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[News] Is Yamada and Oguri’s Relationship Still Going Strong?

Is Yamada and Oguri’s Relationship Still Going Strong? [Monday, August 10 2009]:

On August 6th in Tokyo the fashion model/actress Yamada Yu (25) attended the press conference of the musical ‘RENT’, which will be shown in Japan (From August 7th to 30th at Tokyo’s Akasaka ACT Theater). ‘RENT’ is a wildly popular musical that became a long running hit in Broadway. The moving piece of work is about the lives of a group of young men and women who work hard to meet their goals, while seriously expressing their love for others each in their own unique way. Yamada has been a big fan of the musical, and seemed very excited to meet the cast members such as Adam Pascal (38) in person.

With tears welling in her eyes she said that when the show came to the scene where the cast sang ‘Seasons of Love’, “I almost cried. From now on I’m going to treasure and cherish each day of my life.” Yamada has begun dating actor Oguri Shun (26). When asked “Are you going to go see the musical with him?” she answered “I don’t think so.” While replying she subtly flashed her ring on her finger. The reporters then asked “How’s it going with him? Are you doing fine?” Yamada replied in the affirmative, and for good measure also made an ‘OK sign’ with her fingers.

source: music japan
credits: meoinkie2 @ AF

Good to know that their relationship is still going strong, all the best to them.

Ratings update (August 10)

Yay! The average rating for Tenchijin ep 32 aired last night was 24.8%! That's a massive rise of 5.2% from last week, and this rating is even higher than ep 1's rating! The last time the ratings for the drama ever passed 24% was for ep 6! Omedatou to the cast and crew!

Ganbatte!

[News] Everyone wants to be Shun's heroine!

Finally some more news!

Everyone wants to be Shun's heroine [August 3, 2009]:

Popular and young actor Oguri Shun (26) wants to try out what it’s like to be the director of a movie and wants to start his new career move with a bang. It’s said to become a big-budget movie project, with the filming already starting this summer and a release some time next year.

However, he stills seems to lack a heroine for his movie and the casting doesn’t seem to be as easy as he thought, an executive of a major entertainment agency now revealed. "Frankly everyone wants to be in a movie directed by Shun, all of the big actresses are trying to get in contact with him one after another." Among them there are names like Nagasawa Masami or Ueto Aya who are more than eager to be his heroine.

"Selecting the starring actressed turned out to be quite a difficult task to undertake and we already fell behind the schedule because of that. The reason behind it is easy, both Nagasawa and Ueto want to get that role no matter what. Shun is already frustrated and doesn’t know who would be the better choice for his movie."

Now that’s another topic, but that frustration could also be because of his sweetheart Yamada Yuu. The other day he attended a PR-Event for his newest movie "Tajomaru" and on the occasion of the Star Festival (Festival of the Weaver), he expressed his wish… "I want to become free." Some dorama staff people of a major TV station heard that Yamada seems to be quite oppressive and keeps him on a short leash. Apparently it looks like that he wants to free himself from her… or at least get a longer leash?

No matter who he is going to choose, one person is always going to be the jealous one and that’s neither just Nagasawa nor Ueto. "Yamada is going to be quite jealous, don’t you think? She’s probably always going to suspect that there is something going on between him and the starring actress."

The announcement of the cast should be revealed soon, unless he can allow himself to fall behind the schedule even more. He can’t be blamed, there’s just too many great actresses out there…

credits: kawaii-joyuu

lol I'm not the least bit surprised about this, how could anyone be?
Although I hope the actress he chooses to play his "heroin" is Mao-chan, since I'm such a avid fan of Shumao! They have such un-deniably wonderful chemistry!
But I have a feeling it's going to be either Ueto Aya or Nagasawa Masami....among these 2, I hope he chooses Ueto Aya, at least they have good chemistry and are very familiar with each other since they've worked together quite a few times before.
There's just something about Nagasawa Masami that just irritates me.

Well, either way, I hope Shun all the best for his upcoming new movie, ganbatte!

Ratings update (August 3)

Sorry for the slow updates lately...here's another quick ratings update as of Aug 3...

Tenchijin ep 31 aired last night attracted average rating of 19.6%, just slightly below the 20% mark...the last time the ratings dropped below 20 was for ep 18 with 16.7%. Hopefully next week will pass the 20% mark again.

As for ANN, syummy still has not uploaded ep 119 yet...but hopefully she will soon.