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Chihayafurus Suzu Hirose Considered Most Disliked Female Celebrity

mobitv 2024. 01. 31. 7:08

Suzu Hirose, who portrays Chihaya in the live-action version of Chihayafuru and Kaede in The Boy and The Beast, is considered the most loathed female celebrity by Japanese women in their 20s, according to a major advertising agency. The research hasn't been officially published yet, but according to an employee, "Compared to her popularity after her breakthrough, it's unexpected that she's getting this much backlash. On top of the June comments that belittled her staff, the reason that 20-something women dislike her is that she comes off as a burikko [girls who affect cloying cuteness to attract boys]."

The incident referred to occurred on an episode of the variety show Tunnels no Minasan no Okage Deshita ("Thanks to All of Tunnels") on June 18, when the 17-year-old actress was asked what type of person she likes. She replied that she liked people with her sort of personality — "fairly cold and very dry. The kind that can't go 'Wow' even when they see bright lights. Even though I realize how much effort the people who hung them in such high places put in." She then went on to wonder why people would want to become lighting technicians. "And the sound engineers too, even though they exert themselves, why spend your life recording an actress's voice?... It really makes me wonder... If you've really grown up and put on years, are you really O.K. with just recording voices?" The comments provoked a backlash on Twitter, and she swiftly apologized for "comments that caused misunderstandings among the staff that always takes care of me."

CHIHAYAFURUS SUZU HIROSE CONSIDERED MOST DISLIKED FEMALE CELEBRITY

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6 months past legal drinking age, actress Kanna Hashimoto reveals binge drinking

mobitv 2024. 01. 28. 15:16

On Feb 20, 2019, popular Japanese actress Kanna Hashimoto turned 20 and became a legal adult. In the last few years, she has been busy appearing on variety shows and dramas on TV as well as acting in films, many of which have been adaptations of manga and anime, such as "Assassination Classroom" (2015) "Gintama" (2017) and the upcoming "Kaguyama-sama: Love is War" (2019).

However, in the last six months, it would seem that the former idol and singer once described as "beyond angelic" has behaved in a somewhat less-than-angelic manner when it comes to enjoying her newly found liberties as an adult.

In her appearance on the TBS variety show 『櫻井・有吉THE夜会』(Sakurai Ariyoshi The Dangerous Night) on Aug 29, Hashimoto revealed she had been drinking every day since her birthday. At first, audiences may have imagined "a drink a day" but her manager revealed that her drinking was more serious than that.

Describing an episode on location in Germany, her manager said: "She went in (the bar) in the daytime and kept downing German beers until closing time."

Any hope that this was an isolated episode disappeared when Hashimoto casually described her own drinking habits, saying: "For me, a 'liver-rest day' is when I have about two drinks. Basically, I feel like drinking after I finish work."

This prompted actress and singer Wakako Shimazaki, 46, who was also a guest on the show, to exclaim: "Wait a minute, you're 20! I could understand if you were in your 30s but..."

In another part of the show, Hashimoto went to get her first-ever allergy test. Fortunately, her results came back negative for all allergies, but the report was far from rosy.

As it turns out, she had worryingly high levels of bad cholesterol. The doctor dispensed a harsh admonition to the young actress, saying that her lack of sleep, unhealthy eating habits and heavy drinking were to blame. He then added: "If you continue like this, you'll run the risk of arteriosclerosis and suffering a stroke or a coronary infarction. Basically, you need to worry about the same things middle-aged men do in our society."

After viewing the footage, Hashimoto admitted to the hosts on the set: "I really need to change my unhealthy eating habits."

On Twitter, viewers were surprised and supportive.

"Kanna-chan, you're really busy so please rest properly when you're tired."

"You must have stress at work and alcohol helps to relieve that so it must be hard to give it up."

"I can't believe you have the same health concerns as middle-aged men..."

Fans who want Hashimoto to continue enjoying her active lifestyle and her flourishing career are understandably concerned for her health. Hopefully she'll make good on her promise to change her eating habits, not to mention her concept of a "liver-rest day."

6 MONTHS PAST LEGAL DRINKING AGE ACTRESS KANNA HASHIMOTO REVEALS BINGE DRINKING

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Live-Action Video Girl Ai Series Gets Sequel in April

mobitv 2024. 01. 26. 17:04

TV Tokyo announced on Saturday that Den'ei Shōjo ~Video Girl Ai 2018~, the new live-action television series based on Masakazu Katsura's Video Girl Ai (Den'ei Shōjo) manga, is getting a sequel series titled Den'ei Shōjo ~Video Girl Mai 2019~ that will premiere in April.

A television special titled Den'ei Shōjo ~Video Girl Ai 2018~ Tokubetsu-hen aired early on Saturday morning. The special ended with a picture of a new Video Girl, Video Girl Mai/Mai Kamio (played by Nogizaka 46 member Mizuki Yamashita).

The first live-action series premiered on TV Tokyo and its affiliates in January 2018, but episodes streamed one week earlier on Amazon Prime Video in Japan. Kazuaki Seki (music videos for Perfume, Gen Hoshino) directed the first television series and the special, and Kohei Kiyasu penned the script for both alongside Yoshitatsu Yamada. The first season and the special starred: Nanase Nishino (Nogizaka 46), Shūhei Nomura, Marie Iitoyo, Hiroya Shimizu, Karen Ōtomo, Jun Murakami, and Shigeyuki Totsugi. tofubeats composed the music and performed the theme song.

The live-action television series resets the original manga's timeframe to modern-day 2018, and it centers around Yōta's nephew, high school student Shō Moteuchi. Shō harbors a secret crush on his beautiful classmate Nanami. One day, he discovers an old broken videocassette recorder at his uncle Yota's home. He fixes the recorder, and a mysterious girl named "Video Girl Ai" springs out.

Katsura published the manga in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 1989 to 1992. Shueisha published 15 compiled book volumes, and then reissued the manga in nine volumes for its keepsake and trade paperback editions. In addition to the six-volume 1992 anime, the manga also inspired an earlier 1991 live-action film. Viz Media released the manga and its 1992 original video anime adaptation in North America.

LIVE-ACTION VIDEO GIRL AI SERIES GETS SEQUEL IN APRIL

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Actress Erika Sawajiri tests negative after admitting drug use

mobitv 2024. 01. 17. 15:18

Actress Erika Sawajiri, arrested for allegedly possessing the synthetic drug MDMA, has tested negative in a urine test for MDMA and other illegal drugs, police said Wednesday.

After she was arrested last week, the 33-year-old told investigators that she obtained MDMA from an acquaintance a few weeks ago at a nightclub and admitted to taking the drug, also called Ecstasy.

MDMA usually goes out of a person's system within two to three days after taking it, and Sawajiri took the test on a voluntary basis on Saturday, the day she was arrested, according to the Metropolitan Police Department.

The police are trying to trace how she obtained drugs by analyzing data in a confiscated mobile phone, among other steps.

Sawajiri was quoted as telling investigators, "I first used illegal drugs more than 10 years ago, and I also used marijuana, LSD, and cocaine," according to the police.

The police searched her home in Tokyo on Saturday morning when she returned after a night out at a club in the Shibuya shopping and nightlife district, and found 0.09 gram of powder containing MDMA.

She did not have any illegal drugs in her possession when she came home. MDMA is a popular street drug especially among young people.

Sawajiri was cast to play the role of 16th-century Japanese warlord Oda Nobunaga's wife in public broadcaster NHK's historical drama series "Kirin ga Kuru" in 2020.

ACTRESS ERIKA SAWAJIRI TESTS NEGATIVE AFTER ADMITTING DRUG USE

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J-pop star Ayumi Hamasaki is going completely deaf

mobitv 2024. 01. 09. 22:25

Japanese pop star Ayumi Hamasaki is going completely deaf, she said on her blog Team Ayu on Saturday (May 20).

Hamasaki, who is the best-selling Japanese solo artist of all time, has been deaf in her left ear since 2008.

But her right ear has now begun to weaken, the 38-year-old said. She was nauseous and had vertigo just before this year's concert tour.

"I was told after various hearing tests that my right ear (which has been working overtime to compensate for the deafness of my left ear) is quickly weakening," she wrote.

"I was experiencing crippling dizziness. I was unable to walk in a straight line, and was often vomiting in the restroom while at the rehearsal studio."

The prolific singer and performer said she felt lost after the revelation.

"I remember wondering how would I as a singer be able to cope with two useless ears. I was in the dark," she said.

Hamasaki's ear condition stemmed from a cold that she caught during her 2000 Act I concert tour.

She caught a cold and a ear infection, but continued touring after a few days in hospital.

Doctors told her to ease her exposure to loud noises, but she did not cancel or postpone any tour dates until much later. She also continued to work at a frenetic pace in the years after.

By 2008, she was deaf in her left ear. The queen of J-pop was thought to have tinnitus, a ringing in the ear that can be caused by constant exposure to sound.

Even now, she vows to continue performing. "The stage is where I belong. It's the only place I really, truly exist. I don't know anything else," she wrote, according to Japanese entertainment sites.