Singer Go Hiromi (56) is married for the third time, it was revealed yesterday. On March 31, he registered his marriage with Tokutake Rina (32), a former talento who is the daughter of former pro baseball player Tokutake Sadayuki (73). Go and Tokutake met through a friend in the summer of 2010. A weekly tabloid [...]

The Sankei Sports newspaper reports that Dream Morning Musume member Nakazawa Yuko (38) is getting married. According to the newspaper, she will register her marriage today (April 1) and then hold her wedding ceremony this June. Last December, the newspaper reported a rumor that Nakazawa would be getting married this spring, but nothing was officially [...]

Masuda Miri‘s popular four-panel manga series “Su-chan” is being adapted as a theatrical film, starring Shibasaki Kou (30), Maki Yoko (29), and Terajima Shinobu (39). The movie will be titled “Su-chan Mai-chan Sawako-chan” and will focus on three of the main characters from the manga. Published by Gentosha since 2006, the “Su-chan” series has so [...]

Actor Matsuzaka Tori (23) will be the sole star of a movie for the first time. He will lead the stellar cast of “Tsunagu,” directed by Hirakawa Yuichiro (“ROOKIES“). The film is an adaptation of Tsujimura Mizuki‘s 2010 novel of the same name, which won the Yoshikawa Eiji Prize for New Writers. “Tsunagu” (which means [...]

Popular screenwriter Kitagawa Eriko (“Long Vacation“) is writing and directing a new film, starring actress Nakayama Miho (42) and Mukai Osamu (30). Titled “Atarashii Kutsu wo Kawanakucha,” the movie will be a love story about a couple with a large age gap, set in Paris. Iwai Shunji (“All About Lily Chou-Chou“) will serve as producer. [...]

Fujimoto Miki (27) and comedian Shoji Tomoharu (36) are now parents. Their agencies announced that Fujimoto gave birth to a baby boy at 7:03am on March 27 at a hospital in Tokyo. The child weighed 3,065 grams at birth and is said to be healthy. Shoji was in Okinawa for the 4th Okinawa International Movie [...]

A few more cast members have been revealed for the TBS mystery drama series “ATARU,” which stars SMAP member Nakai Masahiro. The newly announced additions are Kis-My-Ft2 member Tamamori Yuta, AKB48 research student Mitsumune Kaoru, and model/talento Rola. “ATARU” was first announced in January, when it was learned that Nakai will be playing an autistic [...]

Acclaimed director Koreeda Hirokazu (“Nobody Knows,” “Air Doll“) is working on a new film that will star singer and actor Fukuyama Masaharu, it has been learned. This will be Fukuyama’s first lead role in a movie since “Yougisha X no Kenshin” in 2008. The film’s title and story are still a secret, but it is [...]

On Sunday, the final day of AKB48‘s series of three concerts at Saitama Super Arena, member Maeda Atsuko (20) unexpectedly announced that she plans to graduate from the group. Although the date of her graduation has not been announced, it is expected that she will leave after AKB48′s first concert at Tokyo Dome (the date [...]

Comedy duo Summers will host a fresh new variety show on Fuji TV, titled “Fuji TV ni Detai Hito TV.” The show will revolve around clips of people showing off their various talents, selected through an “audition” on video sharing website YouTube. The show will be the first of its kind for Fuji TV. The [...]

Girl group Fairies will have their own regular show for the first time, starting this April. The show, titled “Harajuku Kirakira Gakuin,” will feature the group’s 7 members and comedian Okada Keisuke (of the duo Masuda Okada). The show’s format will have Okada playing a homeroom teacher. The members of Fairies, who range in age [...]

During AKB48‘s concerts at Saitama Super Arena on Friday and Saturday, multiple major announcements were made. The first came on Friday, when it was revealed that the group will finally realize their dream of performing a concert at Tokyo Dome, more than 6 years after their debut. Since the beginning, AKB48′s main goal has been [...]

Singer and actress Nakashima Mika (29) is reportedly dating volleyball player Shimizu Kunihiro (25), a member of the men’s national team who plays for the Panasonic Panthers (based in Osaka). According to the Sports Nippon newspaper, the two started dating about half a year ago. Nakashima is said to be a volleyball fan, and she [...]

Tohoshinki claimed the #1 spot this week with their new single “STILL,” with nearly 139,000 copies sold. With this, they are the first foreign artist in Oricon history to achieve 10 number-one singles. This is also their 26th single to enter the Top 10, setting a new record for a foreign artist (they were previously [...]

Actress Natsuna (22) has been chosen to star in NHK‘s next morning drama series, scheduled to start this October. Natsuna was selected out of the 2,258 people who auditioned for the role, though she revealed that this was her third time auditioning for an NHK morning drama. Natsuna made her debut with a minor role [...]