woooo..Takuya in Thai! you guys are lucky then~

ooooh! i want to go thailand!!!

HIGHEST RATED "GEKKU" DRAMAS (2000-2008)

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15�@18.25�@06/04�@�g�b�v�L���X�^�[ (Top Caster)


*Fuji TV Monday 9pm timeslot

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HIGHEST RATED FINAL EPISODES (2000-2008)

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5�@ 32.5�@05/01�@��������(2) (Gokusen 2)
6�@ 32.1�@04/01�@�������� (Shiro Kyoto)
7�@ 30.4�@07/01�@�ؗ�Ȃ�ꑰ (Karei naru Ichizoku)
8�@ 28.8�@04/01�@�v���C�h (Pride)
9�@ 28.0�@00/10�@�I���W���B(Oyaji)
10�@27.6�@07/01�@�Ԃ��j�q�Q(���^�[���Y) (Hana Yori Dango 2)
11�@27.4�@08/04�@�b�g�`�m�f�d
12�@27.1�@04/01�@�l�Ɣޏ��Ɣޏ��̐����铹 (Boku to Kanojo to Kanojo no Ikiru Michi)
13�@27.0�@02/04�@�󂩂�~��ꉭ�̐� (Sora Kara Furu Ichioku no Hoshi)
14�@26.0�@07/01�@�n�P���̕i�i (Haken no Hinakau)
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16�@25.5�@05/07�@�d�Ԓj (Densha Otoko)
17�@25.4�@01/07�@�~���a���Q�S��(2) (Kyumei Byoto 24 Ji 2)
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22�@23.6�@08/04�@��������(3) (Gokusen 3)
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24�@23.2�@06/07�@�}�C���{�X�@�}�C���q�[���[ (My Boss My Hero)
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30�@22.4�@06/10�@�P�S�˂̕� (14 Sai no Haha)

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DRAMAS WITH AVERAGE RATINGS OF 20% AND UP (2000-2008)

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8�@ 23.87�@07/01�@�ؗ�Ȃ�ꑰ (Karei naru Ichizoku)
9�@ 23.71�@03/10�@��������(�Q�N�[��) (Shiroi Kyoto 2nd chapter)
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18�@21.54�@04/10�@���X�g�N���X�}�X (Last Christmas)
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23�@20.29�@00/04�@�V�����j(2) (Shomuni 2)
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26�@20.10�@07/01�@�n�P���̕i�i (Haken no Hinkaku)

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Drama Grand Prix: "CHANGE" and "Last Friends" win for Fuji TV
Thu, July 17, 2008 (1:42am EDT)


Nikkan Sports has completed its Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix for the spring season, which counts as the first quarter of the 2008 awards. A total of 8,350 votes were gathered during the first ten days of July.

Fuji TV's Monday night series "CHANGE" took two awards. It edged out "Last Friends" by 129 votes to be named Best Drama, and Takuya Kimura overwhelmed "ROOKIES" star Ryuta Sato by a margin of almost 2,200 votes in the race for Best Actor.

Yuki Amami was voted Best Actress for her role in "Around 40." The next closest choices were Aoi Miyazaki and Yukie Nakama.

"Last Friends" picked up the remaining two categories, Best Supporting Actor and Actress. Ryo Nishikido only collected 1,100 votes, but it was enough to defeat Hiroshi Abe and the rest. Juri Ueno, considered only a supporting cast member to Masami Nagasawa, pulled in more than 2,500 votes, with Eri Fukatsu slightly less than 400 votes away.

source: Tokyograph

wow thnx for the chart. and takuya's totally the king =]

wow..
takuya kimura is definately no.1..the king of jdorama
almost all of his shows r in the hall of fame becoz of the high ratings

now im watching long vacation again, after 10 yrs+~ it really is a great drama. tat was my 1st impression on Takuya Kimura. he deserves it--to be no 1 in j-drama
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CHANGE is highly recommended its awesome Takuya did it again
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Hi Peg. It's Kat.

Hi fre3domlin. Thanks for uploading Kimura san's doramas on youtube.

Hi everyone, I'm an Kimura san Addict of one month. I've been gorging myself on his doramas and even went to see Love and Honor in the theaters when it came to town (Yes! Kimura san larger then life!). I'm not looking to sober up. I'm looking for fellow KAs who are happy being KA and want to gush and share the love.

I found this as I was trolling this thread. Does anyone know where I can find more of these BTS or NGs of Pride? I love this dorama and absolutely adore Aki and Haru.

Of course, I then got a bit jealous of Takeuchi san.

Hi kat.

I just knew it was you!!! :-)

Autumn said you were going to get on here and post. I came to check and saw katwoman and knew it was you.

I am so refreshed to hear all the new compliments for Kimura san and his acting. I know he is gorgeous..you only have to see a photo and better yet..see a drama..but to hear more people rave about his acting does my heart good. I adore this man for so many years.

I think we may be a little disappointed with 'I Come with the Rain' I think Kimura will be playing a cameo even though his role is necessary for the plot. this is apparently a Josh Hartnet project. Can't say I know much about him and he is not really a huge number one star. I guess he is a good actor. I want to see how Kimura does in this whenever we get the chance to see it.
Keep posting batwoman.....

ja ne Peg

hey welcome =] i love kimura too! i jus mentioned his name in my japanese class today =p when my teacher asked for which japanese artistes' han-sa-mu? heehee. some ppl didnt even know his name in romanji, like you gotta tell them in chinese. poor things =p

oooh so jealous, can he hug me too? =p

Peggy! An open forum. I'm taking my secret gushings public.

Hi t1n9...Yes, my 2nd reaction after pure delight at finding that gif was pure envy. Wouldn't it be nice to have Kimura san hug you and laugh with you?
Dang! Any sign of affection is fine. I'm not terribly greedy.

So which dramas have you watched thus far?


Kat

katwoman wrote:

Hi Peg. It's Kat. Hi fre3domlin. Thanks for uploading Kimura san's doramas on youtube. Hi everyone, I'm an Kimura san Addict of one month. I've been gorging myself on his doramas and even went to see Love and Honor in the theaters when it came to town (Yes! Kimura san larger then life!). I'm not looking to sober up. I'm looking for fellow KAs who are happy being KA and want to gush and share the love. I found this as I was trolling this thread. Does anyone know where I can find more of these BTS or NGs of Pride? I love this dorama and absolutely adore Aki and Haru. Of course, I then got a bit jealous of Takeuchi san.

That's such a cute animation! They are very cute together in Pride (I'm watching it now - 4 eps in)

And seriously, Yuko is as adorable as they come.
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"Actually, I don't have bones. I'm supported
by a system of fluid-filled bladders"

kat, yup yup! agree =] oh ive watched hero, love generation, a million stars falling from the sky, long vacation, pride, good luck, tt samurai movie... almost everyth except his latest few and e really old ones + beautiful life. =]

That lovely hugging was the end party for PRIDE. He also gave huge hug to Kenji Sakaguchi. Everyone was in such a good mood. there is a video of this somewhere.

Also there was a video of the ending of GOOD LUCK and he and another actor carried leading lady off and dumped her and then found bags of what looked like popcorn or something and they proceeded to have a feast .... Just like kids out of school.

Love this super 'adult' gushing for Kimura san. Time he was given credit for making us all adore him of all ages.

Peg

Just going thru some old videos. the Western trips to the Four Corners. Been there so often and knew just what Kimura was seeing and feeling.

also I thought that during the 2008 Olympics song 'We are Friends' they could have used an old SMAP song....

Wherever we go

Whatever we do

We live in future

LET'S GET TOGETHER !!!!!!!!

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Love that song.


Peg

brad2 wrote:

That lovely hugging was the end party for PRIDE. He also gave huge hug to Kenji Sakaguchi. Everyone was in such a good mood. there is a video of this somewhere. Also there was a video of the ending of GOOD LUCK and he and another actor carried leading lady off and dumped her and then found bags of what looked like popcorn or something and they proceeded to have a feast .... Just like kids out of school. Love this super 'adult' gushing for Kimura san. Time he was given credit for making us all adore him of all ages. Peg

Peg, You've been holding out on me. Please do find the video of the end party for PRIDE and GOOD LUCK.

I would love to see Kimura hug Kenji. Though, I think Haru and Tomo were my second fave couple in PRIDE . It was so cute when Tomo offered to stay the nite w/him.

As for GOOD LUCK, in addition to Shinkai (given, yeh?), I heart Koda, too. I heard that our very strict and stoic Capn Koda is actually really loose and funny in the NGs.

Phlargo, You're watching PRIDE?!? I watched it in one day. I couldn't make myself stop...maybe a few restroom breaks...but who's counting? Do come back to rave or rant. I'm better at raving, but I can sorta listen to ranting too. :-)

As ya'll can tell...I just need to gush w/people about how awesome I find Kimura san. The extent of my wackiness?
#1 I watched PRIDE 4X now...IN JUST A MONTH. I won't go into how often I think about PRIDE. kekeke.
#2 I stopped in the middle of GOOD LUCK twice just to send a PM to Peg and our other KA pal to just gush about how dang handsome Shinkai looked in that specific episode. Especially the episode that he was doing his rehab. Yum.
#3 I am strangely attracted to Ryo in ONE MILLION STARS.
#4 I moped around for days in major disbelief after watching THE GRAND TRIBE.
#5 I find Kuryu's crooked teeth and ugly brown coat so adorable in HERO.

There's more. Sad, huh? Care to join me?


Kat

It's not strictly about having the perfect nose and deep eyes etc.

It's an aura of attraction and charisma which makes these people so popular. Sure, Kimura may not be the best straight-forward good looking, but he is handsome, his ability to carry himself and his aura and charisma is the defining point.

People like Nanako Matsushima may not be the hottest woman in the world, but her charisma and aura cannot be denied.

In American views, best looking literally means best looking, aka Brad Pitt, Jessica Alba types, while for Japan, beauty is more of a culmination and have a different view than them.

That's my 2 cents

aznkether,

Agree Agree Agree. matinee idols are two a penny and fade rapidly.

Kimura has been the favourite artist for Japan for twenty years,

that's TWENTY years. It can't all be publicity agents work. People just admire him for so many things.

When I think of English actors from the past, very few of them could be called handsome. they all have flaws which make them compelling and that is what is so true of Kimura san. He has magnetism which comes from within, and his outward appearance radiates his well placed self confidence as a person as well as an artist. He is not the usual 'six pack' brawny leading man. In fact he is slight and not anywhere near six feet. But when you see him in a scene he has the effect of being someone of great substance physically. He is not weak and since he is a very good kendo performer there is no fear. That is why he did such great fencing in Love and Honour. He even practised that with a blindfold and another fencer.
kat. I was watching part of his trip to the Four Corners today and he was with the Chief of the Apaches and went with some of the older men to gather sage for his initiation and spending the night in the 'smoke tent'. That is quite an ordeal any Native American goes through in order to be called a Brave and before he can ever be a warrior. This was some years ago when he was around twenty I think. Very eager to learn about Geronimo and everything of the American West. He was given the name 'Little Man'...having a much greater meaning than it sounds. I have great admiration for Kimura and the respect he showed to all the people who were his guides in the different Indian Nations. I just felt so sure that he gained a great deal that helped him in his following years.

I don't have all of these videos... but I don't know how to send them from my documents to you kat and they are too big for email.

I have often wondered if Kimura ever realises what a profound effect he has on so many people all over the world. Do you think our thoughts and expressed opinions can have any impressions upon him without him knowing it???? It's just one of my opinions that thoughts once in your mind are then immediately transmitted through the ether and must go in the direction of the target. I think that is one of the reasons that prayers work.
Anyway..keep on thinking and gushing about Kimura san. He just gets better and better in every way.

Peg

Yup! Kimura san would not fall into the classically handsome category, though now that I've been watching his doramas and videos, I'm inclined to think that gosh darn it...HE is very handsome.

I really don't think all his pictures does him justice. I've been posting in a forum w/Peg for 2 years now and Peg's avatar and siggie is of Kimura san. I never gave it much of a second thought. But now that I'm a Kimura san Addict, I'm kicking myself in the arse for not giving Peg's avi and siggie and ravings more consideration. I could have been immersed in Kimura san's cult (hehehe) alot sooner.

The word aura and charisma comes up alot when people discuss Kimura san. I wholeheartedly agree. He does have an X factor that really draws you to him. I love his acting. I can't believe how I care about each of the characters and what happens to them. Here's my case, I went to see Love and Honor at the movie theaters even though 1) I could get the DVD cheaper and 2) I don't like Samurai movies. And despite the hideous Samurai "mohawk" and bad makeup job and fake sceneries, I loved Shinnojo and Kayo's love story. Only Kimura san can do that for me.

Peg, He was inducted as a Native American brave? That is so awesome. After my trip to Yellowstone, I'm crazy about the wild west and cowboys and indians. The Big Valley, The Virginian, the Ponderosa, and the song Desperado keeps replaying in my mind.

No worries on the vids Peg. Maybe some kind soul will hear my distress signal and put it out on youtube.

hugs,
Kat

Same here. So glad to find some kindred spirit in this forum who have joined the bandwagon

I first discovered TK's amazing talent when my sister persuaded me to watch PRIDE. Then it snowballed from there (LONG VACATION, ENGINE, BEAUTIFUL LIFE, LOVE GENERATION, etc., etc.) and I have been hooked ever since.

Apart from his acting talent, he sings and dances very well, a good comedian. I get a good laugh everytime he tries to impersonate a girl because he's so good at it, I forget he's a guy. He is truly an entertainer together with the other SMAP members. I always look for the SMAP shows because of him.

He cooks well too. I always look forward to watching SMAP Bistro to see what feast he'll prepare for their guests, especially the foreign guests. Maybe that's why Cameron Diaz loves to be a guest in the SMAPxSMAP tv show together with Catherine Zeta Jones, Madonna, Matt Damon, Jude Law, Harrison Ford, etc., etc., etc..

I remember watching that Wild West trip of Kimura-san and it was sort of prophetic because the Indian shaman/priest blessed him in the end, gave him an Indian name with a souvenir feather and wished him all the luck and success in his life/career and told him he was a good person inside and out. What a prediction! Look where he is now, still going strong after 20 years.

I wished he could break into the international Hollywood movie market and people would recognize his amazing talent, not just stereotype Asian supporting roles like what Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Ken Watanabe has done. Maybe do indie films because that's the way to go.

I don't think his latest upcoming movie I COME WITH THE RAIN will do justice to his acting range. It is just a cameo appearance and really is Josh Hartnett's movie. Maybe it'll just be the start for more good things to come for Takuya Kimura. Let's just hope it is.