a-nesuto wrote:

�\

Thats a seriously beautiful kimono... best use of red and black I've seen yet...

Oh, and of course, Chiaki looks great...
_________________

The Cutest Girl in the World!

Silverwing wrote:

Shotgun marriage? What is that?

In Hirosue's case it was like this: she was dating this guy (never manage to remember his name), then got knocked up, and then she made the accouncement that she would marry and that she's pregnant. Classic shotgun marriage.

Her dad would be standing behind her future husband with a shotgun, making sure he would say "yes" during the ceremony, so that the pregnant girl gets married.


But anyway...

What Kuriyama needs is a Taiga.

I'm glad and happy that Aki is in Fuurinkazan. Kuriyama needs one as well. Or a movie like Dororo. Then maybe people will stop always bringing up that extremely stupid Kill Bill or that really horrible Azumi 2.
_________________

So that's what a shotgun marriage is. Interesting.

Why aren't any other of Chiaki's dramas on her list? She's done more than two. Most of her works in 2006 was t.v.

Azumi 2? I almost forgot she was in that. Yeah, I didn't like it either. Liked her in Yokai Daisenso though. She looked good in that movie. Even if she did have crazy, white beehive hair and no eyebrows.

Is Dororo any good? I like the Satoshi Tsumabuki and Kou Shibasaki, but the movie just doesn't appeal to me.

What's a Taiga?

Has anyone here heard of the Tekken news already?

http://www.iesb.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=4142&Itemid=99
So who's happy, and who's horrified? I'm, well... glad to see she's going to be in another American movie, but... Why!?

from Tokyograph:

Kuriyama rumored to be dating
Thu, February 14, 2008 (4:48pm EST)

The new issue of FRIDAY reports that actress Chiaki Kuriyama may be dating. Her rumored boyfriend is actor Makoto Koshinaka, formerly the vocalist of rock band ��ucifer. Eyewitness have seen the actress visiting Koshinaka's apartment, and the magazine published photos of the two together.

Management for both celebrities denied the relationship, asserting that the two are just friends. Kuriyama's agency also said that she has been taking guitar lessons and voice training, and as a result, has become friends with many musicians.

Hi All!

MTV Iggy debuts the US release of actress CHiAKi KURiYAMA�fs (from Kill Bill Vol.1) music video �gRyusei No Namida�h on Tuesday March 9, 2010. The track will be the theme song of �gMobile Suit Gundam Unicorn,�h the latest anime series in the immensely popular Gundam universe.

CHiAKi will be MTV Iggy�fs artist of the week. Check out our exclusive interview with CHiAKi – her experience making the video, a special message to fans, photos of CHiAKi and the new Gundam series, and more – all on MTVIggy.com!

OR just click here:

http://www.mtviggy.com/article/artist-profile-chiaki-kuriyama

Tu_triky wrote:

Scary.

Kill Bill's Chiaki Kuriyama to Feature in New PS3 Yakuza Game

Actress lends voice and likeness for new heroine role.
September 10, 2010
by IGN Staff


Kill Bill's Chiaki Kuriyama last made headlines in the gaming world as she starred in commercials promoting the Japanese Xbox 360 version of Resident Evil 5. (We're not making this up!)

Her next game-related gig is just a bit more substantial. Sega unveiled the cast of its new PlayStation 3 Yakuza game today, and Chiaki is serving as the heroine!

This is the Yakuza game that Sega Japan has been teasing for over half a year now. It's the game that follows part 4 (the PSP game, due for Japanese release later this month, is a spinoff). Sega recently gave the game a final Japanese name: Ryu ga Gotoku: Of The End. (Ryu ga Gotoku is what the series is called over there).

Chiaki will portray heroine Misuzu Asaki.

Here's a look at Chiaki in the recording studio and Misuzu in the game:

Look similar? There's a good reason for that. Just like it did for Yakuza 4, Sega is using 3D scanning technology to map the voice actors to the in-game characters.

The Misuzu screenshot actually represents our first in-game look at Of the End. Sega also provided screens showing Tetsuo Nikaido, Tomoaki Nagahama, DD, Oya-san and Daigo Dojima. Except for Daigo, these are all new characters. Daigo has been in the series since Yakuza 2.

Strangely, Sega has yet to share screenshots of the game's playable cast, which includes Goro Majima, Kiryu Kazuma, Shun Akiyama and Ryuji Goda.

Sega also hasn't shared gameplay or story details. But there should be an information flood next week at the Tokyo Game Show, where the game is expected to see its full debut.

Chiaki Kuriyama to release new single

Actress/singer Kuriyama Chiaki will be releasing her first single in a year and 5 months, �gToyosu��Luciferin�g, on April 24th.

Kuriyama�fs 6th single since her singing debut in February of 2010 was written by former Midori vocalist Goto Mariko and composed, arranged, and produced by 9mm Parabellum Bullet guitarist Taki Yoshimitsu.

For its coupling track, the single will include a rock number called �gHodokenai, Bokura wa Zettai.�g, which is also composed, arranged, and produced by Taki. It will also include a song that was produced by 9mm Parabellum Bullet, �gRoulette de Kuchizuke wo�g, which was featured in Kuriyama�fs first album, �gCIRCUS�g, released back in March of 2011.

Source: Oricon

I kept seeing her in syoss ads plastered in buses in Manila. I hope I can take a picture of one (and not get my phone snatched) and I will post it here

Chiaki Kuriyama to release new single in October

Kuriyama Chiaki has a new single "0" that's scheduled for release on October 23rd.

"0" is a dance tune that's written and composed by lalalarks. It's already been picked up as the CM song for Zenyaku Kogyo Company's cold medicine 'Jikinin IP'. The single will also include the remix version and a coupling track titled "voice".

The PV for "0" is a full animation video created by Minakata Kenkyuujo. It's said to have a mysterious story line with Kuriyama as an animated character. Furthermore, BLUE BAKK was in charge of the single's jacket cover.

[0]

CD:
01. 0
02. voice
03. 0 remix
04. voice remix
05. 0 instrumental
06. voice instrumental


DVD:
01. "0" Music Video
02. "Toyosu��Luciferin" Music Video

Source: natalie

Chiaki Kuriyama to release digital single "Dilemma"

Kuriyama Chiaki's digital single "Dilemma" will be released via iTunes Store, Recochoku, and other music distributing sites on October 1.

It's been roughly a year since Kuriyama released her last single "0" in October of 2013. "Dilemma" has been picked up as the CM song for Zenyaku Kogyo Company's cold medicine 'Jikinin IP'.

Zenyaku Kogyo Company's official website features the CM and making-of footage for 'Jikinin IP'.

Source: natalie

Chiaki Kuriyama to play heroine in Tomohisa Yamashita's new drama

Kuriyama Chiaki will be playing the heroine in TBS' new drama 'Flowers for Algernon' starring Yamashita Tomohisa.

'Flowers for Algernon' is based on a world-famous novel by Daniel Keyes. The drama's script will be written by Nojima Shinji, who is known for his works in 'Koukou Kyoushi'. Its story revolves around a mentally disabled young man named 'Shiratori Sakito' (Yamashita). After undergoing brain surgery, Sakito becomes more and more intelligent, but his high intellectual level causes him to look down on the people who surround him gradually isolating him.

Kuriyama will play 'Mochizuki Haruka', a researcher at the scientific research center for brain science, who Sakito begins developing romantic feelings for. She stated, "It's the opposite of the strong characters that I've played in the past. I hope to show the braveness and pureness of this character."

Kubota Masataka, Kudo Asuka, and Kikuchi Fuma have been added to the supporting cast.

Source: Sanspo

I guess nobody told Chiaki that the show business term "Break a leg" is just a figure of speech:

Chiaki Kuriyama fractures right leg

Actress Kuriyama Chiaki has been hospitalized due to a compound fracture in her right shin bone.

According to her agency, Kuriyama slipped and fell on a wet road after a work meeting on the night of August 5. She was transported to a hospital by ambulance, where they found that her right shin bone and calf bone were fractured, requiring about two months for complete recovery. She also received surgery on the 26th. While she is in good condition after the surgery, she requires hospitalization for about three weeks.

Kuriyama is done filming for her current starring drama "HEAT". Her other work will resume accordingly.

Source: Oricon

Chiaki Kuriyama to star in TV Asahi 2016 Spring drama

Kuriyama Chiaki and Ichihara Hayato will be starring in the upcoming TV Asahi Spring 2016 drama "Fukigen na Kajitsu" (The Fruit of Displeasure) which will begin its run from April in the Fridays 11.15pm timeslot. The drama which is based on Hayashi Mariko's sensational novel published 20 years ago, was made into a drama the following year and a movie version was also produced later. At the time of the novel's release in 1996, it raised eyebrows for its caption of the heroine asking why she was so happy to have sex with another man other than her husband. Since then, the social and employment environment for women has changed a lot thus affecting values towards love as well.

Kuriyama plays the role of a 32-year-old woman named Mizugoshi Mayako who has been married for 5 years and is frustrated with her husband for giving her the cold shoulder. While craving for attention from other men in a bid to break out from her boring life, Mayako meets a passionate music critic Kudo Michihiko who pursues her relentlessly despite her being married thus leading to Mayako sinking deeper into the forbidden relationship,

As this is the first time that Kuriyama is acting in a romance drama like this, she hopes to show a different side of herself to viewers. In the original novel, Mayako was somewhat calculating thus making her disliked by others but the 2016 version will show how she desires pure happiness and her struggle to get out of her unsatisfactory married life. On the other hand, Ichihara who has always been known for being passionate in his acting, commented that it's a totally different thing to be so devoted to a woman when he hardly had any opportunities to date someone like that in the past. As such, he is also eagerly anticipating how things will turn out for him in this drama.

Source: Oricon

Chiaki Kuriyama to star in new NHK drama

Kuriyama Chiaki will be starring in the new NHK drama "Copyface ~ Kesareta Watashi" (Copyface ~ The me who was erased) based on the romance novel "Mirror Image" by US writer Sandra Brown. The drama which consists of 6 episodes, will begin its run from 18 November in the Fridays 10pm timeslot. The script is written by Shinozaki Eriko who was responsible for NHK morning drama "Mare" and various WOWOW dramas.

Kuriyama plays the role of the heroine who is a capable reporter working for a weekly magazine. In a bid to expose a beauty clinic's misdeeds, she gets close to the clinic director's wife to fish for information. While tailing the wife on a flight, the plane crashes and the reporter is mistaken for the wife when she is rescued from the scene. Due to her injuries, she undergoes plastic surgery and becomes the spitting image of the wife. As the reporter has lost her memory for the time being, she mistakenly believes that she is indeed the wife of the director. However, when she regains her memory, she discovers that she has fallen in love with the director who rightfully belongs to someone else and is unsure whether she should live for love and continue with her new identity or justice to regain her original life and expose the truth.

Co-stars include Sato Ryuta, Tamaoki Reo, Ashina Sei, Maeda Aki, Tsurumi Shingo, Tajima Reiko and Terada Minori.


Source: Oricon

Chiaki Kuriyama to star in Kansai TV/FujiTV drama special

Kuriyama Chiaki will be starring in the new Kansai TV / FujiTV drama SP "Demo, kekkon shitai! ~ BL Mangaka no kojirase konkatsuki ~" which will be shown at 10pm on 4 April.

The drama SP is based on the autobiographical essay-manga by Fujimoto Haruki titled "BL Mangaka desukedo kekkon shitemo ii desuka?" and features Kuriyama as the lead character Fujita Haruko who is a 34-year-old single BL (boys' love) manga artist. As she is surrounded by women at her workplace, she has forgotten how to interact with men and is having trouble finding a suitable marriage partner while finding it difficult to explain to men why she has chosen such a profession. Co-stars include Sano Hinako who plays her assistant Tachibana Kiriko and offers her advice on dating, Kaname Jun who plays Nakano, a mathematics lecturer at an university and meets Haruko at a matchmaking agency, Fujimori Shingo who plays Ikuta, a cat lover introduced to Haruko by Kiriko's boyfriend and Saito Shinji who plays Saito, a pretentious man and meets Haruko at a survival game go-kon.

Kuriyama who is a well-known anime and manga lover in the entertainment circle, revealed that she knows the BL genre well and used to go to Otome Road when she was in her early 20s. As for playing a manga artist for the first time, Kuriyama commented that as she is full of awe towards them as she has never done anything which required her to create something from nothing and doesn't have the ability to draw and create stories. She hopes to be able to show the positive side of Haruko's attempt to break out of her shell and find happiness and called upon viewers to look forward to this drama.

Sources: Sanspo / Oricon / Eiga.com

So, what's she been up to lately?
_________________