Sunday, January 14, 2007

Attention Please SP


2007 Special
* Tagline: 洋子、ハワイに飛ぶ
* Tagline (romaji): Yoko, Hawaii ni Tobu
* Viewership rating: 17.2%
* Broadcast date: 2007-Jan-13
* Air time: Saturday 21:00

Synopsis

Now that Yoko has passed her basic courses and has become a CA, she begins her training to be placed on international flights. As part of her instruction, she'll be flying to Honolulu, Hawaii!

Cast

* Ueto Aya as Misaki Yoko
* Nishikido Ryo as Nakahara Shota
* Maya Miki as Mikami Tamaki
* Koizumi Kotaro as Tsutsumi Shuusuke
* Aibu Saki as Wakamura Yayoi
* Harada Natsuki as Risa Nakata
* Masana Bokuzo as Todoroki Hiroto
* Hori Mayumi as Ito Nanako
* Ito Masayuki as a passenger
* David Hirokane (デビット・ヒロカネ) as Mr. Nakata
* Yatsu Isao as the taxi driver
* Ideguchi Tetsuya (出口哲也) & Kawamoto Chiaki (河本千明) as the newlyweds
* Katsukura Keiko (勝倉けい子) as a passenger
* Taira Chiharu (平良千春) as the young mother
* Yamase Shota (山瀬翔太) as the high-spirited child


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Saturday, January 6, 2007

Hana Yori Dango 2


Season 2
* Episodes: 11
* Viewership rating: 21.7 (Kanto)
* Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-05 to 2007-Mar-16
* Theme song: Love So Sweet by Arashi
* Insert song: Flavor of Life by Utada Hikaru

Synopsis

This second season of Hana Yori Dango picks up right after Domyoji leaves for New York. After confessing to Domyoji, Makino has not spoken to him for a year. Rui and the other members of F4 try and help Makino meet Domyoji again by going to New York for the christmas holidays. Though F4 and Makino meet Domyoji again, he has become a completely different person, and so they leave for Japan.

Some time later, Domyoji's mother annouces that they will be returning to Japan. There, they hold a giant super-rich and classy birthday party for Domyoji and announce something very important. Domyoji, like in the first season, is engaged to a rich girl and heir. The only difference is that they are to be wed soon. What will Makino do?

On the side, Rui begins to fall in love with Makino... will this become a love... square?

Rui --> Makino --> Domyoji --> Shigeru (arranged fiancee of Domyoji)

Cast

* Inoue Mao as Makino Tsukushi
* Matsumoto Jun as Domyoji Tsukasa
* Oguri Shun as Hanazawa Rui
* Matsuda Shota as Nishikado Sojiro
* Abe Tsuyoshi as Mimasaka Akira
* Nishihara Aki as Matsuoka Yuuki
* Kato Natsuki as Okawahara Shigeru
* Seto Saki as Asai Yuriko
* Fukada Aki as Ayuhara Erika
* Matsuoka Emiko as Yamano Minako
* Sato Megumi as Sanjou Sakurako
* Sada Mayumi as Toudou Shizuka
* David Ito as Nishida
* Kato Takako as Sengoku Sachiyo
* Tomiura Satoshi as Makino Susumu (brother of Tsukushi)
* Kobayashi Susumu as Makino Haruo (father of Tsukushi)
* Ishino Mako as Makino Chieko (mother of Tsukushi)
* Matsushima Nanako as Domyoji Tsubaki (sister of Tsukasa)
* Kaga Mariko as Domyoji Kaede (mother of Tsukasa)
* Sato Yuuichi

Guests

* Ikuta Toma as Oribe Junpei (ep1)
* Yanagisawa Takahiko as Junpei's older brother (ep1)
* Kaku Tomohiro as Sawatari Shingo, the bully student (ep1)
* Fujisaki Yurie as Maeda Miki (ep1)
* Hagiwara Kazuki (ep1)
* Oomasa Aya (大政絢) as student of class 3-C
* Saito Michi as student of class 3-C
* Tsurumi Shingo as Uchida Ken (Domyoji Group employee, ep1-10)
* Suigetsu Mai (水月舞) as Uchida Ken's wife (ep1-6)
* Hashida Honoka (橋田歩果) as Uchida Ken's child (ep1-6)
* Miyazaki Midori (宮崎翠) as Uchida Ken's child (ep1-6)
* Asaoka Satoshi (朝岡聡) (ep1,2)
* Nishimura Tomomi as Akira's mother (ep3)
* Kitayama Imari (北山伊万里) as Akira's sister (ep3)
* Kitayama Himawari (北山向日葵) as Akira's sister (ep3)
* Kanjiya Shihori as Hinata Sara (ep3-7)
* Sasaki Katsuhiko (佐々木勝彦) as Shigeru's father (ep3,8)
* Mitani Yumi (三谷侑未) as Shigeru's mother (ep3,8)
* Misuzawa Nako as Miyuki (ep5)
* Sasaki Sumie as Tama (ep6,9)
* Asanuma Shinpei (浅沼晋平) as the principal of Hidenori Gakuen (ep6)
* Yatsu Isao (ep6)
* Yasuda Yoko (安田洋子) (ep6)
* Saito Yukino (斉藤幸乃) as a friend of F4 (ep6)
* Morita Konomi (森田このみ) as a friend of F4 (ep6,7)
* Tanaka Kei as Hinata Sara's fiance (ep7)
* Yakura Akira (矢倉亮) as the husband of Tama (ep8)
* Tanaka Natsuko (田中夏子) as young Tama (ep8)
* Okayama Hajime as Yuuki's father (ep9)
* Hiki Rie as Yuuki's mother (ep9)
* Yamamoto Kei (ep10)
* Toda Erika as Nakashima Umi (ep10,11)
* Higashino Kouji as a member of the rescue team (ep11)
* Komoriya Toru (小森谷徹) as the reporter (ep11)
* Matsumoto Tamaki


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