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J-ent Gossip Heats Up on Aragaki Yui Maybe Being Pregnant After She’s Spotted Covering Her Stomach and Also Not Renewing Long Standing Beer CF Endorsement

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Well this could be a great year for married top stars Aragaki Yui and Hoshino Gen if rumors are to be believed. The couple, married since 2021, is on the top of the J-ent gossip rags this week after a slew of events have started the pregnancy rumors. Gakki has been seen out in public wearing an oversized unstructured winter … Continue reading →

Ayase Haruka and Aragaki Yui Lead the J-news Poll for Top Actresses of 2022

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The top J-actresses appear to have a stranglehold in the audience love for the past decade and probably even earlier almost 15 years. A top J-news publication held a poll of viewers to pick their top J-actress of 2022. To no surprise Ayasa Haruka continues her perch in the top spot followed by Aragaki Yui second and Nagasawa Masami rounding … Continue reading →

J-ent Losing Collective Minds Over New Report that Aragaki Yui Will Retire After Getting Married With One Final Project the 2022 Taiga Headlined by Oguri Shun

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J-actress Aragaki Yui has a nickname as “The Nation’s Wife” in that all men dream of her being his wifey. So J-actor Hoshino Gen is already public enemy number 1 now that he’s married Gakki but it may get even worse and even her female fans are going to fault him for what may come. J-ent is reporting that Aragaki … Continue reading →

Top Stars and J-dorama We Married as a Job Leads Aragaki Yui and Hoshino Gen Announce Marriage in Real Life

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JAW. DROP. Ok, I’m not sure what will top this for shocking dating/marriage reveal of 2021 but the bar has been set. The entirety of Wednesday in Japanese entertainment news was dominated by the announcement of marriage by 40 year old singer-actor Hoshino Gen and 32 year old actress Aragaki Yui. Like, in real life. Five years after the entire … Continue reading →

Aragaki Yui and Hoshino Gen in First Teaser and Promos for We Married as a Job SP Airing January 2021

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Oh my god, hold my champagne. and you betcha I’m multi bottling for New Year’s 2021 much like using alcohol to ward off the evil spirits because hell nah is next year going to be suckier than this dumpster fire of 2020. On the entertainment front, 2021 will offer up its first bon bon in the form of the special … Continue reading →

Aragaki Yui and Hoshino Gen to Reunite for SP Episode of Hit 2016 J-dorama We Married as a Job

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Woo hoo, such a relief to post happy and exciting news for once lately. J-ent has confirmed that the most adorable fake marriage J-dorama of all time is getting a follow up! Aragaki Yui and Hoshino Gen will be reunited in the coming months for the SP (special) episode of their mega hit 2016 J-dorama We Married as a Job … Continue reading →

Hashimoto Kanna and Aragaki Yui Top J-fan Poll of Legendary Japanese Actress Beauties

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There are fewer polls out of J-ent but the few I see are always interesting as a glimpse at what J-netizens consider pretty/popular. This week a poll of Top 20 Legendary Beauties of J-ent shows a lot of familiar and even classic actress beauties on this 2020 list. The winner is a surprise and truly her rise as an actress … Continue reading →

J-actress Aragaki Yui Heads Back Home to Okinawa in Sun-dappled July VoCE Pictorial

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I’m still waiting for summer (weather) to arrive where I live as June gloom as eaten up the entire month with barely any sun in sight. That’s why the latest July 2019 VoCE pictorial featuring one of my favorite J-actresses Aragaki Yui was a lovely breath of warm summer air straight from Okinawa. Gakki  went back to Okinawa to showcase … Continue reading →

J-viewer Poll on the Top Beauties of the Heisei 30-year Era Puts Kitagawa Keiko as Number 1

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The week marked the start of the end of the 30-year run Heisei era in Japan with the announcement of the next era name of Reiwa, with the current Emperor abdicating and passing the throne to the Crown Prince. Heisei was preceded by Showa which remains the longest era in Japanese history of 63 years. Still, 30 years is quite … Continue reading →

Code Blue Poised to Break 10 Billion Yen Mark at Box Office Becoming 2nd Most Successful J-dorama Adapted into Movie

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Dang, looks like the Japanese appetite for the helicopter docs are way higher than expected so a big congrats to the cast and crew of Code Blue. The three season running medical dorama set in a countryside hospital about a crew of ER docs doing helicopter medical assistance duty got a movie treatment this summer and it’s a runaway hit. … Continue reading →

J-ent Reports that Hoshino Gen Moves Close to We Married as a Job Costar Aragaki Yui

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This is cute news that’s harmless yet potentially filled enough to get shippers excited. J-ent is reporting that Hoshino Gen has moved right down the street from his most famous leading lady costar Aragaki Yui. The two starred in the hit rom-com We Married as a Job (Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu) and since then fans of the … 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 →

Aragaki Yui and Hoshino Gen Win at 2017 Tokyo Drama Awards for We Married as a Job

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One of the cutest J-dorama rom-coms in recent years just got the highly shipped leads back together for a laudatory reason. Late 2016 hit J-dorama Nigeru wa Haji da ga Yaku ni Tatsu (We Married as a Job) just took home some hardware at the Tokyo Drama Awards for leads Aragaki Yui and Hoshino Gen, who saw themselves back together … Continue reading →