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Arashi’s Kazunari Ninomiya’s (27) upcoming drama has been voted as the show most people want to see this autumn, according to a survey carried out by music website BIG GLOBE, it has been revealed today.

Ninomiya’s drama, “フリーター、家を買う (Freeter, Ie wo Kau)” is a series based on a best-seller novel, and is the first drama the popstar has been in since “流星の絆 (Ryusei no Kizuna)” two years ago. This, BIG GLOBE reports, is a big factor in attracting Arashi fans.

“Q10 (Cute)” ranked in second, with much attention being drawn to its fresh cast including Takeru Sato and Atsuko Maeda from AKB48.

“医龍 Team Medical Dragon 3″ ranked in third, attracting fans from its first two series.

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The complete list and some comments are as follows:

1. “フリーター、家を買う (Freeter, Ie wo Kau)”, 295 votes, starring Kazunari Ninomiya

“Watching the promotions on TV alone was enough to show it looks like a touching story.” (Teenage girl, Tochigi prefecture)

“Of course!! Because I love Nino!” (Woman, 40s, Gifu prefecture)

“I’m an Arashi fan and Nino’s good at acting so I’m looking forward to it!!” (Woman, 20s, Osaka prefecture)

“I think Nino really suits his freeter role. I’m always drawn to Ninomiya-san and the way he can act, even with his eyes. I can’t wait to see it!” (Anonymous)

“I’m curious to see whether he can buy a house” (Woman, 30s, Ishikawa prefecture)

“I’m not particularly an Arashi fan, but Ninomiya-san is special. I’ve seen most of his dramas up to now, and he’s nothing short of amazing” (Man, 40s, Hiroshima prefecture)

2. “Q10 (Cute)”, 115 votes, starring Takeru Sato

3. “医龍 Team Medical Dragon 3″, 74 votes, starring Kenji Sakaguchi

4. “流れ星 (Nagare-boshi)”, 72 votes, starring Yutaka Takenouchi

5. “モリのアサガオ (Mori no Asagao)”, 70 votes, starring Atsushi Ito

6. “SPEC”, 61 votes, starring Erika Toda and Ryo Kato

7. “ナサケの女・国税局査察官 (Nasake no Onna, Kokuzeikyoku-sasatsukan)”, 60 votes, starring Ryoko Yonekura

8. “獣医ドリトル (Veterinarian Dolittle)”, 58 votes, starring Shun Oguri

9. “ギルティ　悪魔と契約した女 (Guilty Akuma to Keiyaku shita Onnna)”, 52 votes, starring Miho Kanno

10. “相棒 (Aibo)”, 41 votes, starring Yutaka Mizutani

Drama Ratings Top 10:

01 – 24.4% – Episode 05 of "Ryoma den"
02 – 22.4% – Episode 01 of "Tsuki no Koibito"
03 – 21.2% – Episode 01 of the DramaSP "Wagaya no Rekishi"
04 – 21.0% – Episode 01 of "Shinzanmono"
05 – 20.5% – Episode 75 of the morning drama "Gegege no Nyobo"
06 – 20.4% – Episode 19 (Finale) of "Aibo Season 8"
07 – 19.4% – The Drama SP "Saigo no Yakusoku"
08 – 18.8% – Episode 01 of "Code Blue Season 2"
09 – 18.6% – Episode 10 (Finale) of "Magerarenai Onna"
10 – 18.6% – Episode 02,05 and 10 of "Rinjo 2"


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As usual Oricon made a survey to find out the most anticipated dorama of the new season as well. Unsurprisingly "Tsuki no Koibito ~Moon Lovers~" starring Kimura Takuya (37) topped this ranking as well and Oricon expects some very high ratings for this dorama.

Tsuki no Koibiti will be Kimutaku's first real love story in 10 years and star him as the company president of an interior design company. "It's a getsu9 dorama and it has Kimutaku, it's impossible not to have very high expectations," a female teenage voter said. However, it's not just him people are looking forward to. "I'm really excited, because it's Shinohara Ryoko's comeback dorama," another female voter in her thirties commented.

Second place goes "Team Batista 2" starring Ito Atsushi (26) and Nakamura Tooru (44). During the first season the two of them have already proven to be a great team and gathered a lot of male fans. In fact, this dorama would have topped the ranking if they've only counted the male voters. Third place goes to the dorama adaption of the fantasy comedy manga "Kaibutsu-kun" starring Ohno Satoshi (29) of the popular group Arashi.

"Shinzanmono" starring Abe Hiroshi (45) and Kuroki Meisa (21) made it on the fourth place while the Twitter dorama "Sunao ni Narenakute" starring Ueno Juri (23) and Eita (27) unfortunately only ranked fifth. The biggest surprise of the ranking is the fact that "Mother" didn't make it into the Top 10.


Top 10:
01 – Tsuki no Koibito ~Moon Lovers~ - Kimura Takuya, Shinohara Ryoko, Kitagawa Keiko
02 – Team Batista 2: General Rouge no Gaisen - Ito Atsushi, Nakamura Tooru
03 – Kaibutsu-kun - Ohno Satoshi, Kawashima Umika
04 – Shinzanmono - Abe Hiroshi, Kuroki Meisa
05 – Sunao ni Narenakute - Ueno Juri, Eita
06 – Gegege no Nyobo (morning dorama) - Matsushita Nao, Mukai Osamu
07 – Keibuho Yabe Kenzo - Namase Katsuhisa, Kanjiya Shihori
08 – Yankee-kun to Megane-chan - Narimiya Hiroki, Naka Riisa
09 – Zettai Reido: Mikaiketsu Jiken Tokumei Sousa - Ueto Aya, Kitaooji Kinya
10 – Tumbling - Yamamoto Yusuke, Seto Koji


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Fuji TV's 50th anniversary dorama special "Wagaya no Rekishi" has been completed and today the cast went up to the rooftop of said channel's Wangan Studio in Tokyo to make the happy announcement. One by one the all dressed up cast walked along the red carpet laid out on the roof.

Spring welcomed the cast with a very strong breeze, much to the agony of those wearing dresses, but at least it didn't rain. Starring actress Shibasaki Kou (28) said a few words about the dorama. "Having seen the complete version, I just fully realized how much our current way of life is connected to the smiles and sorrows of the people from the past."

Writer Mitani Kouki is said to have been working on the script of this special dorama for more than 5 years. It's a dorama with a family oriented theme and a story that follows the always cheerful Yame family through all the big historical events of the Show era like World War II, the US-Japan Security Treaty conflicts, the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 and so on. We will be able to relive all those moments through their eyes, with all their smiles and their tears and never-ceasing brightness despite the numerous hardships.

Mitani was happy about the blue sky for the event. "This day has finally come. Such a strong wind feels more like a punishment, but I'm still glad that we have such a nice weather." Actress Eikura Nana (22) plays the youngest child of the family and also said a few words about this nearly 8 hours long epic dorama special. "In the beginning I thought 7 hours would be really long, but I ended up watching the whole dorama in one night. I'm very happy that I'm able to stand here today," she said. "It's 8 hours long!" Mitani had to correct her. "Did you actually watch it until the end?" He joked.

Shibasaki further commented on how it was to work together with such a wonderful cast. "I'm not married and don't have any children yet, but during the filming I definitely experienced how it must feel like to have a family." Regarding child actor Kato Seishiro (8) she added, "His way of thinking is very mature and it was him who actually taught me a lot of things at the set." Of course Kato replied in a very mature way, "No, you taught me!"

Satou Kouichi, Matsumoto Jun, Sato Ryuuta, Horikita Maki, Nagasawa Masami, Tamayama Tetsuji, Takada Junji, Fuji Sumiko, Nishida Toshiyuki and director Kono Keita all appeared at the event as well.

The three consecutive nights of Wagaya no Rekishi will start on the 9th at 9pm.

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"Tokujo Kabachi!", a dorama starring Sakurai Sho (28) and Horikita Maki (21) has now officially been criticized by the Japanese bar association, it has been learned today.

The dorama focuses on the work of notary publics and their settlement negotiations. Now the Osaka bar association claims that the characters of the dorama often actively violated the Bengoshi-Ho, the Lawyers law. There is something called the Hiben Katsudo, a law that exists for the prevention of non-attorney activities. It basically says that only lawyers may claim recompenses in cases of traffic accidents, divorces, insolvency, debts and so on. Notary publics are no lawyers and therefore they have no right trying to get recompenses from the other party.

There may have been situations where the characters in TokuKaba exceeded their powers, but it's based on a manga and just a fictional story. However, the bar association sees it as a promotion of such acts and wrote TBS a letter voicing their protest against the dorama. They are not suing them or anything, but they expect an apology in form of canceling any DVD and rebroadcasting plans.

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Arashi’s new single, ‘MONSTER’, will be the theme for Ohno’s new drama, "Kaibutsu-kun". It comes with two editions, Regular and Limited which features a bonus DVD with the music video.
Release date: MAY 19

L.E (Limited Edition)
Single release from Arashi featuring theme song to TV drama "Kaibutsu-kun" starring Satoshi Ono. Also features dance number as B-side. Limited edition includes a bonus DVD with music video. Features alternate jacket artwork. *Unless otherwise indicated, DVDs are region-2 encoded (Japan, Europe, and Middle East), and carry no subtitles.

1. [CD] Monster
2. [CD] UNTITLED
3. [DVD] Monster (Music Video)


R.E (Regular Edition)
Single release from Arashi featuring theme song to TV drama "Kaibutsu-kun" starring Satoshi Ono. Also features dance number as B-side. Regular edition includes Karaoke version of each track. Features alternate jacket artwork.

1. Monster
2. UNTITLED
3. Monster (Original Karaoke)
4. UNTITLED (Original Karaoke)



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Arashi member Ohno Satoshi is going to play the lead role in the TV drama "Kaibutsu Kun/怪物くん (lit. Little monster)" which adapted from popular manga of Fujiko Fujio A.
This is the first time for this manga to be played by real person, and the drama will be aired from April.

It's a story about the prince of the monster land, "Kaibutsu Kun" and his friends, Dracula, Wolfman, and Franken come to the human world, encountered Hiroshi and his sister Utako, and then they are involved into the battle against demon living in human world.
It has been adapted into TV anime twice in 1968 and 1980.

Fujiko Fujio A used the same time "Fujiko Fujio" with Fujiko F. Fujio, and produced "Obake no Q taro/おばけのQ太郎" together. In his personal name, he also took active part in "Ninja Hattori kun/忍者ハットリくん","Purogorufa saru/プロゴルファー猿", "Mataro ga Kuru!!/魔太郎が来る！！", "Warauseeru sumsen/笑ゥせぇるすまん", etc. Maybe you have heard of some of them.
In addition, in the movie of "Ninja Hattori kun", SMAP member Katori used to play the lead role!

As the leader of Arashi, Ohno played the main role with Ikuta Toma in the drama "Mao/魔王" in 2008, after which he played the lead role solely in "Uta no oniisan/歌のおにいさん" for the first time in 2009. This time he is going to challenge the new genre again and sure to show the new side of his own!


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Another news that a little bit different from before xD


嵐/Arashi, celebrating their 10th year, will appear at a drama,"最後の約束/Saigo no Yakusoku" with all the members together, and it has been 10 years since they appeared all together. The theme of the drama is "Bond" and it is a suspense drama that 5 people accidentaly meet as hostages of the huge building and fight against a terrorist. The latest costarring of 5 members was "Vの嵐/V no arashi," a mini-drama in 1999. Here are the members' comments.

大野/Ono:
"The experiences of our 10 years will be helpful on acting"

櫻井/Sakurai:
"It has been 10 years since 5 of us all appeared on the same drama. It is really happy to come back Fuji Television again. We will face against a terrorist because we are at the same building. The drama will have tensions and we hope to show different sides of ourselves."

相葉/Aiba:
"When we debuted, we did the drama together, so it feels like I'm home!"

二宮/Ninomiya:
"We did different things and hope to bring them together for this drama. We hope you to enjoy 'Arashi.'"

松本/Matsumoto:
"It is kind of embarrassing too that we all do the drama again. (laugh) But the script is great, and all the awesome staffs and actors...It will be the best drama for the new upcoming spring."

The special 10th anniversary year! Arashi did the national dorm tour starting from Kokuritsu Kyogijyo concerts in August, 3 days straight for the first time in history. The DVD released on 28th of last month, "All the BEST! 1999-2009" marked 500,000 sales, also first time in history of music DVD market. Arashi will never stop and nobody can stop them. 2010 seems to be Arashi's year again with their new drama in spring.


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It was confirmed on the 10th that the popular group, Arashi, will be in Fuji TV's special drama "The Last Promise" with all five of the members together, which is first since 10 years ago, and it will be aired next year in early spring.

It is a human suspense where the five coincidentally come upon a building hijack and face an unpredictable situation. It is the first time the leader Ohno Satoshi (28), Sakurai Sho (27), Aiba Masaki (26), Ninomiya Kazunari (26), and Matsumoto Jun (26) are co-star in a drama since "V no Arashi" from '99, right after their debut. The poster which have been shot for this drama has a mature atmosphere that makes us feel their growth of the 10 years.

In addition to recently starring in dramas, movies and stage plays solo and earning high reviews of their acting skills, their variety shows are popular with every ages. Their DVD "All the BEST! CLIPS 1999 - 2009", which was released on the 28th of last month, has sold 500,000 copies, which is a first in the history of music DVDs, and they are unstoppable.

Ohno says, "I want to act keeping 10 years worth of experiences and feelings in mind", and Matsumoto says "I am a bit embarrassed...(laugh), but I am looking forward to the day the five of us film together."


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Masako Ohara of the Kuwabata Ohara comedy duo has revealed in her official blog on Monday that Takashi Tajima and Takahiro Kochi's Tokujō Kabachi!! Kabachitare! 2 workplace manga will be adapted into a live-action drama series next January. The story centers around the employees of a legal document firm.

Ohara herself will appear in the first episode, while the main cast consists of Sho Sakurai (Honey and Clover, Yatterman) of the Arashi musical group and Maki Horikita (Always: Sunset on Third Street, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva).

Tokujō Kabachi!! Kabachitare! 2 has been running in Kodansha's Weekly Morning magazine since 1999, and there are now 18 compiled book volumes published. Both the Tokujō Kabachi!! Kabachitare! 2 manga and the original Kabachitare! manga are the creations of Naniwa Kin'yudo creator Yuuji Aoki. The original Kabachitare! manga has already been adapted into a live-action television drama series in 2001 with a different cast and an average 19.3% rating. Naniwa Kin'yudo was adapted into two live-action television drama series in 1996 and 2007.

The Tokujō Kabachi!! Kabachitare! 2 television series will premiere in January on Japan's TBS network.


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Arashi member, Masaki Aiba, presented on the 4 cities simultaneous preview of the drama ‘My Girl/マイガール' in which he starred. “It's a little bit embarrassed to watch on such a big screen. It's a warm story though sad things happened. I'm very happy to challenge new stuff in the 10th anniversary of Arashi.” said by Aiba.

‘My Girl' is based on the same title serial manga in Comic Weekly. Kasama Masamune (Aiba) received the obituary of the girl, Yoko, who disappeared 6 years ago. Meanwhile, Masamnue found that Yoko secretly gave birth to his son and he decided to live with him, Koharu. The drama focuses on the communication between Masamune and Koharu. Aiba was wearing high school uniform in the drama, “Once I put on the uniform, I feel like becoming a taxi driver. I also tried to put on glasses and change my hair style. It's 120 point to me.” said Aiba, “It's kind terrible to be looked at by other members in Arashi. So I had them send it to my house.” said Aiba while smiling.. “The common point with the role I played is being indecisive. We are just the same!” When he was asked about the “ideal woman”, Aiba said: ”Those who come to Arashi's concert!” Cheers burst in the meeting hall, “It's good for a man who can express embarrassing things in a light way.” People around him had a tender feeling.

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