiroyuki (28). The movie had been planned to start at the end of November last year. That date was put back to the New Year, but on December 30, Kashiwabara got into a fight over a parked car and punched the owner, a man in his 40s. He later apologized and shaved his head in the traditional sign of repentance. Ikeuchi said he would wait until his friend was ready to return to work. • Some similar male bonding can be expected in the upcoming movie "Otoko Tachi no Yamato" (Yamato). Set on the legendary WW2 battleship, it will star Sorimachi Takashi (photo, 32) and kabuki actor Nakamura Shido (31). Filming started Sunday at the Hitachi shipyards in Hiroshima prefecture. The movie is set to open after Golden Week and is timed for the 60th anniversary of the end of the war. • The takeover battle between Internet portal Livedoor and Fuji TV has reached a conclusion, with the winner being Livedoor's aggresive president Horie Takafumi (32). Fuji, Japan's biggest TV network, agreed to pay almost \180-billion for the shares in its own group company NBS that had been bought by Livedoor and a 14.6% stake in the young company. The deal is seen as face-saving and damage control, with little real benefit for Fuji's shareholders.
bmwracer wrote:Actress Adachi Yumi (23) has finally admitted a split from actor Kuroda Arthur (44). Rumors of a breakup have followed the pair over the last few months as the age gap and differing views on marriage and work put pressure on their 3-year old relationship. Adachi is said to want to continue to pursue her already nearly 20-year acting career, while the San Fransisco-born Kuroda was keen to get married. The traveled together to California last year in what some saw as an attempt to save a struggling romance. But sources say they didn't seriously decide to split until the end of March. The breakup was mutually agreed and the pair remain friends. .
Wow, a 21 year age gap. That is steep. =T
I think that's the biggest gap I've seen so far. Besides Anna Nicole Smith and that old dude.
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