NHK has announced the artist lineup for the 63rd Kouhaku Uta Gassen. This year will have a total of 50 artists performing, 25 for each of the Red and White Teams. 12 artists are making their first appearances - 6 from the Red Team and 6 from the White Team.

( The lineup )

The 14th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prix has begun. The newspaper announced the results of its spring season rankings, which brought in 15,814 votes between June 29 and July 8.

The title of Best Drama went to "Sunao ni Narenakute," receiving close to 5,600 votes. However, the biggest winner was Jejung, who took the Best Supporting Actor category with ( Read more... )

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Actors you would like to play a military commander in a war movie:

10 Matsuyama Kenichi

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Actors who should play Jack Sparrow in a Japanese "Pirates of the Carribean"

10 Tamaki Hiroshi

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