Photo courtesy of Sankei Sports. Singer Suzuki Ami (25) has forayed into voice acting earlier this year but in 2008, fans will be able to catch her in her first acting role in the TV Asahi drama “Oishii Depachika” which is based on the manga “Oishii Ginza”. The drama will also be tied in selling dishes from the drama on TV Asahi’s ropping shopping site. The drama will debut on January 4th at 11:30 p.m.

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Singer and actress Ami Suzuki will star in a TV Asahi drama special titled “Oishii Depachika,” it was announced on Wednesday. This is only her second lead role in a drama, with the first being NHK’s “Fukaku Mogure” in 2000.

The drama is based on the manga “Oishii Ginza” by Ikuko Sakagawa, which has been serialized in Office YOU since August 2001. The story is set in a Ginza “depachika” - a term referring to the food section of a department store, located in the basement - where Suzuki plays a seller struggling to keep her place in the store.

Kazuhiko Nishimura plays a manager at the department store, and Mansaku Fuwa plays a pig farm owner.

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