New rock unit Superfly is doing its first theme song for a television drama. Titled “Ai wo Komete Hanataba wo,” it will be used in TBS’s “Edison no Haha,” which stars Misaki Ito.

The song was originally written while guitarist Koichi Tabo (who has left the group) was still in his teens, but it was completed in 2005 when Superfly moved to Tokyo to pursue a professional career. They have regularly performed it during their live shows during the past year. However, the song’s arrangement will apparently be redone for the drama, and the new version will be released as a single in February.

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Ai Takabe will star in a television drama for the first time this winter, in TV Tokyo’s comedy series “Cosplay Yurei Guren Onna.”

The drama is based on the novel of the same name by Nobuyuki Joko. Takabe plays a high school teacher who has no friends due to her gloomy personality. Trying to find a reason for living, she spends her nights dressing up as the “guren-onna,” a fictional ghost, and terrifying other people. However, she begins running into actual ghosts.

Takabe’s makeup for the part of the “guren-onna” is said to take four hours to apply.

The series premieres on January 11, airing every Friday night at 12:12am.

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Actress Rina Uchiyama was presented with the 5th annual Kimono Award on Sunday. The prize is sponsored by Kimono Seikatsu Network.

Previous winners are Tamao Nakamura, Ryuji Harada, Pinko Izumi, and Ryoko Yonekura.

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Ayumi Hamasaki - Together When”

Bokutachi wa kokoro ni onaji
Kizuato wo nokoshi nagara
Sei wo muketa mama furikaerazuni
Sotto tsuyoku arukidashimashita

Kawaranai hitotsu no mono wo
Mitsuketa to shinjite ita
Futari wa sore ga kawatte iku no wo
Kanjite ippo hanareta
Yagate sara ni ippo hanareta
Kizutsuka nai you ni

Arigatoutte iitakatta
Arigatoutte ienakatta
Datte sore ja maru de eien no
Sayonara mitai de kanashi sugiru kara
Itsuka mata boku wa boku ni umarekawatte
Kimi wo sagasu tabini deru n darou

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Tickets for F.T Island’s first concert in Japan have sold out in a day. The group embarked on a nationwide tour on the 15th starting with a show in Daegu and extended it into Japan. The show is slated for December 22 and 23 at Shinagawa Prince’s Stella Ball. Tickets went on sale on the 18th and sold out in just a day. F.T Island reps are extra delighted by the swift sales, especially considering the group hasn’t begun any official PR work there. They say they are grateful for their enthusiastic Japanese fans.

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