On Friday was the official PR/Interview-Event for Fuji TV's summer getsu9 dorama "Buzzer Beat" with Yamashita Tomohisa and Kitagawa Keiko (photo, right) in the starring roles. The special thing about the two is that they both graduated from the same university (The Meiji-Couple) and so the reporters would like to know their impressions of each other. "I met her at the university. She was very adult-like during her graduation," Yamashita revealed while Kitagawa shyly explained the big gap between the naturally stoic Yamashita and the pathetic young man he's playing in the dorama. "The biggest surprise is to see him playing such a pitiful kind of young man. He was so busy during his time in university, yet he was still so strict on himself and attended all the classes, he seemed like a person who could pull through anything."

The dorama is about the timid yet upright pro-basketball-player Kamiya Naoki (Yamashita) and the strong-willed and disobedient Shirakawa Riko (Kitagawa) who graduated from a college of music. What starts with a simple encounter, eventually ends up in a love square and a lot of hardships for everyone.

It's been about 1 year since Yamashita's last dorama and he shows some sympathy for his role. "Kamiya is 24 just like me. Some of my friends are also in their 2nd year of being a working adult and we often sit together and talk when things don't go that well. If I wasn't working in the world of entertainment, I think I would have a lot of worries, too." In the same breath he added, "You can achieve anything by joining forces with others."

Kitagawa also said that you should have some hopes, but it can be bad to expect too much. "People have dreams and ideals, but many suffer from the big gap between dream and reality and eventually loose all their courage." She also has a difficult task for the dorama, but she is able to courage herself. "I actually thought that I can play the violin..., but yesterday I realized that I won't be able to complete even 1 piece until the 24th, unless I'm going to train extra hard."

Just like the title of the dorama might give away, there is going to be a scene with Yamashita having to do a last-second score during a match (with the "buzzer" that signals the end of a match). Co-actor Itou Hideaki (photo, right) has been present during that scene and can assure us that they didn't edit that scene. "It was a beautiful long-distance shot and went right into the basket, it's not edited!"

Aibu Saki (photo, left & bottom), Kanjiya Shihori, Mizobata Junpei and Nagai Masaru also appeared at the PR-Event. The new "getsu9" dorama is going to start on July 13 and will air on Mondays at 9pm (hence the "getsu9"). The first episode will have a longer runtime as usual.

Note: Wow, Aibu Saki is going to play an office lady (general affairs department) and a cheerleader in one and the same dorama? That's hot! ^o^



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Written by: jyoyu.blogspot.com
Source: Oricon, Sanspo
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