The 84th Drama Academy Awards (Winter 2015) - Best Leading Actor

Overall Ranking Top 3

1) Kusanagi Tsuyoshi - Zeni no Sensou

2) Ikuta Toma - Ouroboros

3) Tamayama Tetsuji - Massan

Voters Ranking Top 5

1) Ikuta Toma - Ouroboros

2) Kusanagi Tsuyoshi - Zeni no Sensou

3) Tamayama Tetsuji - Massan

4) Kishi Yuta - Oniichan, Gacha

5) Tamaki Hiroshi - Zannen na Otto

TV Reporters Ranking Top 5

1) Kusanagi Tsuyoshi - Zeni no Sensou

2) Ikuta Toma - Ouroboros

3) Tamayama Tetsuji - Massan

4) Kagawa Teruyuki - Ryusei Wagon

5) Yamada Takayuki - Yamada Takayuki no Tokyo-to Kita-ku Akabane / Kamenashi Kazuya - Second Love

Judges Ranking Top 5

1) Kusanagi Tsuyoshi - Zeni no Sensou

2) Tamayama Tetsuji - Massan

3) Yamada Takayuki - Yamada Takayuki no Tokyo-to Kita-ku Akabane

4) Ikuta Toma - Ouroboros

5) Nakamura Masatoshi - Kaze no Toge ~ Ginkan no Fu ~

Source: The Television

Completion press conference and screening event of TBS Winter 2015 drama "Ryusei Wagon"

The completion press conference and screening event of TBS Winter 2015 drama "Ryusei Wagon" was held on 10 Jan which was attended by the cast members Nishijima Hidetoshi, Kagawa Teruyuki, Yoshioka Hidetaka and Igawa Haruka. The drama which begins its run from 18 Jan in the Sundays 9pm timeslot, is based on the novel by Naoki Award winner Shigematsu Kiyoshi which features Nishijima as Nagata Kazuo who is faced with the double whammy of retrenchment and the breakdown of his family, At this juncture, Kazuo happens to ride a wagon with his father played by Kagawa which brings them back into the past. Igawa plays Nishijima's wife while Yoshioka plays the driver of the wagon. More than 6,000 applications for the screening event were received but only 200 people were selected in the end.

As the first episode alone took close to two months to produce and filming was only completed last week, it was also the first time that the cast saw the results of their hard work during the screening event. Nishijima said that he was so touched by the first episode that he cried. Kagawa also said that he was satisfied with the  end product and that having worked with Nishijima consecutively for three years (Double Face, MOZU) and knowing each other for 20 years were beneficial to helping them play father and son this time. In response, Nishijima joked that they have been together so much in the last three years and always ate the same things that they are looking more and more like each other especially from the side view.

Source: Sponichi

Preview of "Ryusei Wagon" - Winter 2015

Title: Ryusei Wagon (流星ワゴン)
Official website: here
Official Facebook page: here
Official Twitter page: here
O.A. Start Date: 18 Jan 2015
Timeslot: Sundays 9pm
Broadcast by: TBS
Original novel by: Shigematsu Kiyoshi
Theme Song: Iya na koto darake no yo no naka de by Southern All Stars
Cast: Nishijima Hidetoshi, Kagawa Teruyuki, Igawa Haruka, Ichikawa Miwako, Takahashi Yo, Irie Jingi, Machida Keita, Takagi Serai, Yokoyama Kota, Sato Shion, Umegaki Hinako, Watanabe Makiko, Baisho Mitsuko, Yoshioka Hidetaka

Nishijima Hidetoshi gets married on 22 December

Nishijima Hidetoshi registered his marriage on 22 December as confirmed by his agency on Christmas Eve. He had announced his impending marriage on 19 November.

Nishijima met his 27-year-old wife through a mutual friend and they dated for three years before getting married. The couple was first caught by the tabloids in April 2014 when she was seen at Nishijima's apartment. Nishijima's wife used to be an employee at an automobile manufacturer's showroom and is said to resemble actress Koyuki.

Nishijima is currently in the midst of filming for his new drama "Ryusei Wagon" which he co-stars with Kagawa Teruyuki that will begin its run from 18 January at 9pm on Sundays. The wedding is expected to be held on a later date depending on Nishijima's filming schedule and will likely involve family members only.

Source: Sponichi

Nishijima Hidetoshi & Kagawa Teruyuki to play father and son in TBS Winter 2015 drama "Ryusei Wagon"

Nishijima Hidetoshi and Kagawa Teruyuki will be working together in the upcoming TBS Winter 2015 drama "Ryusei Wagon" (Shooting Star Wagon" based on Naoki Award winner Shigematsu Kiyoshi's bestselling novel. The drama which will be shown from Jan in the Sundays 9pm timeslot, features Nishijima as the 43-year-old son who is retrenched and loses all hope in life when a mysterious wagon appears in front of him. Upon getting onto the wagon, he is transported back in time to the past where he meets his father (Kagawa) at the same age as him now who is down with terminal cancer. Through the interaction with his father, the son takes a fresh look at family ties, Kagawa will also appear in the present day as a 73-year-old bedridden old man who cannot get along with his son. Co-stars include Igawa Haruka who play Nishijima's wife who has been neglected by him all this while thus leading to the breakdown of their marriage and Yoshioka Hidetaka.

Source: Sponichi