I’m looking forward to Atashinchi no Danshi, and from the poll from my Spring Drama introduction post, everyone else is too. The official website has been updating daily with the cast of the six adopted sons in the family Horikita Maki’s marries into. Let’s take a look at who they are!

Kaname Jun plays the oldest son at 30 years old. It seems the character is jobless but gets everything handed to him. Kaname Jun has been in shows such as Himitsu no Hanazono and Ryusei no Kizuna.

Okada Yoshinori plays the second son, 27 years old. He is a biker and loves to gamble. Yoshinori has been in lots of things, including Hana Kimi which I recognise him from… But this will be my first real encounter with him.

Mukai Osamu plays the third son, a 25 year old host. Osamu has most recently been in Mei-chan no Shitsuji, but as also been in Nodame Cantibile, Hachimitsu to Clover, and Bambino.

Yamamoto Yusuke plays the 22 year old fourth son, a fashion model. But he’s still a virgin! Yusuke is well known to Hana Kimi fans. He was also in Himitsu no Hanazono playing a role which I think was rather pointless to the over all show…

Seto Koji plays high schooler fifth son, a 17 year old ex magician. Koji is from the tv drama version of Koizora.

Okayama Toshiki plays the sixth son, 12 year old genius middle schooler who trades shares on the internet. I’m not sure, but I think this may be Toshiki’s first role, and it sounds like it’s going to be a good one. Atashinchi no Danshi will be airing on Tuesdays at 9pm on Fuji TV. It will start on April 14th. Check out translations of the characters from the main website here.

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Most of the new dramas airing next season have now been announced and it’s that time where I can’t wait for the new season to begin! Here I will highlight some of the ones I’m looking forward to or at least have some curiosity in. I’m Liking The Sound Of…

Atashinchi no Danshi Horikita Maki’s character marries a man who offers to pay off her debts that her father made, and moves into an eccentric family. I think (hope) this will be quirky and fun, and there are lots of well know guys in it: Kaname Jun, Okada Yoshinori, Mukai Osamu, and Yamamoto Yusuke have been announced so far. Hyoryu Net Cafe Toki Koichi leads a pretty dull life. Until he meets his first love again in an internet cafe. Suddenly something happens with the electricity and he and everyone else get stuck in the cafe which has become a strange universe… or something. Perhaps it’ll be something like Long Love Letter, the drifting classroom drama. Stars Ito Atsushi who I hope wont be doing another Densha Otoko take with his character. Also staring Asami Reina, and KIKI

Hmmmm? Dunno…

Ghost Friends Fukuda Saki plays a girl who can see ghosts after a car accident. Then she falls inlove with one of the ghosts. Nishijima Takahiro plays the love interest. Sounds OK, I like ghosts, but also doesn’t really sound that exciting at the moment… I think this one is aimed at a young audience, but I could be wrong. Smile Staring Matsumoto Jun as a half-Filipino with no family and Aragaki Yui who can’t speak…. something about always smiling. Yeah, the story line sounds a bit twee but I’ll watch the first couple of eps for the cast! Majo Saiban Ikuta Toma is chosen as a Juror on the trial of a suspected woman’s murderer trial. Yeah, from that name alone you know I’ll be watching, but at the moment this one feels like it is just going to educate us on the juror (jurial? I’m not sure) system. Hope it proves me wrong. Also staring Kato Ai and Higa Manami Boku no Imoto Staring Odagiri Joe and Nagasawa Masami, this is another “maybe” because of cast. The two are siblings with a close bond because of the death of their parents. However, Masami’s character isn’t the brightest and makes bad choices, testing the strength of the sibling’s relationship. Could be OK maybe…

Noteables

Konkatsu! About a single salary man in his mid 30s. Everyone around him talks about marriage so he begins to think about it as well. Noteable because Nakai Masahiro is staring in this! From Smap, for the past couple of Star Bowling eps that I’ve been watching he’s been wishing to be in another drama. His wish has come true! - also stars Ueto Aya, Sato Ryuta, and Matsukata Hiroki

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SMAPxSMAP Episode Air Date: 09-03-09 Rate This Episdoe: Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it. I really enjoyed this episode! It had a lot in it. Paris Hilton, Mei-chan no Shitsuji cast, Horikita Maki, Kamiji Yusuke, and someone who I assume is some baseball player. Lots of laughs, lots of fun

First we have Takuya Kimura dressed up as a girl. He’s very pretty. He and some friends meet Paris Hilton. She gives Kimura some glasses. In return they give her some presents. Except the presents Kimura gives aren’t very nice presents.

You can tell most of it was set up and that Paris is a really bad actor. She’s good at just smiling. That’s about all…

In the end she went off with Kimura because he promised her she would be introduced to the guy in the photo below at a party.

Next section was SMAP Bistro, with the Mei-chan no Shitsuji cast. I love these guys, they are so cute! Smap all picked on Takeru which was cute, and someone, I forget who, accidently called him “Wataru” or some such, and the other guys jumped in “Wataru?”

Yes, I think Takeru is adorable. What a little cutie.

Katori dressed up as a sheep. Highly amusing.

Of course Katori and Kimura won.

  Next was a quiz with Horikita Maki and Kamiji Yusuke. Nakai wouldn’t let Yusuke promote his new special that’s airing, “Kamiji Yusuke Monogatari”, a documentary about himself. Instead he kept allowing Maki talk about her show, “Chance”.

Now, Maki-chan, this is your real smile! Wear it more often!

  The guys then threw balls which who I assume is a baseball player. They tried to guess the speed they would throw the ball at, and in the end the base ball guy got it. For some reason, Katori was dressed as a cow.

  Lastly they sang some song but I am not sure what it was because I feel asleep and conveniently woke up when it was over…

yawn. Lucky the rest was good.

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Name: 堀北真希 Name (romaji): Horikita Maki Birthdate: 1988 Oct 06 Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan Rate Horikita Maki: Note: There is a rating embedded within this post, please visit this post to rate it. 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 Opinion From Nobuta wo Produce, I began to see her everywhere! I really enjoy the shows that she is in and like to look out for her shows. That being said, you can really tell the difference between her real smile and her acting smile. It is really bad! TV Shows: Atashinchi no Danshi (2009) Chance! (2009) Danso no Reijin (2008) Innocent Love (2008) Hanazakari no Kimitachi e SP (2008) Tokyo Daikushu (2008) Deru Toko Demasho! (2007) Hanazakari no Kimitachi e (2007) Densha Otoko Deluxe (2006) Kurosagi (2006) Nobuta wo Produce (2005) Densha Otoko (2005)

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