‘Japanese Idols Now & Then’ Archives
SORA AOI 蒼井そら A popular Japanese girl in China
To be honest, I didn't know until recent days about Sora Aoi. Recently she often appears on international news on internet and she seems to be very famous ( or popular ) especially in China. I don't often watch TV in Japan, so she might be on Japanese TV programs sometimes but as far as I know, I've never seen her on TV. A news says [...]
NANAKO MATSUSHIMA played a nice role in Japanese TV drama in 2011
For Nanako Matsushima 2011was a good year. She played a leading role on a Japanese TV drama called Kaseifu no Mita, and this drama got the NO.1 rating at more than 40% among all the Japanese TV show in 2011. She Started her career as a fashion model, so not many people expected her to become a good actress at the first time she appeared in [...]
Ex-Candies Yoshiko Tanaka died yesterday
A very sad news reached me just when I was about to go to bed yesterday. Yoshiko Tanaka, who was a member of Candies, died of breast cancer yesterday. Although I was not such a fan of Candies back in 1970's when they were enjoying the popularity boom in Japan, the 3 members of Candies created huge sensation then in Japan and they were [...]
X JAPAN returns
X Japan got re-union ( or should I say, they once agin started ) some years ago. But now Yoshiki is sick with his neck so the band activity is stopped again. Maybe X Japan will not disappear from Japanese music scene soon because their fans stay with them still. Yoshiki's neck seems really bad. When he plays drums, he rolls his neck and it [...]
Namie Amuro’s CD ranked Top of the chart in 5 countries /areas
Namie Amuro has been a popular singer not only in Japan but in some Asian countries. She was recently reported that Atsushi of a comedian group, LONDON BOOTS, is her new lover and they went to Sedona, Las Vegas and LA in the USA together for secret tours. Namie Amuro is from Okinawa island of Japan, so she looks a little different from [...]
Vivian Hsu’s Beautiful Day
Vivian Hsu was a very popular girl from Taiwan 10 or more years ago. Actually recently we've not seen her since then, and some are expecting her to come back to Japan again. Today, I saw her picture. She became a little adult looking ( of course ) and she seems to be OK because her face looks happy. The news says that she started her blog [...]
Movie of YUKIE NAKAMA, GOKUSEN
YUKIE NAKAMA is one of the most beloved actress of Japan now. She came out through TV program, Gokusen. Gokusen is a totally comical drama of a school with YAKUZA born teacher, Gokusen. YUKIE NAKAMA acted GOKUSEN here and this program became huge hit at the time with more than 30% rating at highest. This movie was already sold out at the [...]
Yoko Kumada latest work
Yoko Kumada DVD is a good sales item now. Her fans are still a lot even though she appears less on TV recently. This item seems to be a good reputed one among fans. Please see the link above for more information.
YUMIKO SHAKU to get married
Today there was a news about YUMIKO SHAKU, a Japanese actress. She seems to be getting married a same aged animal doctor in Japan. They are said to have met with each other when YUMIKO SHAKU took her pet to the doctor. YUMIKO SHAKU is a graduate from Gakushuin Women Junior College, and she appears on TV in various fields now. Probably [...]
New Album of Exile reaches at 1.45 million copies
Japanese music group ( or just an idol group ), EXILE's new album called AISUBEKI MIRAI E, or For Lovely Future in English translation, is on the top sales for a long time and it reaches at 1.45 million copies release. This is a very rare news in Japanese music industry. Decads ago, there were many million seller records in Japan. But now, CDs [...]
