20-year-old model Kobayashi Yumi will be succeeding Miki Yoshimura as the face of the company, starting in January.

Past image girls include Fujiwara Norika and Ito Misaki.

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Akiyama George’s 1970 manga series “Zeni Geba” is being turned into a live-action drama on NTV this winter.

Rising actor Matsuyama Kenichi has been given the lead role.

This is his second starring role in a drama series, after last year’s “Sexy Voice and Robo.”

Also known as “Money Crazy,” the original manga tells the story of a young man who loses his sick mother as a child due to poverty.

As a result, he becomes completely obsessed with money.

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The upcoming movie version of “Elite Yankee Saburo” is being reinforced with the addition of top actress Nakama Yukie.

Based on a TV Tokyo adaptation of a gag manga by Abe Shuji.

The movie stars Ishiguro Hideo as a teenage otaku who gets mislabeled as an “elite” delinquent.

Nakama Yukie will play a very minor role as a mysterious nun.

The movie opens in theaters on February 28.

Talento Hinagata Akiko will star in the daytime television series “Sagishi Ririko,” airing next season on TV Tokyo.

The story is based on the book “Route 246″ by Izumi Fujimura.

Hinagata Akiko plays a housewife who happens to be a brilliant swindler, and she uses her skills to punish evil.

Her supporting cast includes Oura Ryuichi, Azuma Terumi, and Tsuruta Shinobu.

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Bae Seul Gi’s career has seemed to fade throughout the years.

Not much news about her since the much publicized / trashy rumors of her dating DBSK’s U-Know Yunho and Super Junior’s Siwon.

Her fans however, are still photoshopping her face next to Yunho’s and Siwon’s on wedding photos.

They’re also putting together slideshows entitled Yungi (Yunho + Seul Gi) or Sigi (Siwon + Seul Gi) onto youtube.

Bae Seul Gi like Beyonce says on the DirecTV commercial seemed to have upgraded a little when she teamed up with the cosmetics brand ELLITA recently.

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Hyun Bin takes a break from the grueling filming schedule of The World We Live In, and talks with reporters in an interview.

He was at a park, amidst the beautiful autumn backdrop.

In real life, Hyun Bin (26) is not the cocky prince charming he usually portrays.

Hyun Bin has won the hearts of many women in his previous KBS 2TV dramas, namely “My Lovely Samsoon”, “Snow Queen” and movie “A Millionaire’s First Love”.

The heartthrob is currently working on the KBS 2TV drama The World We Live In (scripwriter: No Hwee Kyeong, director: Pyo Min Su, Kim Kyu Tae).

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A fashion pictorial for the magazine, Marie Claire featuring Hwang Bo & Marco from ‘We Got Married’ featuring the brand EXR’s winter sports concept was recently revealed to the public.

The two are currently on MBC’s ‘Sunday Sunday Night, Popular Corner: We Got Married’ where perform with different partners.

This fashion pictorial pulls away the veil of a scandal and displays their friendship.

The pictorial will be featured in the December edition of Marie Claire.

source: asianfanatics

Fuji TV is producing a drama series called “Triangle,” scheduled to air next season.

Actor Eguchi Yosuke will be the star of the show, supported by SMAP’s Inagaki Goro and actress Hirosue Ryoko.

The series is described as a mystery/suspense story, starting with the murder of a 10-year-old girl in 1984.

15 years later, after the case goes unsolved and passes the statute of limitations, a doctor named Ryoji Goda (Eguchi Yosuke) suddenly quits from his hospital and eventually becomes a detective.

In 2008, he meets a traveling artist (Hirosue Ryoko) in Paris, and shortly after Goda’s return to Japan, he becomes involved in the expired murder case when another detective (Inagaki Goro) receives an anonymous phone call.

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At the start of this year, actress Inoue Mao starred in “Anmitsu Hime,” a Fuji TV drama special based on the manga of the same name.

Fuji TV has now revealed that there will be an “Anmitsu Hime 2″ to once again ring in the new year.

Inoue Mao will of course reprise her role as the tomboy princess.

One of the highlights of this year’s episode is a sword fighting scene between Anmitsu-hime and a villain, played by movie actor Takeuchi Riki, who last appeared in a television drama in 1999.

Uchida Asahi will play a supporting role.

“Anmitsu Hime 2″ will air in early January.

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Leila Tong is still young, but she’s already been in the industry for many years.

To replace her “younger sister” image, Leila’s been working hard to change.

She has been challenging herself to different characters, hoping to reach a new level in her career.

Seeming to not care much about fame, Leila has also had a “hoping for awards” moment. “It’s like wanting to win a lottery!”

Always giving audience a feeling that she is your younger sister, Leila has already grown up.

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