Trailer for Maki's new movie is out!
Maki's new movie seems to have a new offical title "Dareka ga watashi ni kissu wo shita"



The offical website where the trailer can be found: http://darekiss.com/


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Oricon: Celebrities you want as your sweetheart

There it is, Oricon’s 4th survey asking the people who they would like to have as their sweetheart. They have been doing this survey since 2006 and it always resulted in an interesting Top10. Here now the edition asking men about their ideal girlfriend.

Maki improved her ranking! =)

01 (03) Ayase Haruka
02 (04) Aragaki Yui
03 (01) Ueto Aya
04 (02) Nagasawa Masami
05 (07) Horikita Maki
06 (08) Miyazaki Aoi
07 (new) Sasaki Nozomi
08 (09) Kitagawa Keiko
09 (05) Toda Erika
10 (new) YUI

Written by: KawaiiJoyuu (HPriest)
Sources: Oricon

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The banner for Maki's new drama Tokujou Kabachi is out!


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‘Tokujou Kabachi!!’ officially announced
Written by HPriest from Pori-chan

Sakurai Sho rescues the weak in TBS drama ‘Tokujou Kabachi!!’

On 12th November, TBS announced that Arashi’s Sakurai Sho (27) will play the lead role in TBS drama ‘Tokujou Kabachi!!’ (starts 17th January 2010, Sundays at 9). The drama follows the struggles of administrative scriveners who use the law as a weapon to fight for the weak. Horikita Maki (21) will also star in their first work together. With the same broadcast time as NTV’s ‘Gyouretsu no Dekiru Houritsu Soudansho’, it will be a showdown between two law-themed programs.

Sakurai plays the main character Tamura Katsuhiro, a meddlesome character with a burning sense of justice. After his mother was given help, Tamura longs to enter into the world of public notary. In reality he thinks "Law my ass, this isn’t right at all!" as he complains and uses the law to help out the weak. The drama with its comical and serious aspects will make viewers think about questions like ‘What is justice?’ and ‘How should people lead their lives?’

On the other hand, Horikita plays the shrewd administrative scrivener Sumiyoshi Misuzu, a former delinquent who hates to lose so much that she has been known to sever ties after losing a game of rock-paper-scissors. Confrontations arise at every opportunity between the complete opposites, the herbivorous Tamura and carnivorous Misuzu, but as time goes by they begin to understand each other.

"’Being a daredevil is not a bad thing’. And ‘It’s cool to work with all one’s might’. I want to reaffirm those ideas as I portray Tamura," commented Sakurai. Others in the cast include Nakamura Masatoshi, Endo Kenichi, Takahashi Katsumi and Asano Yuko.

In the works is also a quiz aired during the program itself. Viewers will send in their answers during the broadcast time. The winner will then receive a call from Sakurai or other cast members, in a first of its kind trial project.

Source: Pori-chan.com
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Horikita in two Top 20s

Horikita Maki made it into the top 20 in two recent rankings on the popular web portal called "goo". Below I’ll only show you titles of the polls and the Top 20 each. For more details on each of the themes and the whole Top 30 in each category, please check out my main news blog www.kawaii-joyuu.com that is all about Japanese actresses in general.

Top 20 Female Celebrities you would like to have as a subordinate
01 – Ayase Haruka
01 – Nagasawa Masami
01 – Aragaki Yui
04 – Miyazaki Aoi
05 – Ueto Aya
06 – Aibu Saki
07 – Ishihara Satomi
08 – Nakagawa Shoko
09 – Toda Erika
10 – Kuroki Meisa
10 – Kitagawa Keiko
12 – Horikita Maki
13 – Kato Rosa
14 – Aoi Yuu
15 – Eikura Nana
15 – Inoue Mao
17 – Tabe Mikako
18 – Suzanne
19 – Fukuda Saki
19 – Minami Akina

Top 20 Female Celebrities with who you could and would like to have a harmonious trip (in autumn)
01 – Yasu Megumi
02 – Nagasawa Masami
03 – Ayase Haruka
04 – Yuuka
05 – Miyazaki Aoi
06 – Nagasaku Hiromi
07 – Shaku Yumiko
08 – Takeuchi Yuuko
09 – Matsushima Nanako
10 – Aragaki Yui
11 – Igawa Haruka
12 – Fukada Kyoko
13 – Tokiwa Takako
14 – Aibu Saki
15 – Itou Misaki
16 – Hirosue Ryoko
16 – Shiraishi Miho
18 – Honjo Manami
19 – Yuuki Maomi
20 – Horikita Maki

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Press conference video for Nakushita Kioku out!



Last November, it was announced that Maki Horikita (21) and Kenichi Matsuyama (24) were co-starring in a movie tentatively called "Nakushita Kioku," directed by American filmmaker Hans Canosa. On Sunday, a press conference was held to announce the film’s release window and official title.

The picture will be titled "Dareka ga Watashi ni Kiss wo Shita" and is slated for theatrical release in March 2010. Based on the novel "Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac" by American author Gabrielle Zevin, the story tells of a high school student (Horikita) who loses part of her memory in an accident.

Although the movie is in Japanese, Horikita’s character attends an international school, so about 40% of her lines are in English. She commented that she was surprised when she first saw the script, and she had a lot of trouble with the English lines. However, Canosa praised her, saying that she has the potential to become an international star.

NEWS member Yuya Tegoshi (21) and American actor Anton Yelchin (20) have also been cast in the movie.

Pressconference: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xas9ld_20091012-horikita-maki-nakushita-ki_shortfilms

More info and pictures:http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=617389 and http://www.pori-chan.com/?p=198
Source (text) from Porichan

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A tipsy Homaki about love and other things



Today actress Horikita Maki (21) attended the "2009 Suntory Cocktail Award Competition" as a guest examiner for the final screening of the last 24 bartenders. "It was the first time that I had 24 glasses of alcohol, it really was a precious experience for myself." She commented with a blushed face.

This award competition aims to find the most creative bartenders of Japan. They do this competition every years since 1994 and hope to make cocktails and Western alcohol more popular in Japan. The last 24 bartenders who get the chance to attend the final screening already went through a couple of preliminary rounds. There are 2 different groups for this competition, 12 bartenders try to make the best cocktail based on a particular theme and the 12 others just try to make their best cocktails without any theme.

Just the day before Horikita had her 21st birthday. "My family and I drank a toast to celebrate it." She said. "It’s kinda of sad that I won’t be 20 anymore. I guess I’m becoming an adult for real now." Of course she doesn’t drink 24 different cocktails every day and she isn’t that good with alcohol anyway. "I can’t drink that much, that’s why I only had a sip for each cocktail today. I remember that I’m becoming really happy when I’m drunk and that I start to laugh a lot. It’s embarrassing." She revealed.

Would she like to go to a bar with a boyfriend? "That would be great. I’ve never been to a bar, so someone should take me out to one. A cool and good-looking person would be nice." There you have her girl’s feelings and know how to plan your first date, …in your dreams! There was another interesting comment regarding the love issue reporters tend to be pushy about. They asked her about her opinion about the love rumor of her good friend and colleague at the same agency, Kuroki Meisa. "I saw it on TV! I’ll try not to loose against her!" Go Maki! Get yourself a really nice boyfriend!


Video from the event: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTpwj9X1MTk&feature=player_embedded
Credit: Porichan

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Fashion’s Night Out 2009

In a global initiative to promote retail, restore consumer confidence, and celebrate fashion, U.S. and international editions of "Vogue" are coordinating evening extravaganzas in their respective world fashion capitals, including New York City, the UK, France, Japan and 9 more countries.

In Japan, the event happened at night in Tokyo, of course. The big event happened in Omotesando and Aoyama and had a lot of beautiful stars as guests with model Tominaga Ai leading the way. Other famous guests included Tsuchiya Anna, Yoshikawa Hinano and Horikita Maki. All special guests brought along some of their favorite and precious items to sell at a charity auction.

The host of the event, Chris Pepper (Christopher Daniel Pepper) especially was into Horikita’s favorite pink "miu miu" coffer bag. His slightly perverted comment about the bag – "Horikita-san’s sweat somewhat soaked into it!" – was a bit random for such a fashion event and both Tominaga and Tsuchiya also labeled him as a pervert, but in the end it sold for 50,000 Yen ($550). Of course it was all just for fun and the auction was a big success. All the money will be contributed to "Kokkyo naki Kodomotachi (KnK)" and the "Hayaki Foundation".

Supermodel Tominaga Ai who kinda appeared like an ambassador for worldwide fashion had her own way of supporting retail and showing consumer confidence. With many activities in other fashion capitals such as Paris, Tominaga doesn’t always have the time to go shopping in Tokyo or Japan in general, but today she really went on a shopping spree. "I wanted to go shopping at so many places, but I already bought way too much after only 20 shops." She said at the closing ceremony with lots of shopping bags in both hands. It’s said that she spent several millions of yen in less than 3 hours.
Source: HPriest (pori-chan)

Maki's new drama
Wagaya no Rekishi
~ My Family's History ~

Overview

Title: Wagaya no Rekishi
Format: Tanpatsu
Genre: Family, Drama
Episodes: 3
Broadcast Network: Fuji TV
Broadcast Period: 2010 Spring (TBA)
Timeslot: TBA
Official Website: http://www.fujitv.co.jp/wagaya/

Production

Screenwriter: Mitani Koki
Producer: (Unknown)
Director: (Unknown)

Cast

Shibasaki Kou as Yame Masako
Sato Koichi as Onizuka Daizo
Nishida Toshiyuki as Yame Tokijiro
Oizumi Yo
Matsumoto Jun
Sato Ryuuta
Horikita Maki
Eikura Nana
Amami Yuki
Tamayama Tetsuji
Yamamoto Koji
Suzuki Suwa
Takada Junji
Fuji Sumiko
Nagasawa Masami

Synopsis

It is 1945 and the war has come to an end. The Yame family, a family of seven, are living in a six-tatami mat room at the home of a family friend in Hakata. Masako (Shibasaki Kou), 17, the eldest daughter, has been supporting the family in place of their useless father, Tokijiro (Nishida Toshiyuki). Despite leading an impoverished life, the Yame family is cheerful, healthy and gets along well and Masako cares about this family more than anything else. When Masako starts working at a club at Nakasu, she becomes acquainted with Onizuka Daizo (Sato Koichi), the manager of the club who is a shrewd, up-and-coming businessman. Daizo has been devoting himself to the resurrection of the streets of Hakata, which had been bombed in the air raids. He is drawn to Masako’s positive attitude about her family and before long Masako’s respect for Daizo turns into love. Encouraged by Daizo’s pledge to take care of her family, Masako decides to “marry” him. At that moment, another one of Tokijiro’s get-rich-quick schemes fails and the people of Hakata start pointing fingers at the family and talking about them behind their backs. When Daizo expands to Tokyo, Masako proposes that the entire family moves up to Tokyo …

Credits: jdramas.wordpress.com

News

Fuji TV's 50th Anniversary Dorama
Written by: www.kawaii-joyuu.com
Source: Sanspo

Today Fuji TV announced its big 3-episode dorama special that is going to commemorate the station’s 50th anniversary. No other than Mitani Koki (48) is going to provide the script for the dorama called "Waga Uchi no Rekishi" (My Family’s History) which is going to air next spring. It is going to tell the story of a family’s life during 1945~1964 (Showa period) and at the same time it is going to tell us a bit about the period in general. Shibasaki Kou (28), Matsumoto Jun (26), Sato Ryuuta (29), Horikita Maki (20) and Eikura Nana (21) are going to portray the members of that family, but the list of the doesn’t end here!

The story focuses on the "Yame Family" and its 7 family members. It starts in 1945, so it will be interesting to see how families lived right after the end of th war. "It’s the first time we are mixing the genre of a family dorama with a post-war dorama," Mitani comments. "During that long story, we are going to see laughter, tears, romance, suspense and love within the family and not to forget the classic teledrama component. I couldn’t have wrote something like that, if it wasn’t for the 50th anniversary." He added.

Of course, a 50th anniversary dorama has to come with an amazing cast and Fuji TV really did a great job in getting a lot of top-class actors and actresses. Above you already heard about the 5 starring people who are going to play the siblings of the family, but you are also going to see popular stars such as Sato Kouichi (48), Nagasawa Masami (22), Ooizumi You (36) and Amami Yuuki (42) who we are used to see in starring roles as well. Nishida Toshiyuki (61) and Fuji Sumiko (63) are going to play the parents of the Yame family.

For the 5 people playing the siblings, plus Nagasawa and Ooizumi, it’s going to be the first time they are appearing in a dorama or movie written by Mitani. Shibasaki who is going to play the eldest daughter: "Instead of all-smiles, it’s going to be a very deep story and I’m glad to be a part of it." Matsumoto, the eldest son: "I’m very happy to be able to participate in such a wonderful project."

Other comments from some of the actors: "It’s a great honor to participate in a project of a great senior from my university." (Sato Ryuuta) – "I’m very happy to become a part of the Mitani family." (Nagasawa)

This dorama is going to be the last of 5 planned anniversary projects by Fuji TV. Many big moments of the Showa period are going to be portrayed next to the family story, such as the Teikoku Bank Incident, the US-Japan Security Treaty conflicts, the start of the Shinkansen trains, the Olympics in Tokyo and so on. Fuji TV is already really full of expectations for their big birthday dorama, "We are confident that you’ve never seen a dorama like this before!" So far, so good, but how are we supposed to endure the anticipation until spring next year?

The cast:



Source: Soompi forums
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Good Feeling and Fawning Web Rankings August - 29 - 2009

Here the newest Internet polls. As usual you should only check them out for a good laugh and not take them too seriously!

Top 10 Celebs able to create a "good feeling" through commercials

01 – Yamashita Tomohisa

02 – Fukada Kyoko

03 – Asada Mao

04 – Horikita Maki

05 – Fukuyama Masaharu

06 – Matsuda Seiko

07 – Ueto Aya

08 – Hikawa Kiyoshi

09 – Akanishi Jin

10 – Oguri Shun

credits: Kawaii Yoguu
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The new "Gyugyu-to" commercial, Summer 2009 edition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-PAUR2hjHM
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"Fresh Stars" of 2009

On the 2nd, Oricon published the results of a survey asking for the "Fresh Stars" of the first half of 2009, young stars that left the biggest impressions so far. Actress Yoshitaka Yuriko and actor Mizushima Hiro came out as the freshest of them all.

Yoshitaka is really grateful for such positive feelings about her person. "I think of this result as a response to my growth. I'm really grateful. Thank you very much." She had her big breakthrough in 2008 in the movie "Snakes and Earrings" that gained her several best newcomer prizes like at the Blue Ribbon Awards or the Japanese Academy Awards. Her activity continued in 2009 with a role in the movie "Gravity's Clowns" or the doramas "Love Shuffle" and "Shiroi Haru". Many people expect her to become even more active later this year and the following and it looks she might even exceed those expectations. Her relationship with fellow actor Tamaki Hiroshi also made a lot more people become aware of her, especially those who missed to see her performances so far.

Actress Ayase Haruka is someone who is constantly in the limelight and can always be found in the top ranks of such surveys. This time is no different and she made it on the 2nd place. One man in his 40s commented, "She does a lot of movies and doramas. Everyone around me sees her as the No.1 right now." Eikura Nana came in 3rd and recently scored a lot of points with her dorama "Meichan no Shitsuji" and her impressive acting in "April Bride".


Women:

01 - Yoshitaka Yuriko
02 - Ayase Haruka
03 - Eikura Nana
04 - Toda Erika
05 - JUJU (singer/songwriter)
06 - Aragaki Yui
07 - Horikita Maki
08 - Miyazaki Aoi
09 - Ueto Aya
09 - misono (primarily a singer and talento)
09 - Ayaka (singer/songwriter.. Mizushima's wife)


Men:

01 - Mizushima Hiro
02 - Audrey (comedian)
03 - Sato Takeru
04 - Hanya (comedian)
05 - Ichihara Hayato
06 - Kamiji Yusuke
06 - Mukai Osamu
06 - Eita
09 - Sakamoto Hayato (baseball player)
10 - Ishikawa Ryo (golfer)


Who? --- 1200 men and women between 10 and 50 years old
When? --- May 14 ~ May 18
How? --- Internet Voting

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Maki's "Sunset Photo" at Fujifilm photo exhibition

Today the "'PHOTOS IS' 10,000 Tari no Shashin Ten 2009" ("'PHOTO IS' -Photos of 10,000 people 2009-") exhibition opened at the "Fujifilm Square" in Tokyo Midtown with special guest Horikita Maki attending the opening like in 2008. Among the photos of 10,000 people, there are also 'heartwarming' photos made by Horikita herself, this year with a new one.



At the exhibition there is a corner called "100 photos that impressed the celebrities" where Horikita and 9 other celebrities pick 10 photos each they like the most. On stage she commented about the 3 most impressive ones of the 10 she selected and 2 of them have a very warm family theme.



"The scenery with the setting sun and the warm love of a family, I really love that." She praised it on stage. "Do you also want to have your own family soon?" Horikita got asked. "Maybe not soon, but I definitely want to have a family, especially when seeing this photo...," She answered with a smile. As usual the reporters kept on bugging with the love issue and asked her for her ideal type of man. "A kind person would be nice, somebody who would be a calm and gentle father."



Horikita can almost be called a real 'photographer' herself, since she's carrying a camera with her every day. "It's a bit embarrassing to take photos, but I still love it." She then got asked whether 'Love' would be a good time to take a picture and she bashfully answered, "I don't know, but I'm always prepared to take a picture. The focus point... that would be difficult for this one, though." For her newest photo she got on a boat at a beach and photographed the beautiful sunset. "The sea was very rough at that time, I didn't think that I would be able to get a nice picture. However, I think this one here came out quite nice, with the setting sun, the color of the sky and the tip of the boat and the island." She timidly explained and clearly impressed the crowd, especially the professional cameramen who are working for the reporters.



Nice sceneries have been the specialty of Horikita up until now, but recently she also got into taking pictures of people. It appears that she only uses her very close friends as models for a certain reason, though. "I constantly have to change the composition and take a lot of pictures until I get one that can convince me." She seems to be very serious when it comes to photographs, just like a professional.

The exhibition starts for the public at the Fujifilm Square on the 26th and is going to visit over 20 different cities until November. It's the 4th time they are doing this photo exhibition where everyone can participate by sending in their photos along with a comment.




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