Japanese News

Japan’s Most Dramatic Celebrities

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Oricon recently asked over 1,000 Japanese men and women which celebrity they found to have the most dramatic/interesting lifestyle.

Unsurprisingly, Erika Sawajiri was chosen as the #1 most dramatic celebrity. The 22 year old actress/singer/model/drama queen has been making headlines ever since 2005, whether it’s by her underage drinking, marriage to a man twice her age, More >

Yukina Kinoshita in Home Made Kazoku PV

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Talento Yukina Kinoshita (21) has landed her first CD cover and leading role in a music video. She will star in popular hip-hop unit Home Made Kazoku’s new single “YOU ~Anata ga Soba ni Iru Shiawase~.” The song is about the gratitude we have for the people around us.

Yukina and the band have been friends More >

Meisa Kuroki plays female Oda Nobunaga

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Actress Meisa Kuroki has been chosen to star in the play “Onna Nobunaga,” based on the book of the same name by Naoki Prize-winning author Kenichi Sato. The story, set during the Sengoku period, is based on the premise that Oda Nobunaga was actually female. Kuroki will of course play the role of Nobunaga.

Kuroki will More >

Ayumi’s ex-boyfriend is becoming her stepfather

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Ayumi Hamasaki revealed that her mother may be getting into a second marriage, and the man she will be marrying was Hamasaki’s ex-boyfriend from high school!

Hamasaki’s stepfather-to-be is a staff at her mother’s sundry shop and their love blossomed with time. It was said that the couple’s relationship is stable and may be getting married More >