Drama (ドラマ) Archives

Matsukura Kaito’s first lead role in a TV drama! The Blu-ray & DVD BOX of the drama “Tokyo Camouflage Hour” will be released on Wednesday, July 16, 2025!

Posted onMarch 24, 2025AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

The long-awaited live-action adaptation of the hugely popular manga by Matsumoto Chiaki! Female comedian Hikorohi is writing her first drama series script! The Blu-ray & DVD BOX of the drama “Tokyo Camouflage Hour” will be released on Wednesday, July 16th. Official website:　https://www.asahi.co.jp/tokyo_camouflage_hour/ Official X　https://x.com/dramaL_abctv Official Read More …

Katori Shingo stars in a Fuji TV drama series for the first time in 11 years! “Japan’s Saitei Man: My Family Was Fake” Blu-ray and DVD will be released on Wednesday, September 3, 2025!

Posted onMarch 20, 2025AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

★Katori Shingo will be taking on the lead role in a Fuji TV drama series for the first time in 11 years, playing the role of “the worst man in Japan”!! Katori Shingo plays a freelance political journalist who hates his family and children. Aiming Read More …

Starting in April! Every Sunday at 9pm, Abe Hiroshi stars in the Sunday Theatre “Caster”. Sasaki Maika (=LOVE) has been chosen to play Toyama Saya, a student part-timer in “Team C” working on the news floor!

Posted onMarch 17, 2025AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

■=LOVE’s Sasaki Maika works as a student part-timer and runs around the news floor! TBS will be broadcasting the completely original story “Caster,” starring Abe Hiroshi, Nagano and Michieda Shunsuke, in the Sunday Theater slot starting in April. Shindo Soichi (Abe Hiroshi), a man who Read More …

“Forest” Blu-ray BOX will be released on Wednesday, July 2, 2025!

Posted onMarch 2, 2025AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

Higa Manami and Iwata Takanori star together for the first time! The ultimate love suspense story where “love” and “lies” intertwine! The Blu-ray BOX of “Forest” will be released on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Official website:　https://www.asahi.co.jp/forest/ Official X　https://x.com/drama_forest Official Instagram　https://www.instagram.com/drama_forest/ Official TikTok　https://www.tiktok.com/@drama_forest ■All the characters Read More …

The pillows disband: “It’s been a happy 35 years”

Posted onFebruary 1, 2025AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

The pillows announced today, February 1st, that they have disbanded. The pillows announced through their official website that they have disbanded after their performance at KT Zepp Yokohama in Kanagawa on January 31st, ending their activities with Yamanaka Sawao (Vo, G), Manabe Yoshiaki (G) and Read More …

Inagaki Goro, Kusanagi Tsuyoshi and Katori Shingo send a joint statement in regards to Nakai Masahiro’s retirement announcement

Posted onJanuary 23, 2025AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

Following the announcement of the retirement of entertainer Nakai Masahiro (52) on the 23rd, former SMAP members Inagaki Goro (51), Kusanagi Tsuyoshi (50), and Katori Shingo (47), the trio known as Atarashii Chizu made a statement. A joint statement through their agency CULEN, “This was Read More …

Melon Kinenbi reunited for a limited time to celebrate the group’s 25th anniversary

Posted onJanuary 6, 2025AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

Melon Kinenbi, a four-member female idol group that disbanded in 2010, has announced on their official website that they will be reuniting for a limited time on January 1, 2025 to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the group’s founding. This is the long-awaited comeback after Read More …

Nogizaka46 member Yoda Yuki announced she is graduating, graduation concert to be held in Fukuoka on Feb. 22 and 23

Posted onJanuary 6, 2025AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

On the 5th, Nogizaka46 member Yoda Yuki (24) updated her official blog and announced her graduation from the group. She will hold a graduation concert at Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka in her hometown of Fukuoka on February 22nd and 23rd. Yoda passed the audition for Read More …

Dempagumi.inc ends 16 years of activity with an ending live performance

Posted onJanuary 6, 2025AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

Idol group Dempagumi.inc held their ending live concert “Dempagumi.inc THE ENDING ‘Dempagumi.inc will surely save the universe!’” at Makuhari Event Hall in Chiba on the 5th, bringing an end to their 16-year career. Dempagumi.inc held their ending live concert “Dempagumi.inc THE ENDING ‘Dempagumi.inc will surely Read More …

Punk band KUZIRA announced they will resume activities after lead vocalist was arrested for suspicion of marijuana possession

Posted onJanuary 5, 2025AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

Punk band “KUZIRA” announced on the 4th that they will resume activities. KUZIRA’s guitarist and vocalist Ryunosuke Suetake was arrested on suspicion of marijuana possession. The band posted a statement on their official X (formerly Twitter) and the official website of their label “PIZZA OF Read More …

KinKi Kids surprise announcement, after 25 years, will change their name to “DOMOTO” starting in the summer of 2025

Posted onJanuary 1, 2025AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

KinKi Kids (Domoto Koichi, Domoto Tsuyoshi ) announced on January 1st that they will be changing their group name to “DOMOTO” around summer on a YouTube live broadcast from around 11:51 pm on December 31st, 2024, just after they had finished “KinKi Kids Concert 2024-2025 Read More …

Mrs. GREEN APPLE is the first group in the Reiwa era to win the Nihon Record Taisho Grand Prize in consecutive years

Posted onDecember 31, 2024December 31, 2024AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

The 66th annual Nihon Record Taisho (66th Japan Record Awards) took place on December 30th at the New National Theatre, Tokyo. The three-member band Mrs. GREEN APPLE’s “Lilac” won the grand prize, achieving consecutive victories following last year’s “Que Sera Sera”. This is the ninth Read More …

Snow Man apologized for being very late for their performance for “MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE”, also apologizes to L’Arc~en~Ciel

Posted onDecember 28, 2024AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

Snow Man’s official group X was updated in the early hours of the 28th, apologizing for the change in the order of appearance on TV Asahi’s “MUSIC STATION SUPER LIVE 2024” (5pm) broadcast live on the 27th. Snow Man was scheduled to appear second to Read More …

LE SSERAFIM wins “AAA Grand Prize (Daesang) Performance of the Year”, “Best Artist”, “Best Music Video” @ 2024 ASIA ARTIST AWARDS IN BANGKOK

Posted onDecember 28, 2024AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

LE SSERAFIM continues their award winning streak winning “AAA Grand Prize (Daesang) Performance of the Year”, “Best Artist”, “Best Music Video” for “CRAZY” @ the 2024 ASIA ARTIST AWARDS IN BANGKOK. The award marks the group’s first Daesang award, the prestigious award following their USA Read More …

ME:I, Da-iCE, Nogizaka46, Omori Motoki and LE SSERAFIM’s SAKURA to perform together for a Disney Fantasy Medley on Kouhaku Uta Gassen

Posted onDecember 25, 2024AuthorTHE SPY! CREWLeave a comment

The annual New Year’s Eve “75th NHK Kohaku Uta Gassen” announced on the 24th that it will broadcast a “Disney Fantasy Medley” as a special project. Set in the new theme port of Tokyo DisneySea, ME:I (MOMONA, RAN, COCORO, MIU, SUZU) and Da-iCE will perform Read More …