A production of the Robert Thomas play “Trap for a Lonely Man” is being performed in Tokyo next February, directed by Itagaki Kyoichi.

The play will star Kato Kazuki, while the female lead is played by actress Shiraishi Miho. This will be Shiraishi Miho’s first stage role.

The suspenseful story revolves around a man (Kato Kazuki) whose wife mysteriously disappears.

After reporting it to the police, a woman (Shiraishi Miho) suddenly shows up at his house claiming to be his wife, though he insists that she is an impostor aiming to collect the inheritance of his wife’s wealthy uncle.

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Toray has picked its 2009 Swimwear Campaign Girl.

17-year-old Genzaki Tomoe, a third-year high schooler, became the tallest model in the history of the campaign, standing at a height of 175cm.

Genzaki Tomoe, who is also active as an actress, tried out for the same audition last year but failed to pass the first round.

She trained hard to take the title this year, beating out about 200 other contestants.

Every model or actress should take Genzaki Tomoe as example, because there is no easy way to stardom.

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Han Hyo Joo and Kim Jae Joong are confirmed to be co-stars in their upcoming drama.Kim Jae Joong will act as a messenger between the dead (who are in heaven) and their family and friends (who are still living). His character is very deep and mysterious.Han Hyo Joo will act as a pure and innocent girl who lost her loved one but cannot forget him.

However, after working with Kim Jae Joong at the same job, she slowly falls in love with him.

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Astro will be the main television to show the wedding ceremony and reception between Mawi and Ekin.

Astro will air a wedding special through its Astro Awani (501) starting from December 17th 2008.

The show will also air Islamic marriage course session that has been attended by Mawi and Ekin in Putrajaya Mosque.

The show will be continued with the wedding ceremony, reception and even a special love documentary between these two love birds.

All of these shows will be aired on Oasis, Ria and Prima.

Mawi is said to have been giving his own idea regarding the date and even some concepts.

Mawi and Ekin is planned to be wed by 11a.m. December 20th 2008.

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 mystery novel “Ryusei no Kizuna,” written by popular author Higashino Keigo, is being turned into a television drama series this fall.

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.

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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.

source : tokyograph