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For the new Au no Santaro commercial (from smartphone service KDDI’s au), the special video features the cast like video game characters taking on a demon. Momo-hime (portrayed by Murayama Kirari) alongside father Momo-chan (portrayed by Matsuda Shota), Urashima “Ura-chan” Taro (portrayed by Kiritani Kenta) Read More …
Arimura Kasumi’s office FLaMme released a statement that an article regarding Arimura having a relationship with a 26-year-old professional sumo wrestler (who also is a super fan of Arimura) is groundless and they will plan for legal action against the publication. Arimura’s staff statement in Read More …
A new CM of the popular “Au no Santaro” series of KDDI commercials is out and this time it features Urashima “Ura-chan” Taro (portrayed by Kiritani Kenta), Momo-chan (portrayed by Matsuda Shota) and Kin-chan (portrayed by Hamada Gaku) sees Daikokuten walking with tail (voiced by Read More …
On July 3rd, the two films “Rurouni Kenshin Saishuso The Final/The Beginning” will be released. “The Final” set for a July 3rd release and “The Beginning” set for an August 7th release. Arimura Kasumi will be playing the role of Yukishiro Tomoe, princess of the Read More …
Two weeks ago, a CM of the popular “Au no Santaro” series of KDDI commercials featured an injured oni (portrayed by Suda Masaki) coming to see his friends but is in very bad shape. He tells them that a big oni hurt him. The group Read More …
Quite often while in Tokyo, I would see SK-II commercials in Shibuya on the big screen at Shibuya Scramble and on the Yamanote Line. This was back in March and April but during our busy break, I was to busy to post anything about it. Read More …
A new CM of the popular “Au no Santaro” series of KDDI commercials is currently airing in Japan and this time it features an injured oni (portrayed by Suda Masaki) coming to see his friends but is in very bad shape. He tells them that Read More …
A new CM of the popular “Au no Santaro” series of KDDI commercials is out and this time it features an injured oni (portrayed by Suda Masaki) coming to see his friends but is in very bad shape. He tells them that a big oni Read More …
Arimura Kasumi is no doubt one of Japan’s top actresses. And it comes as no surprise that when she posts something on Instagram, thousands of people like each photo. Recently, Arimura posted a photo of her at a cafe drinking coffee with a serious gaze Read More …
With KDDI’s Au (a smart phone service) promoting a new “Family Natsu” (Summer Family) campaign, a new “Au no Santaro” CM was released back on July 31st. And now the full version (over four minutes long) of that CM was released today: Back in July Read More …
With KDDI’s Au (a smart phone service) promoting a new “Family Natsu” (Summer Family) campaign, a new “Au no Santaro” CM was released on July 31st. Back in July 29th, a CM featured Urashima “Ura-chan” Taro (portrayed by Kiritani Kenta) explaining to Momo-chan (portrayed by Read More …
With KDDI’s Au (a smart phone service) promoting the “au Hikari” campaign, a new “Au no Santaro” CM was released on June 29th. The video features Momo-chan (portrayed by Matsuda Shota), Urashima “Ura-chan” Taro (portrayed by Kiritani Kenta) and Kin-chan (Hamada Gaku) and this time Read More …
Nogizaka46’s Shiraishi Mai leads the first half of 2018 for the celebrity with the most companies represented in CM’s. Shiraishi is also the front runner of winning the title of CM Queen for 2018. Hirose Suzu who was on top for the first half of Read More …
From April 2016 through March 2018, the magazine publication AERA has featured Hoshino Gen talking music with various guests. And now those discussions featured in the magazine will be collected in a special mook (Magazine/Book) to be released on June 27th. The mook will feature Read More …
Arimura Kasumi’s photobook “Clear” featuring photos by Kawashima Kotori was released on May 9th. The photobook’s theme was to showcase Arimura at the age of 25 and the book was self-produced. She chose the photographer, she chose the location of Melbourne, Australia and also wanted Read More …