Actor Profile: Horikita Maki

Name: 堀北真希 Name (romaji): Horikita Maki Birthdate: 1988 Oct 06 Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan Rate Horikita Maki: (20 votes, average: 4.85 out of 5)  Loading ... Where did I first see her? Without realising it, the first time I did see Maki was during Densha Otoko, the series. How ever, of course, the first time I noticed her was in Nobuta wo Produce as Kotani Nobuko. My...

Learning Japanese Through Hana Kimi

At the moment I’m tackling Hanazakari no Kimitachi e – the manga. While I was in Japan I bought home.. *ahem* 75 manga. Yes, it was heavy. You can check out a crappy phone photo here. All this manga goodness was thanks to the wonders and delights that is Book Off. It may just be the most wonderful place in the whole world. It sells second hand books at an awesome price. Just...

Actor Profile: Ikuta Toma

Name: 生田斗真 Name (romaji): Ikuta Toma Birthdate: 1984 Oct 07 Birthplace: Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, Japan Rate Ikuta Toma: (26 votes, average: 4.92 out of 5)  Loading ... Where did I first see him? I first saw him in Hana Yori Dango 2, where he played Junpei (I think that was his character’s name!) in the first episode. Everyone was so excited he was in it, I remember that, but...

Actor Profile: Oguri Shun

Name: 小栗旬 Name (romaji): Oguri Shun Birthdate: 1982 Dec 26 Birthplace: Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan Rate Oguri Shun: (70 votes, average: 4.80 out of 5)  Loading ... Where did I first see him? Without realising it, I first saw him in Densha Otoko, the tv series. It wasn’t until later, when I knew who he was, that I went back to rewatch and see him there. I can’t remember if I...

Hana Kimi Special – Videos

The Hana Kimi website has updated with some videos of the new special that is coming soon. It looks like they are having a lot of fun filming (but I haven’t watched all of the videos yet). I can not wait for the special to air, I really enjoyed this...