Kimura Takuya Suggests Handing Out Condoms to Promote New Drama

The Fuji TV drama Moon Lovers isn't airing till next month, but there has been endless promotions in place already. Last Friday on the radio show What's Up SMAP, Kimura Takuya received countless questions from listeners wanting to know more on

3 Johnny's to star in a drama together... maybe

According Tokyo Sports, Fuji TV is planning on a special end of the year program, tentatively titled "Super TV," which will feature a drama starring some very big names.

For the first episode they've roped in Kimura Takuya, Kamenashi Kazuya, and Akanishi Jin.

Fuji wants this to be a very high quality production, so the drama is expected to have a large, movie-sized budget - at least 300,000,000 yen (approx $3.2 million). They plan on recovering costs by holding screenings at independent theaters, releasing a DVD, and even selling it overseas.

Allegedly, Kimura was decided first and after he expressed a desire to work with them, Kamenashi and Akanishi were chosen.

The drama will be an original script about three brothers whose family was split up when they were young. After the passing of their father, they come together again and start life anew. With new lives comes new loves as all three of them fall for the landlord's daughter. In this funny and heart-warming story, the brothers will butt heads, but their love for each other will continue to grow.

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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Who High School and Junior High Girls Want As Their Father

High school girls choose Kimura Takuya, junior high students pick Sakurai Sho

"It'll be fantastic if he's my father!" The celebrity ranked 1st by high school girls is SMAP's Kimura Takuya (36) and junior high girls voted for Arashi's Sakurai Sho (27). The survey was done by P-Nest, a mobile telephone services provider. At the other end of the spectrum, high school girls ranked Degawa Tetsurou (45) under 'Absolutely no!" while junior high girls chose Himura Yuuki (37) of the comedy duo Banana Man.

The survey was done from 1st to 5th June by 1001 high school girls and 1000 junior high school girls. 2nd on the list of high school girls is Fukuyama Masaharu (40) and joint 3rd are Sorimachi Takashi (35) and Mizushima Hiro (25). Junior high girls ranked Tsuruno Takeshi (34) 2nd and Ichihara Hayato (22) 3rd.

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Gianna Jun declares interest in Takuya Kimura at promotion for 'Last Blood'

Korean actress Gianna Jun, 27, attended a special preview this week with co-star Koyuki, 32, in Shibuya for the Japan premiere of “Blood: The Last Vampire.” Jun, better known as Ji-hyun Jun, changed her name for the release of the movie which was filmed in English.

Based on the Japanese animated film released in 2000, Jun plays a katana-wielding half-human/half-vampire who hunts full-blooded vampires, both to rid the world of them and due to the fact they are her only source of food.

At the premiere, Jun chose SMAP’s Takuya Kimura as a man she would like to star with, saying he is a great actor. Kimura happened to be promoting the release of his own upcoming movie “I Come With The Rain” in Roppongi on Wednesday night, and Koyuki made a sly remark thanking everyone for coming to see their movie and not his.

“Blood: The Last Vampire” (billed as “Last Blood” in Japan) opens in cinemas on Friday.




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I Come With the Rain Premieres

Local heartthrob Kimura Takuya (36) joined Hollywood counterpart Josh Hartnett (30) and Korean star Lee Byung Hun (38) last night for the world premiere of "I Come With the Rain" in Tokyo. The actors were in Roppongi at the Tokyo Midtown complex for the event, also enjoyed by an invited audience of about 1,000. The movie is directed by Vietnamese-born French director Tran Anh Hung, who is currently working on the eagerly awaited movie version of Murakami Haruki's cult novel "Noruwei no Mori" (Norwegian Wood). It is scheduled to open in theaters on June 6. SMAP's Kimura talked about the tensions of filming in one of the more unsavory areas of the Philippines under the watchful eye of the local military. The movie was also filmed on location in Los Angeles and Hong Kong.




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Takuya's Mr Brain big in Japan

The new Japanese drama Mr Brain, starring Takuya Kimura, received overwhelming response on its debut broadcast.

The drama won a 24.8% viewership rating, the most watched TV drama of spring. It also broke the viewership records set by the last episode of Rookies last year and claims the position as the highest rating programme shown during that particular timeslot.

Despite rumours that the plot of the drama is a copycat version of Suspect X, netizens expressed otherwise after watching the first episode of Mr Brain. They complimented the cast for their excellent performance and expressed that the plot is totally different from Suspect X.

In view of the poor response to recent dramas by actors Masahiro Nakai and Yuji Oda, the TV station invited pop idol Hiro Mizushima and Haruka Ayase and Kimura to appear in Mr Brain, with guest performers featured in every episode; the first being actress Ryoko Hirosue who was recently made famous at the Oscars with the movie Departed. Kamenashi Kazuya and the popular Takeru Sato will also be appearing in subsequent episodes.

In the drama, Kimura is a social escort who injured his brain in an accident but became more intelligent from it. He is later recruited into the Metropolitan Police Science Institute as part of a police task force.




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"Mr. Brain" premiere reaches 25%

TBS's aired the first episode of its "MR.BRAIN" drama series on Saturday. As expected for a drama starring Takuya Kimura, viewership ratings were high, achieving 24.8% in the Kanto region and 25.2% in Kansai.

Aside from Kimura, the show also features popular stars like Haruka Ayase and Hiro Mizushima. TBS has also been promoting the guest stars in each episode, such as Ebizo Ichikawa and Ryoko Hirosue in this premiere episode. Gackt and Kazuya Kamenashi are among the guests for future episodes.

This marks the best opening of any drama series this season by far, and it is also that time slot's (Saturday 8:00pm) highest ratings since TBS began airing dramas in the slot last spring.




Source: Sankei Sports