Actress Yun Eun Hye ( Yoon Eun Hye ) will hold her first fan meeting in Japan next month.

The title of the fan meeting, to be held at the Sun Plaza Hall in Tokyo on September 19, is “Birthday.”

Yoon Eun Hye plans to thank her Japanese fans who visited Korea every year to celebrate her birthday with her.

The former singer, who made her acting debut through the popular drama series “Gung,” or “Palace,” stole the hearts of her Japanese fans once again through her role in “‘Coffee Prince.”

During the upcoming two-hour fan meeting, Yun Eun Hye plans to show her fans a never-before-revealed video, host a talk show and personally shake hands with around 2,000 fans.

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“Hwang Jin Yi,” a history drama series on KBS 2TV starring Ha Ji Won, will be broadcast in Japan on NHK’s landwave channel.

Wellmade Star M said on August 5 that Hwang Jin Yi will air every Saturday at 11:10 p.m. beginning October 11.

The drama series was first aired on NHK’s satellite channel BS2 from April and posted the number one viewer rating out of all the programs aired during the same time slot.

An NHK official said it was rare for a show to be moved from a satellite channel to a landwave channel.

Meanwhile, Ha Ji Won has become hugely popular in Japan thanks to her two other popular drama series “Damo” and “What Happened in Bali.” She held her first fan meeting in Japan in May.

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Teen actress Omasa Aya will be taking on her first starring movie role later this year.

She will appear in Ryuichi Hiroki’s “NEW TYPE: Tada, Ai no Tame ni,” based on a drama she starred in a few months ago.

Omasa Aya has primarily appeared in various BS-i dramas, though she has started getting more exposure on major networks this year with roles in “81diver” and “Taiyou to Umi no Kyoushitsu.”

Her upcoming movie is based on an episode of BS-i’s “Koisuru Nichiyoubi NEW TYPE” in which she played a young girl with psychic powers.

“NEW TYPE” opens in theaters this November.

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The show will star Ninomiya Kazunari, Nishikido Ryo, and Toda Erika, with Kudo Kankuro penning the script.

Ninomiya Kazunari, Nishikido Ryo, and Toda Erika play three siblings whose parents were murdered when they were children.

Continue reading Ninomiya Kazunari, Nishikido Ryo, Toda Erika Co-Star in Drama

23-year-old idol Okubo Mariko has “graduated” from the gravure world.

According to Okubo Mariko, her latest DVD and photobook are her last, as she has decided to focus on building a career as an actress.

This past January, Okubo Mariko took the first steps in starting anew when she moved to a different management agency.

Okubo Mariko also changed the way her first name is written.

People will be seeing Okubo Mariko more in drama rather than DVD from now on.

Wonder what drama will Okubo Mariko play as her first appearance (debut).

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Teen actress Tabe Mikako has been named as the heroine in NHK’s next morning drama series.

“Tsubasa,” first announced in April, will be the network’s 80th Asadora, and its first set in Saitama.

At the age of 19, Tabe Mikako is the first Asadora heroine to be born in the Heisei era (1989-present).

She was chosen by audition from a pool of almost 1,600 applicants to play Tsubasa, the daughter of a sweets shop who becomes a host on a community radio station.

Filming will start in mid-October. “Tsubasa” is scheduled to run next year from March 30 to September 26.

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This fall, WOWOW will broadcast a drama special titled “Tengoku no Soup,” based on a book by writer Matsuda Michiko.

Matsuda Michiko, who generally writes nonfiction, is also known as the first wife of the late actor Matsuda Yusaku.

“Tengoku no Soup” follows an OL ( Kuninaka Ryoko ) who has to take care of her sick mother, but every day she visits restaurants seeking out a certain soup.

Her only clue is a drawing left by her sister ( Igawa Haruka ).

One day during her search, she encounters a chef ( Tokito Saburo ) who has lost his wife and son, and a relationship between them unfolds.

Continue reading Kuninaka Ryoko, Tokito Saburo to Star in Tengoku no Soup

16-year-old actress Ishibashi Anna, who made her debut after winning the 2006 Horipro Talent Scout Caravan, will be the face of the poster campaign (website here).

The coming Koshien, which starts on August 2, is the 90th iteration of the tournament.

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SMAP’s Nakai Masahiro has once again been selected by TBS to serve as the main caster for its Olympics coverage, making it his third consecutive appointment to that role.

Along with that comes the announcement that SMAP will be singing the theme song, titled “Kono Toki, Kitto Yume Janai.”

Written and composed by Hi-Fi CAMP, the song will be SMAP’s 43rd single.

“Kono Toki” goes on sale August 13, the same day that Japan’s baseball team faces Cuba in the opening match of the Olympics.

Cuba ended up winning the gold medal in 2004, while Japan took home the bronze.

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Fuji TV has announced that Tegoshi Yuya will be returning for a follow-up to last year’s “Shabake” drama special, which marked his first lead role on television.

Like the previous episode, “Uso Uso” is based on part of Hatakenaka Megumi’s supernatural jidaigeki novel series “Shabake.”

The “Shabake” drama was fairly successful with 14.4% ratings when it aired last November.

A sequel was soon decided, and filming for “Uso Uso” began at the start of this month.

Tanihara Shosuke and Miyasako Hiroyuki have also been confirmed as returning cast members.

Fuji TV plans to broadcast the special this winter.

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