Nao Kanzaki's Japanese and Korean drama emporium: Kim Ji-Yeon(Bona): Her intro post #1- '2017 KBS Drama Awards' show pics and video

Konnichiwa and Annyeong Haseyo minna-san

Konnichiwa and Annyeong Haseyo minna-san

Hope that's correct above but what I'm saying is welcome everyone. May 10, 2019 is the first day of this blog and many may know me from 'Nao Kanzaki and Friends'... aitoda.com. There I have such a mix of things and finally decided to branch out with just a blog devoted to Japanese and Korean dramas. Will also be having some film reviews but one thing you won't see are any J-Pop idols or gravure models except for their dramas, this blog is dedicated 100% to dramas and films.

Also actresses as will be having many, many posts for them. Such as them appearing at events, mag spreads, interview pics and whatever else. So you should be seeing a lot of my bigger long time faves such as Erika Toda, Park Min-Young, Lee Yeon-Hee, Tsubasa Honda and too many others to count.

News and upcoming projects

News and upcoming projects

Should have done this on my Aitoda blog which is to let viewers know what's going on. Seems like a good way to let everyone know if I'll be taking a break, what to look forward to and any other tidbits.

Updating update, May 19th:

Whew, have finally finished transferring over enough posts from the Aitoda blog. May be a few here and there in the future for some new that's being introduced but there shouldn't be too many. Have also included announcers for women that I'll be posting about as my top two current faves just happen to be in that profession.

The first five episodes of '3-Nen A Gumi' have now been posted. For series over five shows will be doing two batches of them as I figure ten posts are way too many to read through during one sitting so will have the second half of the drama coming up in 2-3 weeks, highly recommend the show.

June 4th.... Have written up the recaps for episodes 7 and 8 of the '3-Nen A Gumi' show and will have those long with episode eight by June 6th. Up next for Korean dramas is up in the air but leaning towards a pair of shorter series which will be either "Splish Splash Love" or "The Universe's Star".

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Kim Ji-Yeon(Bona): Her intro post #1- '2017 KBS Drama Awards' show pics and video

Kim Ji-Yeon seems to be a common name, there's another singer with the name who also goes by Kei and was born in 1995 just as this post's honoree was. Another woman that shares the name is an Olympic fencer born in 1988. So to make her recognition easier this Ji-Yon goes by the name of Bona and I'll be using that name in her posts.
Had never heard of Bona up until a few days ago but when I saw these pics from the KBS Drama Awards show my heart went into maximum overdrive which hasn't happened in a long time. Bona is a member of the K-Pop group Cosmic Girls which also is known as WJSN. It's a mix of Korean and Chinese gals with four coming from China but unsure if the members now reside in Korea. Above is a PV for their "Happy" single that came out in 2017.

More on them in future Bona posts but want to just talk about her today as my boiling blood still hasn't cooled off after seeing those first pics of her.

A drama that I've been curious about is "Girls Generation 1979" which aired in September and October for eight episodes. It's set in the late seventies as the title suggests and though at first it appears to be a bit fluffy think it turned out to be quite a serious series. Bona has the lead role of Jung-Hee in the show and the more I talk about it the more I want to view it. Being only eight episodes is a big plus too so that just may be my next watch, there are now way too many on my -need-to-watch list and have to start watching them instead of talking about them.

The show was a KBS drama and for her role Bona in the above drama was nominated for the Excellence Award for best actress. She was also up for the Best Newcomer Award which was also for her "Hit the Top" series but sadly failed to win either one of them. Least to me Bona easily won the award for most sweltering actress at the awards show and there were plenty of actresses who looked more than oki doki at it. Plenty of dazzling pics from the awards show which was held on December 31st and after them is a short video of her on the red carpet.