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January 10, 2006

Actor Toyokawa Etsushi (43) refused to talk about his divorce during a pre-production PR event for the movie "Hula Girl" on Sunday. He announced the divorce at the New Year but has since ignored questions about it from the media.

• Comedian Yamane Yoshiaki (29) of the duo Ungirls announced yesterday that he and talento Yamakawa Erika (23) have split up. While the lanky duo are very popular with teenage girls, looks-wise neither is considered ideal romantic material. [ouch :beaten: ]

• An end has also come to the romance between Horie Takafumi (33), CEO of IT company Livedoor, and talento Nishimura Miho (24). Horie talked about the split during the latest edition of the "Sunday Japon" news/variety show, which was recorded in December. So it's thought that the couple split during the autumn. The interview with "Horiemon" took place on his private jet, which he bought last year for \3 billion. On his personal blog, he says he is currently enjoying gambling in Las Vegas.

• Pin-up girl Yinling of Joytoy (27) revealed at the weekend that she fractured a rib while practising ballroom dancing in December, and later broke it when she got up to get the TV remote at home.

bmwracer wrote:
• Comedian Yamane Yoshiaki (29) of the duo Ungirls announced yesterday that he and talento Yamakawa Erika (23) have split up. While the lanky duo are very popular with teenage girls, looks-wise neither is considered ideal romantic material. [ouch :beaten: ]

For visual reference, here is a pic of the Ungirls duo: (said guy is on the left)
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dochira wrote:
For visual reference, here is a pic of the Ungirls duo: (said guy is on the left)
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DAYEM THOSE GUYS LOOK LIKE PIMPS....BET ALL THE FEMALES THINK THEY ARE FINE!!!!

You sure that's not Kinoshita Kageto on the left?

krim wrote:You sure that's not Kinoshita Kageto on the left?

the guy on the left is going out with kyoko fukada....

you mean he's not baking bread at the southern tokyo branch of pantasia?

krim wrote:you mean he's not baking bread at the southern tokyo branch of pantasia?

SNAP! you're fuggin' spot on....that dude DOES look like him...omg...proppers for that one....dayem it IS uncanny now that you mention it....

i'm scerd.

For visual reference, here is a pic of the Ungirls duo: (said guy is on the left)
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fuggin' uncanny i tell ya...

:hehe:

thanks for the proppers. i do it for the praise. :wave:

I had to look up that reference, but the resemblence is ...wow. :applaud:

Glad I finished my lunch before stumbling onto this thread... :bleh:

I guess that remark in Japan-Zone was spot-on.

krim wrote::hehe:

thanks for the proppers. i do it for the praise. :wave:

you definitely earned it this time :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:Glad I finished my lunch before stumbling onto this thread... :bleh:

I guess that remark in Japan-Zone was spot-on.

the term fugly comes to mind.

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January 11, 2006

As predicted on Japan Zone a week or so ago, talento Henmi Emiri (29) and comedian Kimura Yuichi (42) have announced their marriage. They held a press conference on Monday and rather than announcing their engagement, they told the gathered media that they had already registered their marriage that afternoon. The couple got romantically involved just last October when Henmi appeared on the "Downtown DX" comedy show, of which Kimura is one of the writers. He said at the press conference that they had "proposed to each other" on their 5th date while driving in the Gaien area of central Tokyo. Henmi's mother, singer Henmi Mari (55), went through her second divorce shortly afterwards, a time when Kimura was a great comfort to his soon-to-be third wife.

• Sexy pop star Koda Kumi (23) is the first female artist to have three singles in the oricon Top 10 at the same time. She has released 5 of 12 singles since early-December, one every week. The first one "You" is still in at No.9, while the 4th release, "Shake It Up!" is a No.6 and the 5th, "Lies" is at No.7. Back on top of the singles chart is "Seishun Amigo" from young Johnny's duo Shuji & Akira. Meanwhile, Hamasaki Ayumi has a No.1 album for the 11th time and the 8th year in a row with "(miss)understood". Her string of chart-topping years is the second best ever.

• The all-female Takarazuka theater troupe has staged the 1,500th performance of its classic musical "Berusayu no Bara" (The Rose of Versailles). The production dates back to 1974. It currently has Star Troupe lead actress Kozuki Wataru in the role of a prince who has a fatal romance with Marie Antoinette.

bmwracer wrote:
As predicted on Japan Zone a week or so ago, talento Henmi Emiri (29) and comedian Kimura Yuichi (42) have announced their marriage.
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He said at the press conference that they had "proposed to each other" on their 5th date while driving in the Gaien area of central Tokyo.

It only took 5 dates?? :shocked:

dochira wrote:It only took 5 dates?? :shocked:

I can see that marriage lasting a good long couple of years... ;)

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January 12, 2006

Just yesterday we announced the marriage of Yoshimoto comedian Kimura Yuichi and talento Henmi Emiri. Now we hear that popular Fuji TV announcer Uchida Kyoko (29) is engaged to Yoshimoto manager Kimoto Kimitoshi (32). And while Kimura is a member of Downtown's inner circle, Kimoto was managing member Hamada (42) when he met Uchida, his co-presenter on the Fuji TV sports-variety show "Junk Sports," in 2001. The two started going out in March of 2003 and got engaged last December. "Ucchi", who has been one of Fuji's most popular announcers for the last couple of years, says she plans to leave the network in March and go freelance. Of the 12 female announcers who got married or engaged in the last year or so, six have been with the Fuji network, and particularly those with Fuji have developed a reputation for marrying sports stars and high-flying IT company presidents. But despite his ties to one of the best-paid comedy stars in Japan, Kimoto is a \7 million-a-year salaryman.

• Former Luna Sea vocalist Kawamura Ryuichi (35) is romantically involved with a oman in her 20's. Identified simply as A-san from Shizuoka Prefecture, she and the rock star are said to have been going out since last year. Kawamura, who has been connected with many actresses and models over the years, visited A-san's family's home and met her parents at the New Year. He is currently preparing for a Tokyo show by his latest band Tourbillon, which he formed last summer.

• The opening episode of Fuji TV's version of the classic series "Saiyuki" (Monkey) scored an impressive 29.2% audience rating. It's the 4th best opening for a drama series on the network, and only bettered by three series starring heartthrob Kimura Takuya. Saiyuki stars Kimutaku's SMAP colleague Katori Shingo (28) in the lead role, supported by comedian Uchimura Teruyoshi (41), Itoh Atsushi (22) and Fukatsu Eri (33).

• Not doing so well is this year's taiga drama on NHK, "Kohmyo ga Tsuji". The annual historical drama series started with less than a 20% rating for the first time in four years.

Kawamura Ryuichi is so cool!
So different, yet so cool! :nut:

bmwracer wrote:
• Former Luna Sea vocalist Kawamura Ryuichi (35) is romantically involved with a oman in her 20's. Identified simply as A-san from Shizuoka Prefecture, she and the rock star are said to have been going out since last year.

Okay, I need some help here. I'm not sure what oman refers to. I know of OL (office lady).

bmwracer wrote:
• Not doing so well is this year's taiga drama on NHK, "Kohmyo ga Tsuji". The annual historical drama series started with less than a 20% rating for the first time in four years.

That's not a good sign. Usually the ratings will not increase significantly (if at all) during the taiga's run.

dochira wrote:That's not a good sign. Usually the ratings will not increase significantly (if at all) during the taiga's run.

Yeah, usually the spike in viewership is at the beginning, when people are checking out the show...

It's all downhill from now... :sweat: