This week’s guests were Yokoyama Ken / Crazy Ken Band and androp. There was also a talk segment with GENERATIONS and coverage of TOKYO IDOL FESTIVAL 2015.
androp – Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!
Crazy Ken Band – Yubiwa
Arashi’s Ninomiya Kazunari visits for the first time Iwo Jima, one of the hard-fought areas during the Pacific War. The visit is part of NTV‘s 24 Hr TV~Love Saves the Earth~ and the network’s 70 years post-war special “Ninomiya Kazunari Goes to Iwo Jima”. The special will be broadcasted in Aug 22-23.
Ninomiya visited Iwo Jima this month for three to four days after obtaining special permission from the Ministry of Defense since the island is off-limits to the public. For Ninomiya, who played a Japanese soldier in Clint Eastwood’s Letters from Iwo Jima (taken from the Japanese viewpoint) in 2006, it is a special place. Shooting for the film was mostly done in the United States, so there was there was no opportunity to visit Iwo Jima.
Ninomiya thinks that it’s fate that brought him to the island, the actual site of the movie, and looks on at the famed Mount Suribachi.
As part of the post-war special, Ninomiya gets to interview one of the war veterans and survivor from the battle as well as a bereaved family of one soldier who chose to commit suicide than surrender.
A live-action television drama adaptation of Yu Suzunoki’s “Konodori” (The Stork) manga has been green-lit. The series will premiere on TBS in October, and will air every Friday at 10:00 p.m.
Ayano Go will play the character Konotori Sakura, an obstetrician who is also a jazz pianist by night. The manga depicts his life, and the lives of the resident doctors and medical interns in the OB/GYN department that Konotori leads. The rest of the cast are seen below.
On August 5, a mysterious teaser trailer for a new video game produced by Omega Force was uploaded to YouTube.
It was revealed that the game, currently in development on Sony’s PS3, PS4 and PS Vita consoles is a new addition to Hajime Isayama’s “Attack on Titan” franchise.
The game is set to be released in 2016 and currently carries the working title “Shingeki no Kyojin: Attack on Titan”.
It appears to be an action-packed 3D fighting game with a cel-shaded look. The manga’s protagonist, Eren Yeager and the iconic colossal titan also appear in the teaser briefly.
Check out the announcement teaser under the cut!
Josei Seven has reported that V6’s Okada Junichi and actress Miyazaki Aoi are dating. The magazine has published a photo of the two.
From the photos taken, the two were seen wearing a hat and mask, covering their face. Okada is holding a poodle in the left arm and a shopping bag in his right hand. Miyazaki walks beside him and has her hand on Okada’s shoulder. According to the magazine, the two visited a friend’s house for a house party and the couple rode in the same car to go shopping.
Two months ago, it was reported that former Morning Musume member Kago Ai’s (27) husband, Kago Haruhiko (47), has been arrested on charges of domestic violence.
On August 9, she updated her blog for the first time in about four months. “To my fans, I am doing very well!” She added, “You may have already heard from news, but I got divorced at the end of last June.”
She conveys her gratitude “Thank you for worrying about me. From now on, I will proceed slowly as I’ve always done. At my own pace, it would be great if I can give you good news little by little. I’d be glad if you could support me”, showing her willingness to resume her entertainment activities.
Kago Ai got married in December 2011. She gave birth to a baby girl the following year. In July 2014, she resumed music activities by forming girls unit “Girls Beat”. In October that year, her husband was arrested on suspicions of lending money at illegal interest rates (not persecuted). In April of this year, she announced on her blog that they are working towards a divorce.
(via Oricon)
In the early morning of August 22, 2013, mother to Hikaru Utada and legendary singer Keiko Fuji jumped to death from her apartment.
Even though the second anniversary of her death is approaching, her former friends are still trying to clear up the “unsolved mystery” of her suicide.
“Our starting point was in Nishi-Shinjuku. Taking her own life there one day before Masao Ishizaka’s remembrance made me sense a strange connection”, wondered Tadayuki Narita, Fuji’s long-time manager.
Masao Ishizaka was active as Fuji’s writer from her debut on. He is known for writing hits like “Yume wa Yoru Hiraku” and was active as her agency’s CEO.
This week’s guests were SKE48 and GENERATIONS.
SKE48 – Maenomeri
GENERATIONS – Hard Knock Days