The 91st Drama Academy Awards (Autumn 2016) - Best Leading Actress

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Aragaki Yui - Nigeru wa haji daga yaku ni tatsu
2) Ishihara Satomi - Jimi ni sugoi! Kouetsu Girl Kouno Etsuko
3) Yonekura Ryoko - Doctor X ~ Gekai Daimon Michiko ~

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Aragaki Yui - Nigeru wa haji daga yaku ni tatsu
2) Ishihara Satomi - Jimi ni sugoi! Kouetsu Girl Kouno Etsuko
3) Yonekura Ryoko - Doctor X ~ Gekai Daimon Michiko ~
4) Amami Yuki - Chef ~ Mitsuboshi no Kyuushoku ~
5) Kuriyama Chiaki - Copyface Kesareta Watashi

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Aragaki Yui - Nigeru wa haji daga yaku ni tatsu
2) Ishihara Satomi - Jimi ni sugoi! Kouetsu Girl Kouno Etsuko
3) Kanno Miho - Suna no Tou ~ Shirisugita Rinjin ~
4) Yonekura Ryoko - Doctor X ~ Gekai Daimon Michiko ~
5) Yoshida Yo - Lady Da Vinci no Shindan

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Aragaki Yui - Nigeru wa haji daga yaku ni tatsu
2) Yonekura Ryoko - Doctor X ~ Gekai Daimon Michiko ~
3) Ishihara Satomi - Jimi ni sugoi! Kouetsu Girl Kouno Etsuko
4) Harada Tomoyo - Unmei ni, nita koi
5) Amami Yuki - Chef ~ Mitsuboshi no Kyuushoku ~ / Kanno Miho - Suna no Tou ~ Shirisugita Rinjin ~ / Shimazaki Haruka - Keishicho Nashigorenka

Source: The Televison

Preview of "Copyface ~ Kesareta Watashi ~" - Autumn 2016

Title: Copyface ~ Kesareta Watashi ~ コピーフェイス ~ 消された私 ~ (Copyface ~ The me who was erased)
Official website: here
O.A. Start Date: 18 November 2016
Timeslot: Fridays 10pm
Total number of episodes: 6
Broadcast by: NHK
Cast: Kuriyama Chiaki, Sato Ryuta, Tamaoki Reo, Terada Minori, Tajima Reiko, Ashina Sei, Tsurumi Shingo, Maeda Aki

Screening event of new NHK drama "Copyface ~ Kesareta Watashi ~"

The screening event of new NHK drama "Copyface ~ Kesareta Watashi ~" was held in Osaka City on 11 November which was attended by cast members Kuriyama Chiaki, Sato Ryuta, Ashina Sei and Tamaoki Reo. The drama consists of 6 episodes and will be shown from 18 November in the Fridays 10pm timeslot.

Kuriyama plays two roles in this drama where she is a capable weekly magazine's journalist and the wife of the director of a clinic. While trying to interview the director's wife, the journalist follows her and boards the same flight as her. Unfortunately, they encounter a plane crash which leads to the wife's death and the journalist being badly injured. She is mistaken to be the director's wife and goes through plastic surgery to look exactly like the wife. As she leads a new life with a different identity, the journalist falls in love with the director and is caught between continuing to lie or come clean.

The press conference for the event was held in the room of the director's wife which was filled with branded clothes and accessories. Kuriyama remarked that the room on the set is so wide but the size of the room made her feel quite unsettled. As such, she couldn't imagine living in such a room and thinks that she can only stay here once in a while just like a hotel room. When asked by a reporter if there was any ideal person she would like to become after undergoing plastic surgery, Kuriyama replied that she would like to become a handsome man who is popular with girls which made her co-stars laugh. As for playing two characters at the same time, Kuriyama admitted that it was tough but enjoyable and interesting.

Sources: Oricon / Yomiuri Hochi / Sponichi

Kuriyama Chiaki to star in new NHK drama "Copyface ~ Kesareta Watashi ~"

Kuriyama Chiaki will be starring in the new NHK drama "Copyface ~ Kesareta Watashi" (Copyface ~ The me who was erased) based on the romance novel "Mirror Image" by US writer Sandra Brown. The drama which consists of 6 episodes, will begin its run from 18 November in the Fridays 10pm timeslot. The script is written by Shinozaki Eriko who was responsible for NHK morning drama "Mare" and various WOWOW dramas.

Kuriyama plays the role of the heroine who is a capable reporter working for a weekly magazine. In a bid to expose a beauty clinic's misdeeds, she gets close to the clinic director's wife to fish for information. While tailing the wife on a flight, the plane crashes and the reporter is mistaken for the wife when she is rescued from the scene. Due to her injuries, she undergoes plastic surgery and becomes the spitting image of the wife. As the reporter has lost her memory for the time being, she mistakenly believes that she is indeed the wife of the director. However, when she regains her memory, she discovers that she has fallen in love with the director who rightfully belongs to someone else and is unsure whether she should live for love and continue with her new identity or justice to regain her original life and expose the truth.

Co-stars include Sato Ryuta, Tamaoki Reo, Ashina Sei, Maeda Aki, Tsurumi Shingo, Tajima Reiko and Terada Minori.

Source: Oricon