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Snapshot of the Most Popular Japanese Actors of 2014 From Popular Year End Polls

A Koala's Playground Posted on November 29, 2014 by ockoalaNovember 29, 2014

The end of the year starts counting down now and with it comes the unending stream of polls, surveys, and lists. Which makes it a good time to check back in with Japan entertainment to see how the tastes have changed, if any, after a bustling 2014 worth of doramas and movies. Below are two just released polls showing how … Continue reading →

Posted in J-doramas | Tagged Abe Hiroshi, Fukushi Sota, Kimura Takuya, Miura Haruma, Mukai Osamu, Sato Takeru, Takenouchi Yutaka, YamaPi

Oguri Shun Welcomes Baby with Yamada Yu as Nobunaga Concerto Drops More Goodies

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 3, 2014 by ockoalaOctober 3, 2014

Holy bazookas is this upcoming J-dorama looking better and better. With less than two weeks left before the premiere of the Fuji TV getsu9 (Monday at 9) Nobunaga Concerto, the production blew me away with the release of the fantastic drama posters. I haven’t seen a single drama poster this creative with great narrative foreshadowing all year. Why can’t K-dramas … Continue reading →

Posted in J-doramas | Tagged Mukai Osamu, Nobunaga Concerto, Oguri Shun, Shibasaki Kou, Yamada Takayuki

First Look at Oguri Shun Leading Star-studded Cast for Time-travel J-dorama Nobunaga Concerto

A Koala's Playground Posted on September 22, 2014 by ockoalaSeptember 22, 2014

Holy mamacitas what is this crazy star-studded cast of what is shaping up to be the biggest fall J-dorama around. Oguri Shun is headlining the upcoming Fuji TV 50th anniversary special dorama Nobunaga Concerto, a time-traveling story based on the popular same name manga. That’s just the tip of the iceberg, wait til you hear the line up for the … Continue reading →

Posted in J-doramas | Tagged Fujiki Naohito, Kaho, Mukai Osamu, Nobunaga Concerto, Oguri Shun, Shibasaki Kou, Yamada Takayuki

Aibu Saki Pairs with Oguri Shun and Mukai Osamu for J-movie Version of Gossip Girl

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 22, 2012 by ockoalaDecember 22, 2012

I’m truly baffled by Aibu Saki‘s career in J-ent. She’s an okay actress and pretty enough, but definitely not the usual sweet faced ingenue nor is she the hot and bitchy type that gets all the guys excited. Yet she keeps getting cast in projects with the hottest guys around, not to mention she’s been dating wild thing Nagase Tomoya … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Aibu Saki, Matsuzaka Tori, Mukai Osamu, Oguri Shun, Okada Masaki

Who is Hungry! for a J-dorama with Mukai Osamu and Takimoto Miori?

A Koala's Playground Posted on January 7, 2012 by ockoalaJanuary 6, 2012

It’s a veritable feast of Winter dorama premieres next week, and I’m keeping my eye out for Hungry! as well. Starring Mukai Osamu as a bassist for a rock band who takes over the family restaurant in accordance with his late mother’s will, he will be entangled in a love triangle with Takimoto Miori and Kuninaka Ryoko whilst battling the … Continue reading →

Posted in J-doramas | Tagged Hungry!, Inagaki Goro, Kuninaka Ryoko, Mukai Osamu, Takimoto Miori

Mukai Osamu is a Rocker Turned Chef in the Fuji TV Dorama Hungry!

A Koala's Playground Posted on December 21, 2011 by ockoalaJanuary 6, 2012

WANT. You know Korea’s been having a field day with those Flower Boy drama(s) from tvN – Flower Boy Ramyun Shop and the upcoming Shut Up: Flower Boy Band. So what if Japan combined the two? A dorama about a lead singer of a band that decides to open a restaurant, with resident panty-melting hottie Mukai Osamu in his first leading … Continue reading →

Posted in J-doramas | Tagged Hungry!, Kuninaka Ryoko, Mukai Osamu, Takimoto Miori

A Review and Recap of the Paradise Kiss Movie with Kitagawa Keiko and Mukai Osamu

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 31, 2011 by ockoalaJanuary 17, 2012

The Paradise Kiss live-action movie can be viewed two ways. For folks unfamiliar with Yazawa Ai‘s brilliant source manga, the ParaKiss movie starring Kitagawa Keiko and Mukai Osamu is likely just a frothy harmless shallow piece of fashion coming-of-age entertainment that is easy to watch. Akin to one of those formulaic Hollywood rom-coms that comes and goes and no one … Continue reading →

Posted in Films, First Impressions, Recaps | Tagged Keiko Kitagawa, Mukai Osamu, Paradise Kiss

A Look at the Leading Actors of Japanese Entertainment

A Koala's Playground Posted on October 2, 2011 by ockoalaOctober 3, 2011

A couple of months ago I did a write up on TW-actors and TW-actresses, which was relatively easy to do since there just aren’t that many of them occupying the perch as certifiable leads. The same isn’t true elsewhere, which is why I’ve been hesitant to attempt it for other industries. Nevertheless, I suddenly got the urge to run down … Continue reading →

Posted in J-doramas | Tagged Abe Hiroshi, Daito Shunsuke, Eita, Fujiki Naohito, Fukuyama Masaharu, Hayami Mokomichi, Kame, Karasawa Toshiaki, Kimura Takuya, Matsuda Shota, Matsumoto Jun, Miura Haruma, Mukai Osamu, Narimiya Hiroki, Nishikido Ryo, Oguri Shun, Takenouchi Yutaka, Tamaki Hiroshi, Yamada Takayuki, Yamamoto Yusuke, YamaPi

Paradise Kiss Opens to Good Reviews and Solid Box-office in Japan

A Koala's Playground Posted on June 29, 2011 by ockoalaJune 28, 2011

While I’ve loved Ai Yazawa since her early work Tenshi Nanka Ja Nai, I did NOT like Nana. Yes yes, how could I not like her award-winning work. It just didn’t resonate with me. So I was reluctant to read Paradise Kiss, until suddenly it was about to become a live-action movie starring Kitagawa Keiko (who I have a super … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Keiko Kitagawa, Mukai Osamu, Paradise Kiss

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