How popular is NEW's Yamashita Tomohisa?
|  Lately, the media has been popularizing the fact that NEWS’s heartthrob, Yamashita Tomohisa (Yamapi), already has another prime time drama scheduled for January 2010, just two seasons after his latest headliner. He played the lead role of a basketball player in the summer Fuji TV drama series “Buzzer Beat – Gakepuchi no Hero,” which aired in the “golden” Monday 9pm time slot. Oguri Shun now occupies the autumn slot with the drama “Tokyo Dogs,” but will hand over to the second series of Fuji’s “Code Blue – Doctor Heli Kinkyu-kyumei” next year in January. This is the first time this has happened since the time slot became a fixture for the most popular drama series in 1987. In the return of Code Blue, Yamapi plays a medical helicopter pilot cadet, is in itself an indication of the popularity of its star. The show also has some hot young female stars, including Aragaki Yui, Toda Erika, and Higa Manami. Another indication of of Yamapi’s popularity is the lack of photos he has on the Fuji website for the upcoming show. A Google search reveals only distorted images from the original series or scans of DVD covers and the like. That’s shows just how protective Johnny Entertainment are of their hottest assets. Credit: 88news & yesaznmedia-news & hypnoticasia |
Labels: Aragaki Yui, Buzzer Beat – Gakepuchi no Hero, Higa Manami, NEWS, NEWS - Yamapi, Toda Erika
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