Nao Kanzaki's Japanese and Korean drama emporium: April 2021

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. The first few weeks there many not be too many posts for new dramas as I'll be copying many recaps from the old blog along with some film reviews and actress posts.

Won't be going too far back, perhaps to 2015 with a few exceptions and will have an entire series in a row to make it easy to follow. Did find it a problem completing series at the Nao Kanzaki blog, won't be doing that here as all the series will have a post for every episode. Thanks for visiting, it'll will be a work in progress for a while here but hopefully not for too long. Comments are also appreciated, like to know your opinions on dramas and for any recommendations you may have.

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".

Friday, April 23, 2021

Haruka Fukuhara: Fabulous new Calbee event pics/CM plus....

.... not much else. But Haruka is one of my 'elite faves' which kind of means I jump at the chance to do a post for them. Try to mix things up as there were a pair of posts two days ago for some gravure models plus so isn't the post below this one. Didn't want to have too many posts of them in a week as I could have done about five more so trying to spread them out. Also Haruka needs more regular posts, she's now above fifty which is an impressive number but about half have been for drama recaps, she's so busy appearing in them seems she doesn't have time for many other activities.

Haruka is one of the more conservative gals I post often about and to me that adds to her charm. Realize she may not be as bodacious as gravure models or J-Pop Idols but if I had a list of who I'd want for a girlfriend she'd be right near the top. So though conservative 99.8% of the time Haruka did have many swimsuit pics in her third photobook "From Now On" that was released on August 28, 2018. That was her 20th birthday and these better than perfect pics at the top are from the PB.

Most of this post is for the Calbee event mentioned in the title. But do have a few other new pics though not nearly as many as I'd like but her last post was just two weeks ago. Haruka isn't into social media too much and that's a good thing. Do have a few recent pics from her IG page and that top pic rates an A+.

Haruka's posts on occasion do get a lot of views but it doesn't happen often. Even less popular posts are for dramas so many may have skipped reading the recaps for Haruka's "Yuru Camp" series which I wrapped up last month. That aired from January to March 2020 and was one I enjoyed. Seems many others did too as there will be a second season beginning on April 1st. If subbed will recap the entire drama again and these are new promo pics for the show.

Haruka has done many CM's for Calbee over the years. At today's event she was promoting a new one for them but won't have the video. Instead have the link to their YT page as she has over five new videos this past month plus you can view a few of her older ones: Calbee videos

If you're a Haruka fan you'll savor this final batch of pics and there's forty of them. The occasion was a Calbee event that took place on March 24th to promote her new CM for the company's 'Frugra'. It was also to promote the product's 30th anniversary which is similar to a granola cereal. Haruka showed off how she makes it for breakfast but said her fave way is when she adds ice cream. Plenty of super duper pics from the event, this is her second one this month after zero for about four months so hope it's the start of many. Following the pics is a short video of the event.