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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 …
Ikeda Elaiza posted a photo on her Instagram and there were some who pointed out changes in her body shape back in July when she appeared on “Music Station” and in September, Ikeda surprised people with her tag on her Instagram post which read “I’ve Read More …
Actress/singer Ikeda Elaiza announced on Instagram that she will be working on music activities. While Ikeda has released music before, this year she has been working in the studio and focused on music and that her new musical work, she will be using the name Read More …
KDDI’s Au (a smart phone service) currently has the #1 commercials in Japan with the “Au no Santaro” CM series featuring Urashima “Ura-chan” Taro (portrayed by Kiritani Kenta), Momo-chan (portrayed by Matsuda Shota) and Kin-chan (Hamada Gaku), along with their girlfriends and special guest characters. Read More …
Ikeda Elaiza (24) won the “ELLE Girl New Director Award” at the ELLE CINEMA AWARD 2020. Ikeda directed her first film “Natsu, Itaru Koro” (Town without a Sea) which was released on December 4th and has received praise that she was officially invited to screen Read More …
Actress/model Ikeda Elaiza announced that she will stop using Twitter on her Instagram post on June 19th. Ikeda said that Twitter is not for her and that she will be updating her Instagram. While on Twitter, Ikeda wrote, “Today is the last day of posting Read More …
We received a comment from a reader asking how come we haven’t posted any “Au no Santaro” CM’s and it’s definitely been awhile. So, here are the Au no Santoro CM’s in the past few months. In the latest “au no Santaro” CM, Urashima “Ura-chan” Read More …
With many in Japan staying at home, for popular photographer Ninagawa Mika, always looking at opportunities to be creative, she did a photoshoot via Zoom. She provided instructions online to singer/actress/model Ikeda Elaiza and were able to do a remote photoshoot through the popular video Read More …
The popular “Au no Santaro” series of KDDI commercials has been showcasing commercials about an oni who has been causing problems and now Momotaro (portrayed by Matsuda Shota) finally confronting the Yabai Oni in the latest commercials. Who is Yabai Oni? Needless to say, when Read More …
In the new Coca-Cola CM, Ayase Haruka is seen watching a movie with Suda Masaki and Ikeda Elaiza, each with a Coca-Cola bottle in hand. In the new CM, as the three are watching the film, the movie version of Ayase dons a super hero Read More …
Kusanagi Tsuyoshi x Katori Shingo x Inagaki Goro and Ikeda Elaiza are featured in the latest lotto CM. The three former SMAP members have been the face of the Lotto with the guys donning numbers on their shirts that say their name Goro (56), Tsuyoshi Read More …