Another celebrity car accident was reported on Thursday, this time caused by former Morning Musume member Miki Fujimoto (25). The accident took place last week, on June 2.
While driving in the Omotesando area at around 7:10pm, Fujimoto stopped for a red light at an intersection. However, she accidentally released the brake and her car moved forward, hitting the rear end of the taxi in front of her. No one was hurt.
Fujimoto released a statement through her agency on Thursday, apologizing for her carelessness.
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Actress Keiko Kitagawa, 23, takes on a serious role when she plays a woman who loses her boyfriend in a car accident in the melodrama “Matataki.” Traumatized by the event, she becomes unable to recall memories of their final moments together. The film, which opens on June 19, is based on the novel by Ren Kawahara.
Kitagawa and co-star Masaki Okada, 23, were joined at the recent Japan premiere by 120 fans invited to attend via the social networking site Twitter. Kitagawa—who said that she lost many friends her age in the 1995 Great Hanshin Earthquake—told the audience that the message of the film is that “we should make every moment of our life count because it can be lost in an instant.”
The busy Kitagawa can also be currently seen in the Fuji TV drama “Tsuki no Koibito - Moon Lovers.”
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Singer Arashiro BENI (24), who just achieved her first #1 album this past week with "Lovebox," has been confirmed as an official Guest of Honor for this year's Anime Expo convention in Los Angeles.
Anime Expo 2010 is being held on July 1-4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center. BENI is scheduled to perform a concert on July 3 at the Nokia Theater.
BENI, who used to perform under her full name Beni Arashiro, once attended an elementary school in San Diego, California. However, this will be her first time performing as a singer in the continental United States.
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Okada Masaki and Kitagawa Keiko made an appearance in Tokyo on Wednesday to promote their new film Matataki. There were 5,000 fans in attendance at the event. The two lead actors were asked to write down their pledges of love on heart-shaped cards to wish for box office success. However, on Okada's card he wrote, "I promise to overcome my fear of bugs", which caused the entire audience to laugh.
As for the film Kokuhaku, which pairs Okada alongside actress Matsu Takako, it has earned over 200 million yen the past two days at the box office, successfully clinching the top spot.
Source: Oriental Daily
Translated by: sparkles_n15 @ asianfanatics.net
After splitting with actress Aoi Yuu last year, Japanese idol group V6 member Okada Junichi has found a new girlfriend. According to the latest issue of Japanese magazine Josei Seven, he is currently dating someone from outside the entertainment industry who has a resemblance to actress Uchiyama Rina.
Currently 29 years old, Okada's new girlfriend is 23 years old and is from Fukuoka. Earlier this month, reporters saw him pick up his girlfriend from Tokyo's Omotesando. However, she was careful to avoid the passenger seat and sat in the back instead. The two returned to Okada's home. Ten hours later, Okada was seen leaving his house. After a few hours, his girlfriend was seen taking a dog out for a walk, before returning back inside.
Source: Mingpao
Translated by: sparkles_n15 @ asianfanatics.net
R&B singer Matsushita Yuya, who is playing the lead role in Musical Kuroshitsuji (lit. Black Butler), has released the 1st album "I AM ME" through CD and online digital music in South Korea, as well as in Japan.
Matsushita Yuya made his debut in 2008 and had his one-man tour sold out before the album released. On his official website, he wrote some message to his Korean fans in Korean: "Everyone in South Korea, nice to meet you! This is Matsushita Yuya. I am totally happy and surprised to have 'I AM ME' released overseas especially in South Korea. It's like a dream that my first album can debut overseas. And I wish all of you in South Korea would enjoy this album. I'd be happy to hold a live and meet you in South Korea in the future. Please keep on supporting me as always."
Having celebrated his 20th birthday last month, Matsushita Yuya is heading for a busy schedule with release events and live concerts in the near future.
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With the sales of Fuji TV's "Saigo no Yakusoku" (released on the 2nd), a New Year drama special DVD starring popular group Arashi, at 126,000 copies within its first week of release, they have achieved first place in the comprehensive DVD sales for the week of 6/14. Not only it is the first time a drama-related product has broken through the 100,000 copies mark in its first week, it is also the highest first week sales ever recorded in the history of drama DVDs.
This product has sold almost three times as much as the previous first week sales record for drama DVDs of 41,000 copies, held by "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (First Season) Vol. 1" (released in January of 2009). The current accumulative sales record of 75,000 copies for domestic drama DVDs by "ROOKIES Omote BOX" (released in July of 2008) was also surpassed in one mere week.
With the addition of this record to their concert DVD, "ARASHI Anniversary Tour 5x10" (released in April), also recording the highest first week sales in the history of music DVD releases with 470,000 copies sold (accumulative sales at 682,000 copies), Arashi has become double first week sales champions in both the "music DVD category" and "drama DVD category". These results have once again shown us their tremendous popularity.
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