Winners of the 39th Nihon Academy Awards (2015)

Outstanding Movies
- Umimachi diary
- Kainan 1890
- Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi
- Haha to kuraseba
- Hyakuen no Koi

Outstanding Animation Movies
- Kokoro ga sakebitagatterun da
- Sarusuberi ~ Miss HOKUSAI ~
- Dragon Ball Z Fukkatsu no F
- Bakemono no Ko
- Love Live! The school idol Movie

Oustanding Directors
- Ohne Hitoshi (Bakuman)
- Koreeda Hirokazu (Umimachi diary)
- Take Masaharu (Hyakuen no Koi)
- Tanaka Mitsutoshi (Kainan 1890)
- Harada Masato (Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi)

Outstanding Leading Actors
- Uchino Seiyo (Kainan 1890)
- Ooizumi Yo (Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko)
- Sato Koichi (Terminal)
- Ninomiya Kazunari (Haha to kuraseba)
- Yakusho Koji (Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi)

Outstanding Leading Actresses
- Ayase Haruka (Umimachi diary)
- Arimura Kasumi (Biri Gal)
- Ando Sakura (Hyakuen no Koi)
- Kiki Kirin (An)
- Yoshinaga Sayuri (Haha to kuraseba)

Outstanding Supporting Actors
- Asano Tadanobu (Haha to kuraseba)
- Arai Hirofumi (Hyakuen no Koi)
- Ito Atsushi (Biri Gal)
- Sometani Shota (Bakuman)
- Motoki Masahiro (Tenkuu no Hachi / Nihon no Ichiban Nagai Hi)

Outstanding Supporting Actresses
- Kaho (Umimachi diary)
- Kuroki Haru (Haha to kuraseba)
- Nagasawa Masami (Umimachi diary)
- Mitsushima Hikari (Kakekomi Onna to Kakedashi Otoko)
- Yoshida Yo (Biri Gal)

Newcomer Award
- Arimura Kasumi (Biri Gal)
- Tsuchiya Tao (orange)
- Hirose Suzu (Umimachi diary)
- Fujino Ryoko (Solomon no Gishou Zenpen Jiken / Kohen Saiban)
- Shinohara Atsushi (Koibitotachi)
- Noda Yojiro (Toire no Pieta)
- Yamazaki Kento (orange)
- Yamada Ryosuke (Ansatsu Kyoushitsu)

Source: Oricon

Yahoo! Japan Search Awards 2015

Yahoo! Japan released the results of its annual Search Awards on 9 December 2015 for the people and items which have seen a remarkable increase in search queries on its portal compared to the previous year. There are a total of 20 awards from three categories i.e. person, culture and product and the qualifying period was from 1 January 2015 to 1 November 2015.

Grand Award: Sandaime J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE

Person Category
Actor: Kubota Masataka
Actress: Hirose Suzu
Comedian: 8.6 byo Bazooka
Athlete: Goromaru Ayumu
Model: Fujita Nicole
Musician" Sandaime J Soul Brothers from EXILE TRIBE
Idol: Hey! Say! JUMP
Voice Actor: Kaneda Tomoko
Writer: Matayoshi Naoki

Culture Category
Anime: Ansatsu Kyoushitsu
Movie: Jurassic World
Game: Monster Strike
Novel: Hibana by Matayoshi Naoki
Drama: Mare (NHK morning drama)

Product Category
Drink: Sogen Bicha
Food ordered online: Freshly made potato chips from Kikusui-do
Electrical appliance: Dyson vacuum cleaner
Car: Honda S660
Cosmetics: Yves Saint Laurent lipstick
Dessert: Seven Cafe's doughnuts

Source: Yahoo! Japan

Ninomiya Kazunari, Kiritani Mirei & Narimiya Hiroki to join the cast of movie "Ansatsu Kyoshitsu ~ Sotsugyo Hen ~"

Arashi's Ninomiya Kazunari, Kiritani Mirei and Narimiya Hiroki will be joining the cast of new movie "Ansatsu Kyoshitsu ~ Sotsugyo Hen" which is due to be shown in cinemas from 25 March 2016. The movie featuring Hey! Say! JUMP's Yamada Ryosuke, is set in a junior high school's Class 3E who has a new form teacher named Koro Sensei that looks like an octopus and the students are ordered to kill the teacher using various ways. The three actors will be appearing in flashback scenes. Ninomiya will play the Death God before he was turned into Koro Sensei while Kiritani plays the former form teacher of Class 3E named Yukimura Aguri. Narimiya will play the scientist Yanagisawa Kotaro who was responsible for transforming the Death God into Koro Sensei.

Ninomiya who had appeared in the previous "Ansatsu Kyoshitsu" as the voice actor for Koro Sensei, commented that he had not taken on any action scenes since the movie "GANTZ" five years ago so he thinks that this will be a selling point for fans this time. As for Kiritani, she was excited about wearing the strange clothes that Aguri wore in the manga while Narimiya expressed anticipation at seeing the final version of the movie when it is completed.

Source: Sponichi

First-day-screening event of new movie "Eiga Ansatsu Kyoshitsu"

The first-day-screening event of new movie "Eiga Ansatsu Kyoshitsu" was held on 21 March at TOHO Cinemas Roppongi Hills which was attended by the cast members Hey! Say! JUMP's Yamada Ryosuke, Suda Masaki, Yamamoto Maika, Jiyoung, Shiina Kippei and the director Hasumi Eiichiro. The movie which will be shown in 313 cinemas nationwide, is based on the same-titled manga by Matsui Yusei, features junior high students in class 3E who are ranked the lowest in their level who tries to kill their form teacher Koro-sensei which is an alien and has declared its intention to destroy the earth.

Yamada who is acting in a movie as the lead character for the first time, commented that he had always wanted to work with Suda because of his great acting skills so he's full of respect for him in this respect. On the other hand, he unexpectedly found out that Suda is a strange person who behaves in a weird manner. Shiina also chipped in by saying that they had a meal gathering involving 70 people on the set once but Suda brought a guitar along not with the intention of performing for them and instead kept singing a meaningless phrase repeatedly during the gathering. In response, Suda said that there was a meaning in what he had sung but apparently, those around him didn't understand it. The cast also expressed great joy in seeing the movie being screened nationwide so that those in their hometowns could also watch the movie along with everyone else. Shiina revealed during the event that Director Hasumi's child was also born in the same morning as the first-day-screening which was a miracle because the due date was not supposed to be so early.

During the event, the lights in the theatre were suddenly turned off. When the lights were back on, the cast and audience were surprised to see Arashi's Ninomiya Kazunari on stage. His guest appearance was kept a secret from everyone including his identity as the voice actor behind Koro-sensei. Ninomiya revealed that he was offered the role of voicing Koro-sensei in autumn last year after the cast had finished the filming. He was told to keep it a secret including from Yamada who is his junior from Johnny's Jimusho and worried about when he might unwittingly let the cat out of the bag since he often met up with the latter. Yamada also revealed that his parents were convinced that the voice actor behind Koro-sensei should be Ninomiya but he was insistent that they had got it wrong because he didn't think that he would be kept in the dark as the lead if Ninomiya was indeed the voice actor. As such, Yamada apologised for doubting his parents and stressed that he did not lie to them because he was truly unaware.

Source: Eiga.com 1 / Eiga.com 2

Completion press conference of new movie "Eiga Ansatsu Kyoshitsu"

The completion press conference of new movie "Eiga Ansatsu Kyoshitsu" was held on 4 March which was attended by the director Hasumi Eiichiro and cast members Hey! Say! JUMP's Yamada Ryosuke, Suda Masaki, Yamamoto Maika, Jiyoung and Shiina Kippei. The movie which will be shown in cinemas from 21 March, is based on the manga by Matsui Yusei that had accumulated sales of 13.5 million copies to date. The story is set in an elite junior high school Kunigigaoka where the students in Class 3E who are poor in their studies resolve to kill their form teacher which is a non-human. Initially, the students are not too keen on doing this but get tempted at the reward of JPY 10 billion offered by the Japanese government. Yamada plays the leading role of Shiota Nagisa in the movie.

Yamada recounted that he was told about the movie offer when he was given a file containing details of the movie minutes before he was due to appear on stage for a live concert. As a result, he was unsure how he should go ahead with his concert as his mind was in a whirl over the sudden news. In addition, he realised that the character Nagisa resembled a girl in the manga and wondered if he was the right person to be taking on the role and felt that other people should be a better match. However, when he was praised by Shiina about having assimilated into his role.

Suda who is a big fan of the manga, revealed that he had met the author Matsui before during an interview, plays the role of Nagisa's buddy Akabane Karuma in the movie. He expressed his excitement at being able to take part in this movie but commented that he did feel the pressure when Matsui told him that Karuma was the most popular character as voted by readers so he wanted to meet up to these expectations. As for Jiyoung who makes her debut in a movie through the character Irina, she revealed that she had to do research on how to speak and cross her legs in order to show the sexiness of this character. In addition, this was the first time she had stayed for an extended period in Japan and went to the suburbs for filming so it had been a learning experience for her every day. Shiina who plays the class' assistant form teacher Karasume Tadaomi, revealed that this was his first role as a teacher in his acting career so far and it had been a refreshing experience for him to stand in front of 30 students in the classroom. Hasumi also said that the crew had built an open set in Gunma Prefecture for the filming which everyone had to stay at for one month thus allowing them to bond and become closer as a result.

Source: Eiga.com

Hey! Say! JUMP's Yamada Ryosuke to star in new movie "Ansatsu Kyoshitsu"

Hey! Say! JUMP's Yamada Ryosuke will be starring in his first leading role in a movie when he appears in the new movie "Ansatsu Kyoshitsu" (Assasination Classroom) which will be shown in cinemas from March 2015. The movie is based on the manga by Matsui Yusei which has released 10 volumes and accumulated sales of 10 million copies to date. The story is set in a famous junior high school where the worst class in the standard i.e. class 3E has a new form teacher who appears in a octopus-form, boasts of various special powers and declares that it will destroy the world in one year. The students in the class are tasked by the government to kill their form teacher and resort to various ways to do so including using guns. Among them, Yamada plays an ordinary student Shiota Nagisa who will have to play a part in eliminating their form teacher. Co-stars include Shiina Kippei who plays the class' assistant form teacher and Suda Masaki who also plays a student in class 3E.

Source: Sanspo