Winners of the 43rd Hochi Movie Awards (2018)

Best Japanese Movie: Korou no Chi

Best Director: Omori Tatsushi - Nichinichi Kore Koujitsu

Best Leading Actor: Yakusho Koji - Korou no Chi

Best Leading Actress: Shinohara Ryoko - Ningyo no nemuru ie / SUNNY Tsuyoi kimochi tsuyoi ai

Best Supporting Actor: Ninomiya Kazunari - Kensatsugawa no Zainin

Best Supporting Actress: Kiki Kirin - Mori no iru basho / Manbiki Kazoku / Nichinichi Kore Koujitsu

Best Newcomer:
Minami Sara - Shino-chan wa jibun no namae ga ienai
Makita Aju - Shino-chan wa jibun no namae ga ienai

Best Foreign Movie: Wonder

Best Animation Movie: Meitantei Conan Zero no Shikkounin

Special Award: Camera wo tomeruna!

Source: Natalie

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 24th & 25th Nov 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (358)

2) Bohemian Rhapsody (368)

3) Sumaho wo otoshitadake nanoni (314)

4) Ningyo no nemuru ie (327)

5) Venom (352)

6) Uirabu (215)

7) Eiga Hugtto! Precure Futari wa Precure All Stars Memories (229)

8) Burn the Stage the Movie (95)

9) Nichinichi Kore Koujitsu (160)

10) souvenir the movie Mariya Takeuchi Theater Live (34)

Source: Eiga.com

The 3rd top 10 ideal otona-joshi celebrities ranking 2018 (Oricon)

This survey is conducted annually by Oricon where women in their teens to 50s chose the female celebrity who they admire and hope to emulate as they become adults. Numbers in brackets indicate the ranking which the celebrity held in last year's ranking and those who did not get into the top 10 last year have a dash in the brackets.

Interestingly, Ishida Yuriko was the top choice for women in their 20s to 40s while Amami Yuki was the preferred choice for the teenagers and those in their 50s.

1) Ishida Yuriko (1)

2) Amami Yuki (2)

3) Kichise Michiko (3)

4) Igawa Haruka (4)

5) Yoshida Yo (8)

6) Matsushima Nanako (9)

7) Amuro Namie (7)

8) Shinohara Ryoko (5)

9) Maya Miki (-)

10) Yonekura Ryoko (6)

Source: Oricon

Preview of "Nusumareta Kao ~ Miatari Sousahan ~" - Winter 2019

Title: Nusumareta Kao ~ Miatari Sousahan ~ 盗まれた顔 ~ ミアタリ捜査班 ~ (Stolen Face ~ Fugitive Investigation Unit ~)
Official website: here
O.A. Start Date: 5 Jan 2019
Timeslot: Saturdays 10pm
Total number of episodes: 5
Original novel by: Hada Keisuke
Cast: Tamaki Hiroshi, Uchida Rio, Machida Keita, Shibukawa Kiyohiko, Ito Ayumi, Maruyama Tomomi, Yamazaki Shigenori, Sakou Yoshi, Tomochika, Nakamura Yuri & Mashima Hidekazu

Preview of "Endo Kenichi to Kudo Kankuro no Benkyou sasateitadakimasu" - Autumn 2018

Title: Endo Kenichi to Kudo Kankuro no Benkyou sasateitadakimasu 遠藤憲一と宮藤宮九郎の勉強させていただきます (Endo Kenichi and Kudo Kankuro's Please allow me to have the privilege of learning from you)
Official website: here
O.A. Start Date: 12 November 2018
Timeslot: Mondays 12 midnight
Broadcast by: WOWOW
Total number of episodes: 7
Scriptwriter: Kudo Kankuro
Cast: Endo Kenichi, Kudo Kankuro, Kasahara Hideyuki, Yoshii Akiko, Noda Teppei, Aitsuki Akiko, Mochizuki Ayumu, Kamo Mihoko, Arai Keita, Ho-chanmi, Sakata Tadashi, Tanaka Sougen & Hayashi Maya
Guest Lineup: Oguri Shun, Naka Riisa, Kato Ryo, Takahata Atsuko, Nomura Shuhei, Mizuno Miki, Takashima Masanobu and Momoi Kaori

Preview of "Pandora IV - AI Sensou -" - Autumn 2018

Title: Pandora IV - AI Sensou - パンドラIV - AI戦争 - (Pandora IV - AI War -)
Official website: here
O.A. Start Date: 11 Nov 2018
Timeslot: Sundays 10pm
Broadcast by: WOWOW
Total number of episodes: 6
Cast: Mukai Osamu, Kuroki Hitomi, Mimura Rie, Miura Takahiro, Yamamoto Koji, Harada Taizo & Watabe Atsuro

Vivi's Top 10 handsome men ranking for the second half of 2018

Fashion magazine Vivi released the results of their top 10 handsome men ranking for the second half of 2018 which was derived from a poll conducted via the Internet and their smartphone app where they chose 5 male celebrities who were considered handsome and ranked them accordingly. Points were then assigned to their choices where 5 points were given to No.1 and 1 point was given to No.5.

Note that the numbers in brackets indicate the number of points received by the celebrities:

1) Yoshizawa Ryo (8,928)

2) Hirano Sho (8,192)

3) Nagase Ren (6,328)

4) Arata Mackenyu (5,542)

5) Sato Shori (4,727)

6) Nakajima Kento (4,083)

7) Yamashita Tomohisa (3,681)

8) Katayose Ryota (2,935)

9) Hayashi Kento (2,250)

10) Tanaka Kei (2,011)

Source: Vivi

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 17th & 18th Nov 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Bohemian Rhapsody (368)

2) Venom (352)

3) Ningyo no nemuru ie (327)

4) Sumaho wo otoshitadake nanoni (314)

5) Uirabu (215)

6) Eiga Hugtto! Precure Futari wa Precure All Stars Memories (229)

7) Burn the Stage the Movie (95)

8) GODZILLA Hoshi wo kuu mono (158)

9) Tabineko Report (321)

10) Sicario: Day of the Soldado (57)

Source: Eiga.com

The 98th Drama Academy Awards (Summer 2018) - Best Drama

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Gibo to Musume no Blues
2) Hanbun, Aoi
3) dele

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Good Doctor
2) Zero - Ikkaku Senkin Game
3) Tokyo Alien Brothers
4) Gibo to Musume no Blues
5) dele

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Gibo to Musume no Blues
2) Hanbun, Aoi
3) dele
4) Good Doctor
5) Takane no Hana

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Hanbun, Aoi
2) Gibo to Musume no Blues
3) Kono sekai no katasumi ni
4) dele
5) Toumei na Yurikago

Source: The Television

The 98th Drama Academy Awards (Summer 2018) - Best Leading Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Yamazaki Kento - Good Doctor
2) Yamada Takayuki - dele
3) Suda Masaki - dele

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Yamazaki Kento - Good Doctor
2) Inoo Kei - Tokyo Alien Brothers
3) Kato Shigeaki - Zero - Ikkaku Senkin Game -
4) Ayano Go - Hagetaka
5) Yamada Takayuki - dele

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Yamazaki Kento - Good Doctor
2) Yamada Takayuki - dele
3) Kubota Masataka - Himomen
4) Matsuzaka Toori - Kono sekai no katasumi ni
5) Suda Masaki - dele / Sawamura Ikki - Zettai Reido ~ Mizen Hanzai Sennyuu Sousa ~

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Yamazaki Kento - Good Doctor
2) Suda Masaki - dele
3) Yamada Takayuki - dele
4) Sano Shiro - Genkai Danchi
5) Ayano Go - Hagetaka

Source: The Televison

The 98th Drama Academy Awards (Summer 2018) - Best Leading Actress

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Nagano Mei - Hanbun, Aoi
2) Ayase Haruka - Gibo to Musume no Blues
3) Ishihara Satomi - Takane no Hana

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Ayase Haruka - Gibo to Musume no Blues
2) Nagano Mei - Hanbun, Aoi
3) Ishihara Satomi - Takane no Hana
4) Haru - Survival Wedding
5) Matsumoto Honoka - Kono sekai no katasumi ni

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Ayase Haruka - Gibo to Musume no Blues
2) Nagano Mei - Hanbun, Aoi
3) Ishihara Satomi - Takane no Hana
4) Matsumoto Honoka - Kono sekai no katasumi ni
5) Haru - Survival Wedding

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Nagano Mei - Hanbun, Aoi
2) Ayase Haruka - Gibo to Musume no Blues
3) Matsumoto Honoka - Kono sekai no katasumi ni
4) Ishihara Satomi - Takane no Hana
5) Kiyohara Kaya - Toumei na Yurikago

Source: The Television

The 98th Drama Academy Awards (Summer 2018) - Best Supporting Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Sato Takeru - Hanbun, Aoi
2) Toyokawa Etsushi - Hanbun, Aoi
3) Takenouchi Yutaka - Gibo to Musume no Blues

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Sato Takeru - Hanbun, Aoi
2) Totsuka Shota - Tokyo Alien Brothers
3) Fujiki Naohito - Good Doctor
4) Mamiya Shotaro - Zero - Ikkaku Senkin Game -
5) Sato Ryuga - Zero - Ikkaku Senkin Game -

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Sato Takeru - Hanbun, Aoi
2) Takenouchi Yutaka - Gibo to Musume no Blues
3) Toyokawa Etsushi - Hanbun, Aoi
4) Seto Koji - Toumei na Yurikago / Mineta Kazunobu - Takane no Hana / Katsuji Ryo - Himomen / Sato Takeru - Gibo to Musume no Blues

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Toyokawa Etsushi - Hanbun, Aoi
2) Sato Takeru - Hanbun, Aoi
3) Mineta Kazunobu - Takane no Hana
4) Yoshida Kotaro - Keiji Shichinin / Takenouchi Yutaka - Gibo to Musume no Blues / Iura Arata - Kenkou de bunkateki na saiteigendo no seikatsu

Source: The Televison

The 98th Drama Academy Awards (Summer 2018) - Best Supporting Actress

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Ueno Juri - Good Doctor
2) Yokomizo Naho - Gibo to Musume no Blues
3) Kamishiraishi Moka - Gibo to Musume no Blues

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Ueno Juri - Good Doctor
2) Koike Eiko - Zero - Ikkaku Senkin Game -
3) Sawajiri Erika - Hagetaka / Yoshine Kyoko - Takane no Hana
5) Matsuyuki Yasuko - Hanbun, Aoi

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Kamishiraishi Moka - Gibo to Musume no Blues
2) Seino Nana - Hanbun, Aoi
3) Yokomizo Naho - Gibo to Musume no Blues / Ueno Juri - Good Doctor
5) Asou Kumiko - dele

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Matsuyuki Yasuko - Hanbun, Aoi / Harada Tomoyo - Hanbun, Aoi
3) Yokomizo Naho - Gibo to Musume no Blues / Ueno Juri - Good Doctor
5) Sawajiri Erika - Hagetaka

Source: The Televison

The 10th Most Desired Male Faces Ranking (Oricon)

This is an annual survey conducted by Oricon on 500 men from their teens to 50s where they select the male celebrities who they feel have the faces that they desire to have. Fukuyama Masaharu who had won the No.1 title for 5 years in a row, entered the hall of fame in 2013 so is no longer included in this ranking. Past winners of the title include Mukai Osamu, Kimura Takuya, Dean Fujioka and Takeuchi Ryoma.

Numbers in brackets indicate the position held by the celebrity in the previous year's ranking. If the person had not been part of the top 10, a dash is indicated instead.

Although Takeuchi was the top favourite among the teenagers and those in their 20s, Takenouchi Yutaka swept the No.1 title for the 30s, 40s and 50s categories.

1) Takenouchi Yutaka (2)

2) Takeuchi Ryoma (1)

3) Tsumabuki Satoshi (4)

4) Dean Fujioka (3)

5) Inaba Koji (-)

6) Fukushi Souta (8)

7) Nishijima Hidetoshi (-)

8) Sato Takeru (9)

9) Kimura Takuya (6)

10) Yamazaki Kento (-)

Source: Oricon

The 98th Drama Academy Awards (Summer 2018) - Best Theme Song

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Idea - Hoshino Gen (Hanbun, Aoi)
2) Ai no katachi feat. HIDE (GReeeeN) - MISIA (Gibo to Musume no Blues)
3) Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley (Takane no Hana)

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) COSMIC HUMAN - Hey! Say! Jump (Tokyo Alien Brothers)
2) Ikiro - NEWS (Zero - Ikkaku Senkin Game -)
3) Idea - Hoshino Gen (Hanbun, Aoi)
4) Hibiwareta sekai - majiko (Genkai Danchi)
5) Ai no katachi feat. HIDE (GReeeeN) - MISIA (Gibo to Musume no Blues)

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Ai no katachi feat. HIDE (GReeeeN) - MISIA (Gibo to Musume no Blues)
2) Idea - Hoshino Gen (Hanbun, Aoi)
3) Hikari - androp (Good Doctor)
4) Moshi kimi wo yurusetara - Ieiri Leo (Zettai Reido ~ Mizen Hanzai Sennyuu Sousa ~)
5) Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley (Takane no Hana)

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Idea - Hoshino Gen (Hanbun, Aoi)
2) Love Me Tender - Elvis Presley (Takane no Hana)
3) SINGLES - Mr.Children (Hagetaka)
4) Ikiro - NEWS (Zero - Ikkaku Senkin Game -)
5) Hibiwareta sekai - majiko (Genkai Danchi)

Source: The Televison

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 10th & 11th Nov 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Bohemian Rhapsody (368)

2) Venom (352)

3) Uirabu (215)

4) Sumaho wo otoshitadake nanoni (314)

5) Eiga Hugtto! Precure Futari wa Precure All Stars Memories (229)

6) GODZILLA Hoshi wo kuu mono (158)

7) Zoku Warimonogatari (30)

8) Tabineko Report (321)

9) ANEMONE Psalm of Planets Eureka Seven: Hi-Evolution (107)

10) Johnny English Strikes Again (111)

Source: Eiga.com

The 12th Most Desired Female Faces Ranking (Oricon)

This is an annual survey conducted by Oricon on 500 women from their teens to 50s where they select the female celebrities who they feel have the faces that they desire to have.

Numbers in brackets indicate the position held by the celebrity in the previous year's ranking. If the person had not been part of the top 10, a dash is indicated instead.

Looking at the results in age brackets, women in their teens and 20s chose Aragaki Yui as their No.1 while those in their 30s to 50s chose Kitagawa Keiko:

1) Aragaki Yui (1)

2) Kitagawa Keiko (2)

3) Ishihara Satomi (3)

4) Igawa Haruka (7)

5) Fukada Kyoko (5)

6) Sasaki Nozomi (4)

7) Ishida Yuriko (9)

8) Shibasaki Kou (6)

9) Ayase Haruka (10)

10) Kichise Michiko (-)

Source: Oricon

Top 10 movies box office ranking for the weekend of 3rd & 4th Nov 2018

Numbers in brackets indicate the number of cinemas showing the movie:

1) Venom (352)

2) Sumaho wo otoshitadake nanoni (314)

3) Eiga Hugtto! Precure Futari wa Precure All Stars Memories (229)

4) Uchuu no Hou Reimeihen (206)

5) Tabineko Report (321)

6) Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou (253)

7) Oku Otoko (298)

8) Nichinichi Kore Koujitsu (153)

9) Hashire! T Kou Basukebu (252)

10) Uchuu Senkan Yamato 2202 Ai no senshitachi Dairokusho [Kaiseihen] (35)

Source: Eiga.com