Footage from the special “NANA” live with Anna Tsuchiya and OLIVIA (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Yuri Ebihara promoting McDonald’s new Basil Ebi Filet-O (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Leah Dizon at the PR event for Ninja Gaiden (Mantan Web)
Asami Mizukawa throwing the opening pitch at the Hanshin Tigers vs. Hiroshima Carp game (Sanspo)
Aki Hoshino promoting her trading cards (Sports Hochi)
Yuko Takeuchi at a PR event for “Sidecar ni Inu” (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
- One of my favorite actresses returning to the screen after two years!
New “Rehouse Girl” Rio Yamashita (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Konomi Mashita with her new child (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
The poster for Hitoshi Matsumoto’s “Dainipponjin” (Sanspo)
Masami Nagasawa talking about her new radio program (Sanspo)
The Kano sisters at a publication event for “Love & Sex” (Sponichi Annex)
Nozomi Tsuji at the press event for “Anime Lobby” (Oricon)
Yoko Minamino and Aki Hoshino being announced as new regulars on “Waratte Iitomo” (Oricon)
Otoha and Momoko Kikuchi in a new Mizkan commercial (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Yui Aragaki in Australia for a Pantene Silky Smooth Care commercial (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Erika Toda at the Fire Prevention Poster event (Sanspo and Sponichi Annex)
Mao Kobayashi at the post-recording event for “Sad Movie” (Sanspo)
Idols auditioning for Miss Young Sunday (Sponichi Annex)
First, a correction: due to a slight error, some of the dates on the ranking charts were off by a day (e.g. listing March 13-19 instead of March 12-18), but they’ve been fixed now. Sorry for the mistake.
Second, more apologies. Due to some other commitments, I’ve been a bit behind schedule on some things, particularly adding more content to the database, writing a new article, and keeping on top of the release lists (though it seems no one really cares about that last one). But on top of that, I’ve also been lagging a bit on the news, and I’ve built up a bit of a backlog that I’m going to try to sift through in the coming days so that I can be back on track in getting out the fresh news.
Last, an announcement: Tokyograph has ended up on Myspace (gasp!) Yeah, I wouldn’t be on there otherwise, but it’s part of my top-secret “master plan” (yeah, right) for this site. I’ll admit, though, I’m a Myspace noob, so I’m still getting used to everything there (and having to deal with incredible amounts of spam). I haven’t had much time to really work on it, but so far, I’ve at least made friends with Asakusa Jinta and ORESKABAND. Go check them out while I try to branch out to some other artists.
Yuko Ogura promoting Maruchan (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Natsuko Tatsumi, Asami Tani, and Momo Yoshida at the Miss FLASH event (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Eiji Wentz promoting BVD underwear (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Misaki Ito showing off her diamonds at the DTC Personality Prize event (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Ryoko Hirosue promoting Karada Meguricha (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Eri Fukatsu, Rei Dan, and Tsuyoshi Ihara at the Japan Movie Critics Awards (Oricon)
Harenchi Punch talking about their name change (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Riko Narumi and Kenichi Matsuyama promoting their movie “Shindo” (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Natsuko Tatsumi, Asami Tani, and Momo Yoshida at the Miss FLASH 2007 contest (Nikkan Sports)
Yuji Oda, Juri Ueno, and Shinobu Otake at the “Joudan Janai!” PR event (Sponichi Annex)
Sylvester Stallone promoting “Rocky,” along with Meisa Kuroki (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Joe Odagiri, Yu Aoi, and others promoting “Mushishi” (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Leah Dizon performing at Laforet (Oricon & Sanspo)
Kiyoshi Hikawa as the popular fictional character Isshin Tasuke (Sanspo)
Naoko Tokuzawa (Shun Oguri’s rumored girlfriend) showing off her wedding dress design (Sponichi Annex)
Masaharu Fukuyama, Erika Sawajiri, and Satoshi Tsumabuki (Sanspo & Sponichi Annex)
Patrick Harlan with his wife and new son (Nikkan Sports)
Aya Ueto throwing the opening pitch for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (Sanspo)
Eiji Wentz throwing the opening pitch for the Seibu Lions (Sanspo)
Yoko Maki in character for “Watashitachi no Kyoukasho” (Sanspo)
Mariko Ishihara and Ryunosuke Kawai (Sanspo)
Hiroki Narimiya promoting Takara Can Chu-Hi (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Naojiro Hayashi and Mitsuki Tanimura at the “Lemon no Koro” preview (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Daisuke Takahashi’s birthday (with greetings from Aya Ueto, his co-star in the Oronamin C commercial) (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Yui Aragaki and 9nine at the J Class Gekidan audition (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Yu Aoi in kimono, part of a feature on her by Sankei Sports
Yeah, so some of this coverage overlaps with yesterday’s, but that’s just how things work out with the time difference. Yahoo! generally posts their videos a while after the story itself breaks the news.
Daily Japan #2!
Aya Ueto, Rei Kikukawa at the STA COLLE event (Yahoo! Japan Video News)
Yui Aragaki at the J Class Gekidan audition (Sankei Sports)
Reiko Suho and Shun Oguri (check that hair!) at Tokyo Anime Fair (Oricon)
Hiroki Narimiya biting a lemon for the new Takara Can Chu-Hi CM (Sankei Sports)
Kenichi Matsuyama and Mitsuki Takahata promoting “Dolphin Blue” (Sports Hochi)