Category Archives: J-doramas

Japan to Adapt Hana Yori Dango Manga Sequel Hana Nochi Hare into J-dorama Scheduled for April 2018 Airing

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The J-dorama adaption of popular manga Hana Yori Dango scheduled for 2018 has finally been confirmed but it’s not the adaptation or rumored leading lady initially thought. TBS will be adapting the HanaDan sequel Hana Nochi Hare – Hana Yori Dango Next Season into a live-action dorama and not making the umpteenth adaptation of the original. The manga is serializing since 2015 … Continue reading →

Japanese Netizens Vote for Most Beautiful J-actress of All Time with Kitagawa Keiko Topping the List

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The votes are in and this is a huge polling size and spans decades to get a good sense of what Japanese find most beautiful among their actresses. With over 50,000 votes, J-actress Kitagawa Keiko tops the list of most beautiful face actresses in Japan, followed by 1960’s top actress Yoshinaga Sayuri, with one of the youngest stars on this list … Continue reading →

Oguri Shun Returns as the Ghost-seeing Detective in BORDER 2 Airing as SP on October 29th

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Oguri Shun is hands down one of my most favorite J-actors and it’s only fitting that my favorite cop procedural in recent years has him headlining in a performance that really sticks with me long after. It’s been three years since the supernatural-tinged investigative J-dorama BORDER aired and I had long despaired of a much needed second season, but lo … Continue reading →

Ishihara Satomi Takes on Medical Role for TBS J-dorama Unnatural by Screenwriter of We Married as a Job

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2018 is still a bits away but I’m already gearing up to check back into J-doramas thanks to a certain adorable charming actress diving into a new project that interests me. After her rumored boyfriend Yamashita Tomohisa put on his white coat (for the third time) in this summer’s highest rated J-dorama with Code Blue 3, it’s Ishihara Satomi‘s turn … Continue reading →

Code Blue 3 with Yamapi, Aragaki Yui and Toda Erika Premiere to Successful 16.3% Ratings

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Nearly all the summer 2017 J-doramas have aired so the arrival of highly promoted Code Blue 3 with big name popular stars Yamashita Tomohisa, Aragaki Yui, and Toda Erika feels like a white knight late to a party but bringing the beer when before it was all fruit punch. The third season of the popular doctors on a medical transport helicopter … Continue reading →

Japanese Tabloids Speculating that Yamashita Tomohisa and Ishihara Satomi Planning September Wedding

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I love J-ent gossip because its normally so harmless and simultaneously juicy. The latest as usual requires a grain of salt but if taken on face value makes the next few months tons of fun to look forward to. Japanese tabloids are reporting that popular Japanese actors Yamashita Tomohisa and Ishihara Satomi are planning to get married this September! This … Continue reading →

Japan Reportedly Planning 2018 J-dorama New Adaptation of Hana Yori Dango with Female Lead Hirose Suzu

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There will likely be not just one but two remakes in 2018 of the hit shoujo manga Hana Yori Dango (Boys Before Flowers), and it’s going to be from the two most successful versions out there. Taiwan’s own producer of the 2001 Meteor Garden is remaking another Taiwan drama adaptation next year and just the potential casting call alone is … Continue reading →

Korea Prepping Drama Remake of Popular J-dorama Romance Rich Man, Poor Woman

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Before I watched the wonderful J-dorama Rich Man, Poor Woman, I teased that the title better suited K-dramas since nearly every romance for the greater part of K-dramas was between a rich man and a poor woman, i.e. the Cinderella story. The J-dorama turned out to be much more interesting, nuanced, and fun than the title suggested and remains one … Continue reading →

First Teaser Preview and Poster for Code Blue 3 with Yamashita Tomohisa, Aragaki Yui, and Toda Erika

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Promos are beginning in earnest for the new season of the medical J-dorama Code Blue 3, starring the exact same cast as the first season Code Blue in 2008 and the followup Code Blue 2 in 2010. And everyone looks exactly the same, just more modern in their styling now. I hope everyone’s characters has similarly matured and we get … Continue reading →

Code Blue 3 Starts Filming and Cast Celebrates Aragaki Yui’s 29th Birthday

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A good indicator of how crazy the time flies is when someone celebrates a birthday and a reboot of a dorama series and both make me go woah. The star-studded original cast of doctors on a helicopter J-dorama Code Blue is back in scrubs again 9 years after the original series, and 7 years since the second season with Code … Continue reading →

J-dorama You’re My Destiny with Yamapi and Kame Premieres Monday April 15th

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It’s T-minus 4 days from the premiere of new romance J-dorama You’re My Destiny (Boku, Unmei no Hito desu), with a super cute wrapping of a love prone hapless male lead with his no-nonsense capable female lead crush being brought together by a super cool mysterious matchmaking god. J-ent is also excited for the drama reuniting Yamashita Tomohisa and Kamenashi … Continue reading →

J-actress Inoue Mao Coyly Confirms Relationship with Long Rumored Boyfriend Matsumoto Jun

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The long swirling marriage rumors of most likely dating top J-stars Matsumoto Jun and Inoue Mao has turned into one of those “I’ll see it when I believe it” stories that pop up at least once a year with an update. If these two didn’t fall for each other playing the leads in iconic manga turned J-dorama adaptation of Hana … Continue reading →

Yamapi, Kame, and Fumino Sparkle with Chemistry in More Previews for I Am Your Destiny

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This dorama continues to look cute and cuter, or maybe that’s due to the reunion combination of Yamashita Tomohisa and Kamenashi Kazuya shading everything in rosy tinted Nobuta nostalgia. It could be both, with Yamapi’s last rom-com being the most excellent From Five to Nine (5-ji Kara 9-ji Made) with Ishihara Satomi. This time in You Are My Destiny (Boku … Continue reading →