The 16th Nikkansports Grand Prix (Winter 2013)

This is a rather small-scale survey since there are less than 1,000 votes so the results tend to be heavily skewed and quite different from the general opinion or what you see in The Television Awards. Please don't be upset if your favourites or those who you think deserves an award doesn't appear here. ^__^

Numbers in brackets indicate number of votes.

Source: Nikkansports

Best Drama
1) Tonbi / TBS  (97)
2) Aibou season 11 / TV Asahi (96)
3) Yae no Sakura / NHK (93)
4) Jun to Ai / NHK (59)
5) Nobunaga no Chef / TV Asahi (57)

Best Leading Actor
1) Uchino Masaaki / Tonbi / TBS (175)
2) Mizutani Yutaka / Aibou season 11 / TV Asahi (163)
3) Kazama Shunsuke / Jun to Ai / NHK (75)
4) Eguchi Yosuke / dinner / FujiTV (70)
5) Eita / Saikou no Rikon / FujiTV (67)

Best Leading Actress
1) Ayase Haruka / Yae no Sakura / NHK (230)
2) Gouriki Ayame / Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Tecchou / FujiTV (101)
3) Sawaguchi Yasuko / Kasouken no Onna / TV Asahi (96)
4) Natsuna / Jun to Ai / NHK (94)
5) Nakama Yukie / Saki / FujiTV & Suzuki Kyoka / Yakou Kanransha / TBS (80)

Best Supporting Actor
1) Narimiya Hiroki / Aibou season 11 / TV Asahi (98)
2) Nishijima Hidetoshi / Yae no Sakura / NHK (92)
3) Sato Takeru / Tonbi / TBS (85)
4) Oikawa Mitsuhiro / Nobunaga Chef / TV Asahi (74)
5) Oizumi Yo / Sharehouse no Koibito / NTV (55)

Best Supporting Actress
1) Ono Machiko / Saikou no Rikon / FujiTV (89)
2) Iijima Naoko / Itsuka Hi no Ataru Basho de / NHK (77)
3) Shida Mirai / Nobunaga no Chef / TV Asahi (74)
4) Morishita Aiko / Jun to Ai / NHK (64)
5) Aibu Saki / Otome-san / TV Asahi (63)

Mizukawa Asami's handshaking event for new photobook

Mizukawa Asami held a handshaking event on 2 December at Fukuya Bookstore's Shinjuku Subnade outlet in conjunction with the launch of her new photobook "29", which happens to be her first photobook in 10 years. Mizukawa said that this is meant to be a memorial item to mark the last year of her 20s thus the shooting was done entirely in Japan at her birthplace Kyoto, Osaka where she spent her childhood days and Tokyo where she lives now instead of overseas where most photobooks are shot at.

Filming for her upcoming Winter 2013 drama "Sharehouse no Koibito" is due to start in December. When asked about her Christmas plans, Mizukawa revealed that she will still be filming on that day so she can't make any plans but her manager has promised to treat her to something good that day. As for marriage plans, Mizukawa said that she prefers to let things take their course now as compared to her teenage years when she thought more about this topic.

Source: Nikkansports

Mizukawa Asami in first primetime drama leading role for "Sharehouse no Koibito"

Mizukawa Asami will be taking the lead role in a primetime drama for the first time in the NTV Winter 2013 drama "Sharehouse no Koibito" which will be shown from January in the Wednesday 10pm timeslot. She plays a single OL who is about to turn 30 and starts living with two other men in the same house so as to eliminate the loneliness of living on her own. However, as time goes by, a love triangle starts to develop between the trio. Mizukawa last appeared in a lead role for NTV's midnight drama in October 2008 "Yume wo Kanaeru Zou" which was 4 years and 3 months ago.

Source: Sanspo