The 93rd Drama Academy Awards (Spring 2017) - Best Leading Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3
1) Fujiwara Tatsuya - Reverse
2) Oguri Shun - CRISIS Kouan Kido Sousatai Tokusouhan
3) Aiba Masaki - Kizoku Tantei

Voters Ranking Top 5
1) Aiba Masaki - Kizoku Tantei
2) Fujiwara Tatsuya - Reverse
3) Kamenashi Kazuya - Boku, Unmei no hito desu
4) Oguri Shun - CRISIS Kouan Kido Sousatai Tokusouhan
5) Ayano Go - Frankenstein no Koi

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5
1) Fujiwara Tatsuya - Reverse
2) Oguri Shun - CRISIS Kouan Kido Sousatai Tokusouhan
3) Hasegawa Hiroki - Chiisana Kyojin
4) Kamenashi Kazuya - Boku, Unmei no hito desu
5) Matsushige Yutaka - Kodoku no Gurume Season 6

Judges Ranking Top 5
1) Oguri Shun - CRISIS Kouan Kido Sousatai Tokusouhan
2) Fujiwara Tatsuya - Reverse
3) Ayano Go - Frankenstein no Koi / Hasegawa Hiroki - Chiisana Kyojin
5) Baka Rhythm - Kakuu OL Nikki

Source: The Televison

Preview of "Kakuu OL Nikki" - Spring 2017

Title: Kakuu OL Nikki 架空OL日記 (Fictitious OL Diary)
Official website: here
Official Instagram: here
Official LINE: here
Official Twitter: here
O.A. Start Date: 13 April 2017 (YTV) / 14 April 2017 (Hulu) / 15 April 2017 (NTV)
Timeslot: Thursdays 1.29am (YTV) / Saturdays 1.55am (NTV)
Broadcast by: YTV / NTV / Hulu
Original book by: Baka Rhythm
Scriptwriter: Baka Rhythm
Theme Song: "Getsuyoubi Sensou" by Yoshizawa Kayoko
Cast: Baka Rhythm, Kaho, Usuda Asami, Sato Rei, Yamada Maho

Supporting cast lineup of new NTV Spring 2017 drama "Kakuu OL Nikki" announced

The supporting cast lineup of new Yomiuri TV / NTV Spring 2017 drama "Kakuu OL Nikki" written by and starring Baka Rhythm has been announced. Following the broadcast on Yomiuri TV, Hulu will be showing the drama and include scenes which are not included in the TV version. Yomiuri TV will be showing the drama from 13 April at 1.29am while NTV will begin its run from 15 April.

The drama is based on a blog written by Baka Rhythm between 2006 and 2009 where he posed as a OL nicknamed Kakuu Masuno (meaning fictitious + Baka's real surname) who supposedly worked in a bank and wrote stories about the daily feelings of a OL from her perspective and the people around "her" such as Maki-chan who has such well-defined abs thanks to her training at the gym that she got mistaken as a staff there, naive junior Sae-chan, meticulous senior Noriko-senpai and her manly senior Komine as they gossiped and complained about various topics. As the stories had such a strong realistic touch and were so compelling, the readers didn't feel like it was something which a man was capable of writing. The entries were later compiled and published into a book.

Kaho will be playing Maki-chan who is a gym freak and boasts of washboard abs while Usuda Asami will be playing Komine who behaves like a man. Yamada Maho will be playing Noriko-senpai and Sato Ryo will be playing Sae-chan.

Source: Oricon

Yoshizawa Kayoko to sing the theme song for NTV Spring 2017 drama "Kakuu OL Nikki"

Yoshizawa Kayoko will be singing the theme song for NTV Spring 2017 drama "Kakuu OL Nikki" beginning its run from 15 April on Saturdays (broadcast time not confirmed yet). This will be her first time singing the theme song for a drama. The song titled "Getsuyoubi Sensou" (Monday War will be released as a single (date not confirmed yet) and is an up-tempo number which describes the daily lives of OLs as warriors who fit battles from Mondays.

Yoshizawa started writing songs since she was 16 and made her debut in 2014. She has written songs for artists such as Shiritsu Ebisu Chuugaku and has been praised by rock band back number as a talented artist.

Source: Sanspo

Baka Rhythm to write and star in new Yomiuri TV Spring 2017 drama "Kakuu OL Nikki"

Comedian Baka Rhythm will be writing and starring in his new Yomiuri TV Spring 2017 drama "Kakuu OL Nikki" (Fictitious OL Diary) which will be shown from April. Following the TV broadcast, Hulu will be showing the drama and include scenes which are not included in the TV version.

The drama is based on a blog written by Baka Rhythm between 2006 and 2009 where he posed as a OL nicknamed Kakuu Masuno (meaning fictitious + Baka's real surname) who supposedly worked in a bank and wrote stories about the daily feelings of a OL from her perspective and the people around "her" such as Maki-chan who has such well-defined abs thanks to her training at the gym that she got mistaken as a staff there, naive junior Sae-chan, meticulous senior Noriko-senpai and her manly senior Komine as they gossiped and complained about various topics. As the stories had such a strong realistic touch and were so compelling, the readers didn't feel like it was something which a man was capable of writing. The entries were later compiled and published into a book.

Of late, Baka Rhythm has been very active as a scriptwriter such as for the dramas "Kuroi Juunin no Onna" and "Sumusumu". To take on the leading role this time is even tougher due to scheduling conflicts and having the memorise the lines. Although he would have wanted to escape by not taking on the role, he feels that he is the only one who knows how to play this character so he will work hard to make the drama interesting.

Source: Oricon