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                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Fumiko 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 6:14 pm   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | I have seen 4 episodes of Kamakura dono: 
 Koike Eiko is ok as Hojo Masako but Masako was so influential that I always have the really strong portrayal from Iwashita Shima from Kusa Moeru in mind.
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                |  Topic: NHK Kouhaku Red & White Competition Thread | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 398
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Wed Dec 22, 2021 6:28 pm   Subject: 
                  NHK Kouhaku Red & White Competition Thread | 
               
                | Song list for 72nd Kohaku Uta Gassen 
 Red Team
 
 AI (4) - "Aldebaran"
 Aimyon (3) - "Ai wo Shiru Made wa"
 Ishikawa Sayuri (44) - "Tsugaru Kaikyou Fuyugeshiki"
 Awes ...
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                |  Topic: Kimura Takuya | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Artistes  
                   Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2021 5:22 pm   Subject: 
                  Kimura Takuya | 
               
                | The album will include a new song titled "MOJO DRIVE" which was composed Tatsuro Yamashita and written by Masatoshi Mashima (The Cro-Magnons). Yamashita came up with this song after he att ...
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                |  Topic: Kimura Takuya | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
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                   Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2021 5:30 pm   Subject: 
                  Kimura Takuya | 
               
                | Takuya Kimura to release 2nd album 
 Takuya Kimura will release his second album "Next Destination" on January 19th, 2022.
 
 The album's title, which Kimura came up with, means heading to ...
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                |  Topic: Japanese Music - Recommendations/Discussion | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 1055
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2021 1:08 am   Subject: 
                  Japanese Music - Recommendations/Discussion | 
               
                | And then there were two. 
 Hotaka Yamashita leaving Ikimonogakari
 
 Hotaka Yamashita will be leaving Ikimonogakari this summer.
 
 The band is currently in the middle of their nationwide tour 'Iki ...
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                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | junny 
 Replies: 27482
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Fri Oct 02, 2020 6:22 pm   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Finished Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru. Well! The drama is not embarrassed to insert just about every melodramatic trope there is in 8 tight episodes, so it is soapy, dramatic, but also oddly addicti ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | junny 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2020 4:33 am   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Finished Hanzawa Naoki, what a brilliant drama. So intense and truly an underdog fight. That ending! No wonder a season 2 was called for. Looking forward to watching season 2. Sakai Masato was fantast ... | 
                             
                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | pash 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Sun Aug 16, 2020 1:27 am   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Started Watashitachi wa Douka Shiteiru, it's okay though a bit dramatic as the plot is revenge-y. The wagashi are so pretty though!
 
 The setting's interesting and the photography's great, but I wi ...
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                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | junny 
 Replies: 27482
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Sat Aug 15, 2020 9:28 pm   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | 
 Yeah, he drove me crazy as well. His problem is he's always been a kabuki actor. Unlike some other kabuki actors that have done dramas, Koshiro Matsumoto (aka Somegoro Ichikawa) and Ebizo Ichikawa ...
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                |  Topic: Japanese Entertainment News | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 3505
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 |  Forum: Japanese Entertainment Discussions  
                   Posted: Sat Dec 28, 2019 6:35 pm   Subject: 
                  Japanese Entertainment News | 
               
                | Eita won't be just "Eita" anymore. 
 Eita to go by his full name starting in 2020
 
 Eita will carry out his activities under his real name Nagayama Eita beginning with the TBS drama 'Ash ...
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                |  Topic: Yamashita Tomohisa | 
               
                | GaimRider 
 Replies: 2327
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Artistes  
                   Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2019 9:04 am   Subject: 
                  Yamashita Tomohisa | 
               
                | Tomohisa Yamashita to star in TBS drama 
 Tomohisa Yamashita will star in the TBS drama "In Hand" which airs in April.
 
 Yamashita plays parasitologist, a scientist specializing in paras ...
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                |  Topic: Yamashita Tomohisa | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
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                   Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 6:03 am   Subject: 
                  Yamashita Tomohisa | 
               
                | Tomohisa Yamashita to star in TBS drama 
 Tomohisa Yamashita will star in the TBS drama "In Hand" which airs in April.
 
 Yamashita plays parasitologist, a scientist specializing in paras ...
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                |  Topic: Pregnant Japanese actress | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 171
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Artistes  
                   Posted: Thu May 31, 2018 7:05 pm   Subject: 
                  Pregnant Japanese actress | 
               
                | Tomoko Tabata and Yoshinori Okada expecting their first child 
 On May 30th, Tomoko Tabata appeared on NTV's 'Konya Kurabete Mimashita SP' and she announced that she and her husband Yoshinori Okada  ...
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                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | maxcriden 
 Replies: 27482
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2017 12:49 am   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Started Byakuyakou. I wish dramas didn't do opening episodes that are almost 2 hours long. 
 *reads plot description*
 
 ...That sounds really disturbing. Hope to hear it's well done, though. I like  ...
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                |  Topic: What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | GaimRider 
 Replies: 27482
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2017 8:18 am   Subject: 
                  What dramas are you currently watching? | 
               
                | Started Boku, Unmei no Hito desu 
 i also watched Cecile no Mokuromi and Bokutachi ga Yarimashita
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                |  Topic: Inoue Mao | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 1033
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                   Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 6:32 pm   Subject: 
                  Inoue Mao | 
               
                | And the moral of the story is: If you're going to be the lead in a Taiga that, to put it kindly, isn't very good, save your money because it may be awhile before you work again. 
 Mao Inoue to star i ...
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                |  Topic: Matsu Takako | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
 Replies: 1367
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Artistes  
                   Posted: Tue Aug 22, 2017 12:19 am   Subject: 
                  Matsu Takako | 
               
                | Takako Matsu to sing theme song for next NHK morning drama 
 Matsu Takako will be singing the theme song for the new NHK morning drama "Warotenka" which is scheduled to begin its run from 2 ...
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                |  Topic: Tamaki Hiroshi | 
               
                | gaijinmark 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Artistes  
                   Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2017 5:46 pm   Subject: 
                  Tamaki Hiroshi | 
               
                | Hiroshi Tamaki to return in TV Tokyo drama special 
 Tamaki Hiroshi will be returning in the TV Tokyo drama SP "Kyoaku wa nemurasenai Tokusou Kenji no Hyouteki" (Great evil does not go to  ...
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                |  Topic: Aoi Tokugawa Sandai | 
               
                | Eve 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Sat Aug 05, 2017 11:38 am   Subject: 
                  Aoi Tokugawa Sandai | 
               
                | 
 Aoi Tokugawa Sandai is hands down the best Taiga I have seen.  It had a great script by noted Taiga screenwriter James Miki and a cast--headed by Tsugawa Masahiko, Iwashita Shima, and Nishida Tosh ...
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                |  Topic: Aoi Tokugawa Sandai | 
               
                | shin2 
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 |  Forum: Discussions on Japanese Dramas  
                   Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2017 6:59 am   Subject: 
                  Aoi Tokugawa Sandai | 
               
                | 
 Of all the taigas I've seen, this one, "Toshie to Matsu" and "Musashi" would be my "besto 3". By an amazing coincidence, all three had casts consisting of excellent a ...
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