Upcoming JDramas

[smap_gal]

orenji wrote:

As much as I want them too, it's not out yet... But from what I know, he has already trimmed his hair and we should be able to see it in later's SMAPXSMAP ending talk corner... praying hard though coz from the pictures in TV Guide, he wore a cap so much of his hair wasn't seen but I did notice that the length of his hair seems to have shortened a fair bit... ^_^ 3Peace... Orenji

ya rite!! I agreed with Orenji cos from what I watch the SmapxSmap on 2/28 ending part.. i think everyone had notice that Takuya had trimmed his hair even though he was wearing a hat.. I think he will be soon showing us his new hairstyle for his new drama, cant wait until 18 April.. hehehe

[ayumi]

Really ... ??? Very short or a little bit short ...??

because i did not watch SMAPxSMAP ... can't wait for his latest image ...and style ... must be shorter than PRIDE ... because for my own opinion watching all the REAL F1 Racer like Michael ... they're all in short hair ...

[jade_frost]

Koi ni Ochitara~Boku no Seikou no Himitsu

Kusanagi Tsuyoshi will appear in a drama slated for April titled "Koi ni Ochitara~Boku no Seikou no Himitsu" for FUJI TV. It's about Kusangai's character and his family that lost the family business. Kusanagi must find work at an IT firm and work with an aggresive and abrasive boss (played by Tsutsumi Shinichi). The drama also starts Matsushita Nao, Kimura Yoshino and Wakui Emi.

[mozmoz]

[nikyy]

Drama Specials in March / April (in Japan)


TBS

Yankee Bokou ni Kaeru Special - Furyou Shonen no Yume
http://www.tbs.co.jp/yankee/

Telecast: March 27

Cast:
Sakurai Shou, Matsuda Shota, Harada Natsuki,�@Kazama Shunusuke, Harada Yoshio, Yo Kimiko�AKimura Ryou

Introduction:
A prequel of Yankee which was aired in Autumn 2003.
Sakurai Shou will be the teenage Yoshimori


Seishun no Mon �[Chikuhou Hen�[
http://www.tbs.co.jp/seisyun-no-mon/

Telecast: March 21 & 22

Cast:
Suzuki Kyoka, Toyokawa Etsushi, Kishitani Goro, Ogata Ken, Sato Koji

FujiTV

Ooku Special
http://www.fujitv.co.jp/oh-oku/index2.html

Telecast: April 8

Cast: Matsushita Yuki, Seto Asaka, Hoshino Mari, Kyono Kotomi, Nishijima Hidetoshi

You ni mo Kimyouna Monogatari Haru no Tokubetsu Hen
http://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/kimyo/index.html

Telecast: April 12

Story 1: Bijokan
Cast:�@Tsumabuki Satoshi, Usuda Asami

Story 2: Maboroshi no Shonen
Cast: Kuroki Hitomi,�@Nagashima Toshiyuki

Story 3:�@Kentaiki�@Tokkouyaku
Cast�F�@Yusuke Santamaria

Story 4: Anata no Monogatari
Cast: Konishi Manami

TV Asahi

Koushou Jin
http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/dwide/

Telecast: March 26
Cast: Shinna Kippei, Nagasaku Hiromi

[jade_frost]

nikyy wrote:

Japan's top model, Maekawa Yasuyuki will make his first debut in Yume de Aimashou as an IT elite (? what is �h�s����?) who's interested in Yada Akiko. http://www.sponichi.co.jp/entertainment/kiji/2005/02/28/01.html

Haha...suppose �h�s���� means IT expert?

nikyy wrote:

You ni mo Kimyouna Monogatari Haru no Tokubetsu Hen Telecast: April 12 Story 1: Bijokan Cast:�@Tsumabuki Satoshi, Usuda Asami Story 2: Maboroshi no Shonen Cast: Kuroki Hitomi,�@Nagashima Toshiyuki

Kuroki Hitomi is working really hard...as far as I can recall, she seems to have appeared in at least one drama/movie per season deshou?

[nikyy]

jade_frost wrote:

Haha...suppose �h�s���� means IT expert?

oh i see, thks

jade_frost wrote:

Kuroki Hitomi is working really hard...as far as I can recall, she seems to have appeared in at least one drama/movie per season deshou?

*thinking hard* probably not every season
but she do appear quite often nowadays

[Pemu]

pcmodem wrote:

Kimura Takuya was a teacher in Long Vacation. He taught piano... if memory servers, his main pupil was Hirosue Ryoko. He was a teacher first and a pianist second throughout the dorama. It's only at the end of the dorama that he again becomes a dedicated pianist. Remember, he was a teacher because he was taking a "Long Vacation" from being a pianist. -PCM

I meant him as a class teacher at a comprenhensive school level. He never had that role.

[nikyy]

Spring Dorama (starting from April in Japan)


FujiTV


ENGINE

Starting April 18, Monday

Cast:

Kimura Takuya as Kanzaki Jiro (32) - car racer
Koyuki as Mizukoshi Tomomi (27) - child care teacher? (not sure what exactly is �ۈ�m )
Sakai Masato as Torii Motoichiro (34) - child care teacher
Matsushita Yuki as Kanzaki Chihiro (37) - Jiro's sister, the manager of Nozomi Home
Harada Yoshio as Kanzaki Takeshi (64) - Jiro's father who founded Nozomi Home
Takashima Reiko as Ushikubo Eiko (38) - nutritionist of Nozomi Home
Izumidani Shigeru as Ichinose Chinsaku (54) - supervisor of the Japan F3000 Team "Ichinose"
Okamoto Aya as Suenaga Tamaki (26) - manager of Team "Ichinose"

Official website http://wwwc.fujitv.co.jp/engine/index.html


RIKON BENGOSHI 2

Starting April 19, Tuesday

Cast:

Amami Yuki as Mamiya Takako - lawyer
Seto Asaka as Saeki Eri - resigned from the attorney office to become a lawyer, sees Mamiya as her rival
Tamayama Tetsuji as Honda Daisuke - legal assistant in Mamiya's law firm
Sasaki Kuranosuke as Yanagida Toshifumi - lawyer in Mamiya's law firm
Katase Nana as Ogata Aki - receptionist of Mamiya's law firm

Official website http://www.fujitv.co.jp/rikon2/index2.html




MAGARIKADO NO KANOJO

Starting April 19, Tuesday

Cast:

Inamori Izumi as Ooshima Chiharu (33) - supervisor of the Project Sales department in a hotel
Shaku Yumiko as Mihara Natsumi (25) - Chiharu's subordinate
Kaname Jun as Koumoto Ikki (28) - assistant President of the hotel, he is also the only son of the hotel's owner
Aoki Sayaka as Yamagishi Eriko (33) - Chiharu's friend who also work in the same hotel
Ihara Tsuyoshi as Horiuchi Masamitsu (40) - a renowned french chef who is having an affair with Chiharu
Kaneko Takatoshi as Miyake Shuji (26) - Chiharu's subordinate

Official website http://www.ktv.co.jp/chiharu33/



KOI NI OCHITARA ~ BOKU NO SEIKOU NO HIMITSU~

Starting April 14, Thursday

Cast:

Kusanagi Tsuyoshi as Suzuki Shimao (28) -�@runs a factory whom his father left behind
Tsutsumi Shinichi as Takayanagi Toru (38) - CEO of Frontier, an IT company
Matsushita Nao as Shirokawa Kaori (24)- Takayanagi's secretary
Wakui Emi as Kirino Nanami (33) - works in Frontier as the head of the operation division, she is also Takayanagi's ex lover and one of the pioneers of Frontier
Kimura Yoshino as Suzuki Mariko (26) - Suzuki's sister who works as an OL in Marunouchi
Yamamoto Koji (28) as Ando Ryuta�@(28) - Suzuki's childhood friend, who manages a fish shop
Tanihara Shunusuke as Kamiya Riku (30) -�@director of Frontier & Takayanagi's right hand man
Takizawa Saori as Fujii Hiromi (24) - Takayabagi's secretary cum lover

Official website - http://www.fujitv.co.jp/koiochi/index2.html



NTV

RURI NO SHIMA

Starting April 16 (Saturday)

Cast

Narumi Riko as Fujisawa Ruri�@(11)
Takenouchi Yutaka as Kawashima Tatsuya (32) - a mysterious man who came to the island with Ruri
Konishi Manami as Shimabukuro Sanae (24) - teacher on the island
Ogata Ken as Nakama Yuzou (60) - Ruri's foster father
Baisho Mitsuko as Nakama Megumi (55) - Yuzou's wife
Nishida Naomi as Fujisawa Nao (30) - Ruri's mother

Official website - http://www.ntv.co.jp/ruri/


ANEGO

Cast

Shinohara Ryoko Noda Eiko (32) - OL
Tomosaka Rie as Sawaki Eriko (30) - housewife
Akanishi Jin as Kurosawa Akihiko (22) - new employee of Eiko's company
Kato Masaya as Sawaki Shoichi (39) - Eriko's husband

Official website - http://www.ntv.co.jp/anego/



TBS

AIKURUSHII

Starting April 10 (Sunday)

Cast

Ichihara Hayato as Mashiba Go (17) - eldest son of the Mashiba family
Ayase Haruka as Mashiba Michiru (18) - eldest daughter of the Mashiba family
Kamiki Ryunosuke as Mashiba Horo (11) - second son of the Mashiba family
Matsumoto Rina as Mashiba Uta (7) - youngest daughter of the Mashiba family
Nakenaka Naoto as Mashiba Tetsuo (46) - Go's father who works as a taxi driver
Harada Mieko as Mashiba Yumi (46) - Go's mother who is a housewife.
Sakurai Sachiko as Nagumo Yuko (33)
Hagiwara Masato as Nakagawa Ryuichi (32)
Oguri Shun as Yaguchi Junichi (24) - works as an intern. He is the son of the director of the hospital which Yumi was admitted

Official website- http://www.tbs.co.jp/aikuru/


TIGER &�@DRAGON

Starting April 15 (Friday)

Cast

Nagase Tomoya as Yamasaki Toraji
Okada Junichi as Taninaka Ryuji
Nishida Toshiyuki as Taninaka Masakichi
Ito Misaki as Megumi
Syofukutei Tsurube as kumicyou
Tsukamoto Takashi as Ginjiro
Aoi Yu as Risa

Official website - http://www.tbs.co.jp/TandD


YUME DE AIMASYOU

Starting April 14 (Thursday)

Cast

Yada Akiko as Kitahara Hatsumi (26) - a dental hygienist
Oshio Manabu as Noma Ryohei (28) - director of the dental hospital that Hatsumi works in
Nagatsuka Kozo as Kitahara Kyotaro (55) - Hatsumi's father
Nagai Masaru as Maruyama Hajime (26) - works part time in a bookshop, he is Hatsumi's boyfriend in high school
Yamada Yu as Nakano Mika (22) - dental assistant who is also Hatsumi's colleague


Official website- http://www.tbs.co.jp/yumeai/




KEGARETA SHITA

Starting April 14 (Thursday)

Cast

Iijima Naoko as Eida Chinatsu (36) - a florist
Makise Riho as Suzushino Anri (29) - Kohei's wife
Kato Koji as Suzushino Kohei (39) - Owner of Fujisan Flower Shop
Fuji Tatsuya as Shirakawa Ryuichiro (57) - a ceramic artist & Chinatsu's lover

Official website- http://www.tbs.co.jp/kegaretashita/


AsahiTV

ATTACK NO 1

Starting April 14 (Thursday)

Cast

Ueto Aya as Ayuhara Kozue (17)
Nakamura Shunsuke as Hongou Sunsuke (28) - volleyball coach

Official website- http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/no1/

[Pemu]

Nikyy, thanks a lot for providing the shows! TBS is really on fire with the lineups. Aikuru seems to be a family drama according to the pics. Attack no 1 based on a manga, perhaps? Looks like. I'm most looking toward to RURI NO SHIMA. I like Yutaka Takenouchi's acting and so crazy over Naomi Nishida, I just love her dramas and movies, period. I have doubts on Engine, remember Pride? Ugh

[enau]

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MAGARIKADO NO KANOJO Starting April 19, Tuesday Cast: Inamori Izumi as Ooshima Chiharu (33) - supervisor of the Project Sales department in a hotel Shaku Yumiko as Mihara Natsumi (25) - Chiharu's subordinate Kaname Jun as Koumoto Ikki (28) - assistant President of the hotel, he is also the only son of the hotel's owner Aoki Sayaka as Yamagishi Eriko (33) - Chiharu's friend who also work in the same hotel Ihara Tsuyoshi as Horiuchi Masamitsu (40) - a renowned french chef who is having an affair with Chiharu Kaneko Takatoshi as Miyake Shuji (26) - Chiharu's subordinate Official website http://www.ktv.co.jp/chiharu33/

Thanks nikyy for the line ups plus additional info.

As for MAGARIKADO NO KANOJO,

I suspect Izumi Inamori's character will have some sort of romantic possibilities with Tsuyoshi Ihara's character, ne?
Well, this pairing is not bad.
But I think it will be more interesting if the Jun Kaname's character also involve in Izumi's love life.
It will spice up the story.

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Why torture yourself when life will do it for you.
(Taken from "Stepkids")

[nikyy]

enau wrote:

Thanks nikyy for the line ups plus additional info. As for MAGARIKADO NO KANOJO, I suspect Izumi Inamori's character will have some sort of romantic possibilities with Tsuyoshi Ihara's character, ne? Well, this pairing is not bad. But I think it will be more interesting if the Jun Kaname's character also involve in Izumi's love life. It will spice up the story.

yup... think Chihara is Ihara's lover

felt tat the drama line up for Spring is better than ones in winter
looking forward to~
Koi ni Ochitara
Tiger & Dragon (the special shown last year is goood )
Ruri no shima (partly coz of Yutaka )

Yup, Aikurushii is probably a family drama
think its going to be another tear jerking one

Btw, heard tat there will be tv series of Umizaru on FujiTV this summer (think its quite confirmed), starring Ito Hideaki

[Maine]

I am just so glad Oshio Manabu is returning to act on TV after a break of about a year. But a little disappointed though with his pairing with Yada Akiko in this new show. But no offence, she does look a little too old for him?

[WD]

Pemu wrote:

Nikyy, thanks a lot for providing the shows! TBS is really on fire with the lineups. Aikuru seems to be a family drama according to the pics. Attack no 1 based on a manga, perhaps? Looks like. I'm most looking toward to RURI NO SHIMA. I like Yutaka Takenouchi's acting and so crazy over Naomi Nishida, I just love her dramas and movies, period. I have doubts on Engine, remember Pride? Ugh

But remember, the scriptwriter and director of Engine were the team behind the success of Shiroi Kyoto. And besides, this is not entirely a love story, and has a lot of talented children acting alongside Kimura.
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[yanie_chan]

Maine wrote:

But a little disappointed though with his pairing with Yada Akiko in this new show. But no offence, she does look a little too old for him?

hmm...really?? actually, Oshio is 7 months older than Yada^^ he's May 1978, and Yada is December 1978.

im really looking forward for this drama!!^o^ i love Akiko Yada in a romantic comedy! and what's more interesting for me, is the dental profession includes in the drama...heehee....its really rare!! dramas that focus enough on my profession field here x) there's ALOT hospital doctors drama series....but none dentist drama....i wonder why, keke...


wah...hi, WD!! long time no see!!!!! remember me!?*waving*^o^
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[WD]

yanie_chan wrote:

hmm...really?? actually, Oshio is 7 months older than Yada^^ he's May 1978, and Yada is December 1978. im really looking forward for this drama!!^o^ i love Akiko Yada in a romantic comedy! and what's more interesting for me, is the dental profession includes in the drama...heehee....its really rare!! dramas that focus enough on my profession field here x) there's ALOT hospital doctors drama series....but none dentist drama....i wonder why, keke... wah...hi, WD!! long time no see!!!!! remember me!?*waving*^o^

Oh, my God! Hi yanie! Yeah, I've been really busy (and a little bit unhealthy), post sometimes at CS & freebird, but I don't always have the time to post here. And you know what, my account crashed & I actually lost every single mail we've ever sent each other! Hmm, just my 'luck' I guess...
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[rabiz]

Watching some funny variety on Fuji tv now where they invited all their upcoming drama cast to have some fun..

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[nikyy]

rabiz wrote:

Watching some funny variety on Fuji tv now where they invited all their upcoming drama cast to have some fun.. ���ɗ�������@koi�@ni ochi�@tara �Ȃ���p�̔ޏ��@magari�@kado no�@kanojyo �����ٍu�t�Q�@rikon�@benkoushi engine

oh my god... its waratte iitomo sp
geez envy u .........
u must be in Tokyo now eh

[von]

where can we get the clip of waratte iitomo? cos i am quite keen on the drama's introduction

[rabiz]

Yeah it's a damn funny variety show, completed with eye candy with yuko ogura... clips wise i don't know, it isn't really drama intro show, but the cast gathers there and play some really farni games. That's all, didn't know today was a drama special until i switched on my com to watch the tv