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    Welcome to Itsumo: Keiko Kitagawa, a fan site dedicated to the lovely Japanese actress Keiko Kitagawa and what she does best! ^_^ All throughout this site you will find extensive information on her works, beautiful scans and scavenged pictures in the gallery, and an assortment of goodies ranging from translated articles to music and movie clips. Please sign the guestbook, join the forum and enjoy your stay!"

Updates

IKK RADIO + July 1, 2008

  Yeah, yeah, yeah. It was "coming soon" for forever and a day, but it's finally here! The playlist contains the theme songs for most of Keiko's work (minus Heat Island, Mamiya Kyoudai, and Mizu ni Sumu Hana! If anyone has those theme songs please e-mail me) as well as B-sides from the singles. I had a tough time finding time to work on it and then choosing a reliable service, but I got it! Click the Keiko link on the left and or click here and jam while you surf the web! And if you love the song a lot, you can even download it off of the player! Sweetness! Don't expect the same playlist though, I'll let you know when I stick up my "IKK MIX!" specials where I'll be picking my favorite Japanese songs that reflect a season, a new layout, or Keiko's latest work. From there, the playlists will rotate monthly or according to Keiko's roadshows. So lookout for the IKK BEACHSIDE MIX! later this month which will feature my picks (as well as the official theme song) for Keiko's drama, "Homeroom on the Beachside!"

<3 Sade

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COFFRET D'OR: July Line-Up + July 1, 2008

  Hey now, didn't think I'd be making another update so soon--but whatever. So, COFFRET D'OR updated again with it's July line-up that shows off some really awesome glitter shadow that I would LOVE to have.

  Sporting the "Shiny Elegance" look, Keiko and co-star Takako Tokiwa (with "Shiny Precious") light up the main page. And the commercial? STUNNING! 15 seconds of beauty! Kei-chan's face carries make-up REALLY well! Sorry, don't have a make-up tutorial for Keiko's look today. Much too busy. And I've never used that kind of shadow before so I'm afraid my advice would be a little misguided. Makes me want to go buy some shimmer cream myself. Anywho, screen caps below!


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"Well, well, well..." + June 30, 2008

  While my Keiko rumor spreading days are over (at least the ones dealing with her personal life) I gotta say that when I stumbled upon these pictures I got a good laugh. Do you guys remember WAY back when in 2005 when the rumor of Yamashita Tomohisa dating Keiko roared through the internet? Remember? It blew up and became SUCH a fiasco that Keiko herself had to come out and say she had no relations with him beyond being his friend and classmate at Meiji University. Well one thing that kept the rumor alive was the idea of whether Keiko and Yamapi really went to school together. Well, we found out from the Yamapi fans that he attended Meiji University and they both had the same major so it was bound to be true that they would cross paths. But when the infamous "Keiko Classroom" pic (shown on the left) surfaced people were still skeptical. While we could get a clear view of Kei-chan, it was basically unconfirmed that the guy in the pic was Yamapi. His fans said it was, but no face meant no go.

   Well, when I went on my usual monthly scavenger hunt of Google JP I couldn't help but notice these pics and go O_O. I mean, anyone familiar with the now defunct Shingetsu MUST remember the way the Keiko thread blew up within a matter of hours (Keiko thread was always the longest PGSM actress thread in both Shingetsu and T-L.net forums) over this and the answer was a hidden mouse click away. Granted this rumor is done and over with (and proven FALSE people, get over yourselves! they never dated and never got married) but I couldn't help but share the images anyway. Besides, present Yamapi fans will get a kick out of these jewels. He was a twig back then and look at him now! HELLO, sexy beast! For more information on this rumor and a couple other visit Keiko's profile page  here. Funny, funny that these images were most likely intended to be harmless because you can see the photographers intention was just to capture Yamapi. Talk about wrong place at the wrong time---Keiko just HAPPENED to be in the shot interacting with him! BOOM, one swift "Hey, how are you." "Good, did you do last night's homework?" "Yeah, it was easy. Did you?" "Nah, too busy being a Johnny's Boy" and LOOKIE--> RUMOR EXPLOSION! People are just plain silly. Enjoy your laughs, people! Enjoy them, this rumor is just finished---there is nothing else to draw from it. Informed, please inform the uninformed. People STILL think they actually dated. *sighs*



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Keiko's Blog Update + June 30, 2008

  "へ(^-^)乂(^o^)ノ"
2008.06.25, Wednesday, 16:17

A friend asked, "What is that advertising work that you're writing about on your blog?"

To people with the same question, my apologies.

I did not sufficiently explain it, so I want to write it down properly this time.

With the advertising work I kept mentioning I mainly meant commercials.

The CMs that I've done so far were basically one day doing movie work and, one day doing stills. That filming a mere 15 or 30 second CM would take a whole day, and that to take a photo for a poster would also take a long time, surprised me at first. "So making an advertising movie or stills takes that much time? I realized the first time.

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"Wall"
2008.06.23, Monday, 1:12

Once again an update.

I thought I'd do a work status report today.

The advertising work, movie clothes fitting, ect, ect, has made this a pretty busy week for me.

As for the drama, filming filming for it has safely started. The producer, director, staff and everyone are all kind, it's a place where one can't stop smiling.

As for the role... I actually still haven't a good grasp on it yet, or rather, I'm not it tune with it. That the role seems to be very much at odds with the image I got when I started reading the script is confusing me.


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Back Tracking + June 23, 2008

 According to the latest update on Keiko's new drama's official site---the actual English title is "Homeroom on the Beachside" and it's set to begin airing on Fuji TV on July 21 at 9:00pm (Nihon time).






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Keiko's Blog Update + June 23, 2008

 "Script Rehearsal"
2008.16.06, Saturday, 9:53

Yesterday we had the Sun and Ocean Classroom purification ritual, getting to know the script and having a rehearsal.

It was the first day that the staff and cast would be complete, so the day before I was too tense to sleep, so I went to Bayside Studio super sleep deprived.

Apart from Yamamoto Yusuke-san all the other co-stars were new to me, so having to go greet them all made me so deathly nervous that my legs trembled. Lame isn't it...?

But with the greeting, script reading and rehearsal safely behind me, it looks like I managed to grasp the atmosphere of the of the set somehow! My anxiety towards my role was also swept away. Now only the start of filming awaits.

 And so after the rehearsals I went with Oda-san to do a publicity interview.

Oda-san is really bright and cheerful, but I couldn't help getting nervous.

Knowing Oda-san from watching television since I was little, I couldn't help thinking how strange it is that the Oda Yuji-san I'm going to be filming with is the same Oda-san. (Sorry for saying it so confusingly, but it's about the only way I can explain this strange sensation.)

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Keiko's Blog update + June 11, 2008

"i'll try to do my best :-)"
2008.11.06, Wednesday, 11:49

I got an announcement today for you.

I will be appearing in CX's July drama serial "Sun and Ocean Classroom" (broadcast every Monday at 21:00)!

Oda Yuji-san will be the lead in the school drama, and I will be the heroine as the rookie high school teacher.

I got to confess to the readers of this blog, that when I first got the story of this drama, I honestly thought, "I wonder if I'm right for it..."

My drama work experience is still insufficient , and quite a bit of time has passed since my last drama, so...

Playing in a drama, what was that like? Filming for a drama, how did that go? Can I remember how I did my lines last time?

Eventually, a mountainous anxiety encroached on me.

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Spotlight: Keiko's News Drama! + June 11, 2008

  *rubs head* I need some sleep. Lot's of it. There is something about summer jobs that is absolutely tiring. YOU try being a waitress in a restaurant that people love to visit all the freakin' time. Now imagine being in training, doing a crapload of work, but not being allowed to take any tips. *sighs* The one day I decided not to keep an eye on things is when things explode and I'm scrambling about trying to catch up. *yawns* Okay, so just  in case you're not cool (not everyone can be cool, remember that) and haven't already joined the forums and are an active member (lurking is not cool, remember that) Keiko has been given another role in a drama. Not only is she playing the lead in the coveted Monday 9:00pm timeslot (for Fuji TV) she's co-starring with (OMFG) Yuji Oda (scream uncontrollably even if you have no idea who he is)! 

From Tokyograph:

   Young actress Keiko Kitagawa has been officially confirmed as the female lead in Fuji TV's "Taiyo to Umi no Kyoushitsu." The series stars popular actor Yuji Oda as a teacher at a college prep high school. Kitagawa got her first starring role in TV Asahi's "Mop Girl" last year, and now she will be in the spotlight of Fuji TV's high profile Monday night timeslot. In "Taiyo to Umi Kyoushitsu," she plays a former Miss Todai winner who has just started her career as a teacher. The drama series stars next month.


   YES THIS IS A BIG DEAL! *screams* Yuji Oda is like the next best thing to Takuya Kimura (again, scream uncontrollably even if you have no idea who he is)! And the Monday timeslot always sports high profile dramas. So "Taiyo to Umi Kyoushitsu" (which I'm gonna shorten to "Taiyo to Umi" for convenience) is a high school drama and should have about 10 episodes.

Cast: Yuji Oda, Masaki Okada, Kii Kitano, Gaku Hamada, Yuriko Yoshitaka, Satoshi Tomiura, Akira Kagimoto, Mitsuki Tanimura, Yusuke Yamamoto, Manami Kurose, Yuichi Nakamura, Aya Omasa, Kento Kaku, and Atsuko Maedo

Directors: Setsuro Wakamatsu and Masaki Tanimura

   More information will come when I'm not ready to fall asleep on my feet. Meditate on this for a while. Before I clock out, to the right  is a scan of the back of the May issue of Myojo. Heat Island on DVD! Yay!  *zzzzzzzz*


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