Aoi Miyazaki (30) and Ai Hashimoto (20) will work together for a first time in a movie ‘Birthday Card’, heading to cinemas this October. Despite the not-so-big age gap, two actresses will take on roles of mother and child.
Noriko (Hashimoto) loses her mother at the age of 10. Before her death, Yoshie (Miyazaki) pledges to send her daughter a letter for every birthday, until she reaches adulthood. Shy and timid Noriko starts moving forward, supported by her mother’s birthday cards. The viewers will witness her path from 17th to 25th birthday.
flumpool has uploaded to their YouTube channel a promotional video for their new album “EGG”, as its release date is coming next month. In the two minutes long PV titled “Suupaamaaketto kara no Kaihou (Liberation from the Supermarket)“ we can see how they purchase a ten pack of eggs at the supermarket and proceed to lay them on hay, where they are incubated during 17 days. The coupling song for the video is a snippet of “Kaihouku (Liberated Area)“, the first track of the new album. Do they finally hatch, or does this experiment fail? Watch the teaser (and more info about the new album) just after the jump!
On March 23, Crystal Kay will release her new single, “Sakura.” The song is a sad love song that compares love to the falling petals of a sakura.
Today, Crystal released the short music video for “Sakura.” The video stars Furukawa Yuki and Kojima Riria. They play former lovers who see each other after some time apart, causing them to remember when they were a couple. Check out the video, along with single’s covers, after the jump!
The film company Toho has released a short music video for Perfume’s new song “FLASH.” The song serves as the theme song for the company’s new film, “Chihayafuru.” The music video features only footage from the movie. An album mix of “FLASH” will appear on Perfume’s upcoming album, “COSMIC EXPLORER.” Check out the video after the jump!
Over the weekend, Ayumi Hamasaki traveled to Macau to see Madonna on tour. On the way to Macau, she stopped in Hong Kong. At the airport there, she was greeted by a group of fans. She stopped to sign autographs before venturing to a heliport to go to Macau.
On the red carpet for the Madonna concert, Ayu was interviewed by multiple Chinese media outlets. In English, she praised her recent collaborator JJ Lin and also spoke of possibly working with another CPop act in the future.
In related news, Ayu is also collaborating with Italian lingerie brand La Perla. Details on the collaboration are currently under wraps, but 4 pictures from the accompanying sexy photoshoot have been released. Check them out after the jump, along with news footage of Ayu in China!
[modelpress Feb. 21st] Model Rola appeared on variety TV show “Sanma no Manma,” hosted by Sanma Akashiya, on the 21st (Fuji Terebi, every week from 1:00PM JST *Broadcasted on Kansai Terebi on the 13th from 1:56PM JST). Asked when she would like to get married, Rola answered “31 or 32.” She went on to say she wants to focus on her work, so she isn’t thinking about marriage now.
More details about the episode after the jump!
In last Saturday’s broadcast of “Kaito Yamaneko” drama starring KAT-TUN’s Kamenashi Kazuya, Horikita Maki made a cameo appearance as her character Kinomiya Nagisa of “Higanbana” drama. The reunion of the two since 2005’s “Nobuta Wo Produce” drama gained huge response from fans.
The cameo appearance is part of NTV’s drama collaboration where main cast from its 3 dramas will make an appearance on each other’s dramas for episode 6.
Watch it below.
This week’s guest was Funky Kato. There were also talk segments with Sexy Zone, Kanazawa Daisuke x Sakai Yu x Sunday Kamide, and Silent Siren.
Funky Kato – Chuto Hanpa na Star
