WaT New Releases

Singer/Songwriter duo WaT have announced the upcoming release of the single Kimi ga boku ni Kiss wo shita for July 28th and the forthcoming 24/7~mou ichido~ which is

Oricon: Men With Beautiful Skin

With demand for men's cosmetics and salons increasing, people are becoming more conscious of male beauty. As a result, Oricon surveyed 500 males ranging from their teens to their forties, creating a "men with beautiful skin" ranking.

Teppei Koike was ranked first with his white, smooth skin and envious looks. Actor and musician Masaharu Fukuyama followed Koike at second while Gackt took third place in the rankings.

1. Teppei Koike
2. Masaharu Fukuyama
3. Gackt
4. Takuya Kimura
5. Hiro Mizushima
6. Eiji Wentz
7. Haruma Miura
8. Hiroshi Tamaki
9. Tomohisa Yamashita
10. Hideaki Takizawa




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Gokusen the Movie's Trailer Streamed Online

The official website for the live-action theatrical film based on Kozueko Morimoto's Gokusen school comedy manga is streaming the film's trailer. The website is also still streaming the teaser trailer for the film. 29-year-old Yukie Nakama is reprising her starring role of Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi, the high school teacher with yakuza ties, one last time for the film. The film will serve as a finale to the three television seasons that Toya Sato (live-action Grave of the Fireflies, Sexy Voice and Robo) directed from 2002 to 2008. Veteran film director Junya Satō (live-action Golgo 13) is assisting Sato on the new project.

Shun Oguri, Yuma Ishigaki, and Hiroki Narimiya will reprise their roles from the first season, and Kazuya Kamenashi, Mokomichi Hayami, Teppei Koike, and Keisuke Koide return from the second season. The film will focus primarily on students seen in the last season, as played by Haruma Miura (Ren Kazama), Yuuya Takaki (Yamato Ogata), and Yūta Tamamori of the Johnny's Jr. idol group Kis-My-Ft2.

Media Blasters released the television animated version of the manga in North America from 2004 to 2005.

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More "Gokusen" Cast Details

With "Gokusen: The Movie" less than a couple months away, a new announcement has revealed that six more actors from the drama's earlier seasons will be returning, including Shun Oguri and Mokomichi Hayami.

The movie is already known to focus on the cast of the show's third season, which aired in 2008. It was previously announced that Yuya Takaki, Haruma Miura, and Yuta Tamamori are part of the main cast. At the end of last month, it was also revealed that the second season's Kazuya Kamenashi was added to the cast.

Now, the number of returning alumni has again increased, adding three students each from the drama's first two seasons. Oguri will represent the first season, along with Yuma Ishigaki and Hiroki Narimiya. From the second season, Hayami will be joined by Teppei Koike and Keisuke Koide.

Although all six played delinquent students in their respective seasons, they have grown up to become respectable members of society. Together with Kamenashi's character, who has become a teacher in training, these graduates will lend their support to the beloved teacher "Yankumi," played by starring actress Yukie Nakama. This movie is said to be Nakama's last time to take on this role.

Filming for the movie finished on May 13. The picture opens in theaters on July 11.




Source: Sports Hochi

Teppei Koike Single

WaT member Teppei Koike will release his first solo single in over two years on June 24th. Titled Kimi dake, the single will also include the b-side Laugh Lighter and will be available in two editions. The limited one will also come with a DVD featuring a documentary and recording footage, and the regular version will include an acoustic version of his first single, Kimi ni okuru uta.




source: asianfanatics