Yamashita Tomohisa (24) of NEWS, short "Yamapi" and actress Kitagawa Keiko (22) are going to have the starring roles in the next getsu9 dorama of the summer season that's starting in July. The dorama will be called "Buzzer Beat - Hero on the Edge -". Yamapi is going to be a player of a company's basketball team whose performances at work and love are actually quite weak, a unique role for the usual cool and good-looking Yamapi. Both Yamapi and Kitagawa graduated from the Meiji University and are already very nice ingredients for a bright summer love story.
Yamapi already appeared in a getsu9 dorama on Fuji TV back then in 2007 with "Proposal Daisakusen" and he's looking forward to act in this new bright dorama and to play as this person who is living for the tomorrow.
Last year he played a doctor with excellent skills in "Code Blue", but now he's going to play someone who really lacks skills, both at work and love. "He's a man who is weak when it's important." An unusual role for the cool person he always tries to look like.
The producer describes it as a "beyond cute romantic love story" and the girl he's going to fall in love with will be the fashion model and actress Kitagawa Keiko who had her first starring role in TV Asahi's "Mop Girl".
She also already has experience as heroine in a getsu9 dorama. Last year she did a great performance as teacher and in "Taiyou to Umi no Kyoshitsu"and now she's going to play a strong-willed, cheerful and positive woman that simply won't be obedient at all.
Both of them have in common that they both graduated from the Meiji University. Yamapi matriculated in 2004 and graduated in 2008. Kitagawa matriculated with 1 year delay in 2005 and just graduated in March this year. It's that relationship of a senior and a junior why people expect that there will be a fantastic mood between them to make it a great a love story.
Also appearing as current girlfriend of Yamapi's role will be actress Aibu Saki (23). Kanjiya Shihori (23) as a close friend of Kitagawa's role is making the young cast perfect. Summer can't arrive soon enough for the delighted producer. "We have some of the most shining young stars at the moment and we would like to simply blow away all the depressions with the help of them in this cheerful dorama."
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Written by: jyoyu.blogspot.com
Source: Sanspo
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WoW... Rei-chan meet Pi-kun.
Will absolutely watch it. Surely.
Ah, I know it's not a right place to ask you about this, but can't help it. Did U watch Mei-chan no Shitsuji? In this drama, Hiro (Butler Rihito) always said a word, somewhat like "kakkori..." or something like that; I wonder. And it was translated into Eng: "Surely". Could u tell me, what did he say exactly?
Sounds good. Although YamaPi's doctors in Code Blue wasn't that perfect - he lacked heavily in the 'emotions-department'. And Keiko was great in Taiyo to Umi, but her role was heavily overshadowed by a much more impressive Yoshitaka Yuriko, IMHO.
Looking forward to this nontheless. Pi's always fun to watch (I loved ProDai) and Keiko + Aibu Saki is nothing to sneeze at, either.