Hotaru no Hikari Details
Title: ホタルノヒカリ
Title (romaji): Hotaru no Hikari
Title (English): Glow of Fireflies
Genre: Romance, comedy
Broadcast network: NTV
Season 2
Episodes: TBA
Viewership rating: TBA
Broadcast period: 2010-Jul-07 start
Air time: Wednesday 22:00
Theme song: Kimi ga iru by Ikimono-gakari
Hotaru no Hikari 2 Synopsis :
In "Hotaru no Hikari 2," homebody Hotaru Amemiya becomes romantically involved with a manager named Seichi Takano (Naohito Fujiki). Hotaru Aemiya now seriously considers marriage.
Hotaru works for a famous interior design company. It's a glamorous job but Hotaru's private life is totally the opposite of glamorous. She lives alone, and when she isn't working she's mostly lazing about her rented house in training wear. She's not interested in men. In fact, she isn't interested in anything.
"I'd rather lay around than fool around," is her motto.
Her landlord is a bar owner, and one day his son, who has just separated from his wife, comes to inspect the rental property, not knowing that someone is living there. He is shocked at the mess, but not as shocked as Hotaru. He turns out to be her boss, Takano. -- Japan Times Online
Hotaru no Hikari 2 Story :
Three years ago, the heart of Amemiya Hotaru, the ‘dried up female’, had settled on Takano ‘Buchou’, and the ‘dried up female’ was supposed to have grown up. However, right after that, Hotaru was posted as a project team member to far-away Hong Kong. She is cut off from ‘Buchou’ and devotes herself to work.
Then, three years later, Hotaru returns to Japan after finishing the project. She is assigned to the First Planning Department, where ‘Buchou’ belongs, and immediately begins work as one of the team members. However, both the staff as well as the mood in the company have changed a great deal. The planner, Seno Kazuma, who seems to be a frivolous guy, leaves work at precisely 5.00 p.m. because he is on a ’9 to 5 contract’. Another colleague, Sakuragi Mika also quickly goes back once she has “finished her own work”. Meanwhile, ‘Buchou’ and Hotaru work as mere superior and subordinate. Big Sister Yamada and Futatsugi
Shoji, who are aware of the development between the two of them, whisper to each other, “Once a man and woman are separated for three years, they will no longer be like they used to,” as they watch Takano and Hotaru, “A person will change after three years. I am different from the person I was at that time.
You’re the only one who hasn’t changed.” ‘Buchou’ leaves Hotaru and goes to meet the lovely Asada Konatsu. “What have I done these three years?” A depressed Hotaru spends the night together with Seno …!?
Hotaru no Hikari 2 Cast and Starring :
Ayase Haruka as Amemiya Hotaru
Fujiki Naohito as Takano Seiichi
Itaya Yuka as Yamada Sachiko
Yasuda Ken as Futatsugi Shouji
Mukai Osamu as Seno Kazuma
Usuda Asami as Sakuragi Mika
Kimura Tae as Asada Konatsu
Ishii Momoka as Asada Chinatsu
Takahashi Tsutomu (高橋努) as Izaki Hosaku
Nakabeppu Aoi as Sugishita Mana
Ichikawa Tomohiro (市川知宏) as Matsushoji Goya
Kimisawa Yuki as Takebayashi Atsushi
Ide Takuya (井出卓也) as Umeda Shota
Sato Chiaki as Tsubaki Haruno
Yanagisawa Takahiko as Mukunoki Shin
Mashita Rena as Shiina Ayumi
Production Credits
Original writing: Hotaru no Hikari by Hiura Satoru
Screenwriter: Mizuhashi Fumie
Chief Producer: Hazeyama Yuko
Producers: Mikami Eriko (三上絵里子), Uchiyama Masahiro (内山雅博)
Directors: Yoshino Hiroshi, Nagumo Seiichi, Ishio Jun (石尾純)
Music: Kanno Yugo
Hotaru no Hikari 2 Photos :
Watch Hotaru no Hikari Season 2 Trailer and Video here
Tokyo Dogs Details
Title: 東京DOGS
Title (romaji): Tokyo DOGS
Tagline: 最悪で最高のパートナー
Tagline (romaji): Saiaku de Saiko no Partner
Tagline (English): The Worst and Best Partners
Format: Renzoku
Genre: Police
Broadcast network: Fuji TV
Broadcast period: 2009-Oct-19 to 2009-Dec
Air time: Monday 21:00
Theme song: Futatsu no Kuchibiru by EXILE
Tokyo Dogs Synopsis, Story, and preview:
Takakura So witnessed his father's murder at a young age. Pledging to catch the killer, he grows up to become an elite cop in New York City, where the criminal lives. His character is cool-headed and disciplined, yet adapts well. Because of major drug dealings, he gets sent to Tokyo to conduct a joint investigation with the Japanese police. There, he gets teamed up with, Kudo Maruo, a detective from a special investigative division. Kudo is a hot-blooded fighting expert due to his earlier days as a delinquent, but he makes a strong impression with his stylish appearance and is always interested in going on group dates. His personality, interests, and investigation methods are completely mismatched with Takakura's, but the two somehow work together to crack the case they've been given. --Tokyograph
Tokyo Dogs Cast
Oguri Shun as Takakura So
Shibuya Takeru as young So
Mizushima Hiro as Kudo Maruo
Yoshitaka Yuriko as Matsunaga Yuki
Bunya Manami (文屋愛海) as young Yuki
Katsuji Ryo as Horikawa Keiichi
Azuma Mikihisa as Mashiko Reiji
Shiga Kotaro as Suzuki Mitsuo
Usuda Asami as Tanaka Maki
Tomosaka Rie as Nishioka Yuri
Mikami Kensei as Kaizaki Hiroto
Yazaki Hiroshi as Kamata Shigeo
Kawaguchi Haruna as Takakura Karin
Yoshimura Takuya as Nakatani Shota
Tanaka Yoshiko as Takakura Kyoko
Otsuka Nene as Maijima Misa
Miura Tomokazu as Otomo Kozo
Guests
Narimiya Hiroki as Tanashima Hideo (ep1)
Aoki Shinsuke as Hideo's friend (ep1)
Iida Kisuke as So's father (ep1)
Sugimoto Tetta as Komiyama Yoshihiko (ep2)
Kobayashi Kaito (小林海人) as Komiyama Kosuke (ep2)
Nakamura Yuri (中村ゆり) as Komiyama's secretary (ep2)
Sasaki Katsuhiko (佐々木勝彦) as Shibata Yuzo (ep2)
Endo Kaname (遠藤要), Sakaizawa Takashi (堺沢隆史) as gunmen (ep2)
Ishikawa Hiroichi (石川裕一) as Gezan (ep2-4)
Yamazaki Shigenori as Shigeyama Tsuyoshi (ep2)
Asami Reina as Eri, Yuki's older sister (ep3)
Nakagawa Mao (中川真桜) as young Eri (ep3)
Suzuki Ryohei as Kiuchi Shinji (ep3)
Umemiya Masako as Yoko (ep3)
Okuno Tadashi (奥野匡) as Shigeo's grandfather (ep3)
Mori Koko (森康子) as Shigeo's grandmother (ep3)
Okihara Issei (沖原一生) as Furukawa Akira (ep3)
Itao Itsuji as Tamura Yoji (ep4)
Hosoda Yoshihiko as Oyama Teppei (ep4)
Takasugi Ko as Miyata Junji (ep4)
Kazama Toru as Mishima (ep5)
Satoi Kenta as Matsuo Kazuyuki (ep5)
Nagano Satomi (長野里美) as Matsuo Junko (ep5)
Konno Narumi as Matsuo Reiko (ep5)
Sakata Tadashi as Nakao (ep5)
Ujiie Takuro (氏家拓朗) as Ando Tomoaki (ep5)
Shimizu Koji as Muroi (ep6)
Production Credits
Screenwriter: Fukuda Yuichi (福田雄一)
Producer: Shikanai Tsugi
Directors: Narita Takeshi, Ishii Yusuke (石井祐介)
Music: Rita-iota
Watch Tokyo Dogs Closing Song "Futatsu no Kuchibiru" by Exile video here
