As every year, Oricon asked about 600 women (10's~40's) between about which female celebrity's spring make-up they'd like to try out on themselves. Let's not bother with the details and get straight to the results of "The female celebrity whose make-up I'd like to copy for spring 2009".

01 - Kanno Miho - "It's simply wonderful, pretty and not too thick."
02 - Miyazaki Aoi - "She has a very natural make-up, but it's still so pretty! I definitely want to learn how she does it!"
03 - Ebihara Yuri - "It's pretty and sweet."
04 - Hamasaki Ayumi - "Because she tries out many different things, from princess-like to really cool."
05 - Ueno Juri - "Her make-up in the Shiseido "MAQillAGE" CM is pretty and suits her very well."
06 - Ueto Aya - "Because she has a cute and natural make-up."
07 - Ayase Haruka - "I want to have an as fresh and natural make-up as her."
08 - Kimura Kaera - "The colors she uses and her style, it's so pretty!"
09 - Nakashima Mika - "The way she uses the mascara and makes her eyeshadow is really beautiful."
10 - Fukada Kyoko - "She has very cute make-up and looks almost like a doll. I definitely want to copy her!"

Written by: jyoyu.blogspot.com / Source: Oricon
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Concierge's new marriage partner finding service "Partner Agent" did a survey on their site, asking about 460 unmarried men and women in their 30's about, "Which male/female celebrity would you like to receive a bento (lunch box) from?"

Ueto Aya and Nagasawa Masami have to share the first place in the female category, followed by Yasu Megumi on 3rd and Yuuka on the 4th place. The 5th place is a tie between Becky, Kanno Miho, Nakama Yukie and Fujiwara Norika. SMAP's Kimura Takuya took the first place in the males category, followed by Gucchi Yuuzou, Tamori, Kimura Yuuichi and Unemiya Tatsuo.

The female ranking is heavily influenced by their exposure and talents they show on various TV programs. There are reasons like, "She's good at cooking", "She has a lot of ideas when it comes to cooking" or "She cooks deliciously". The male celebrities have it much easier, with the majority of reasons being simple things like, "He's cute", "I love him" or "I'm a fan".

The result they get from this survey is that women rather seek a man for romance while men are a bit more realistic in their coices.

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In preparation for its annual Drama Grand Prix, Nikkan Sports already conducted voting for the 2009 winter season earlier this month. A total of 13,613 votes were collected. The big winner this time was NTV's "Kami no Shizuku," which starred KAT-TUN member Kamenashi Kazuya. The show picked up all four categories it was eligible for, leaving Kanno Miho to win for Best Actress.

Best Drama:

1. Kami no Shizuku - 4376
2. Uta no Oniisan - 3950
3. Zeni Geba - 1207
4. RESCUE - 876
5. Voice - 864

1. Kanno Miho (Kiina) - 5136
2. Eikura Nana (Mei-chan no Shitsuji) - 2330
3. Nakama Yukie (Arifureta Kiseki) - 2012
4. Minamisawa Nao (Akai Ito) - 880
5. Izumi Pinko (Wataru Seken wa Oni Bakari) - 805

1. Naka Riisa (Kami no Shizuku) - 2310
2. Katase Nana (Uta no Oniisan) - 2007
3. Kimura Yoshino (Uta no Oniisan) - 1464
4. Mimura (Zeni Geba) - 919
5. Ishihara Satomi (Voice) - 773

1. Kamenashi Kazuya (Kami no Shizuku) - 4637
2. Ohno Satoshi (Uta no Oniisan) - 4154
3. Matsuyama Kenichi (Zeni Geba) - 1387
4. Mizushima Hiro (Mei-chan no Shitsuji) - 625
5. Nakamaru Yuichi (RESCUE) - 554

1. Tanabe Seiichi (Kami no Shizuku) - 2104
2. Maruyama Ryuhei (Uta no Oniisan) - 1891
3. Ikuta Toma (Voice) - 1782
4. Masuda Takahisa (RESCUE) - 870
5. Sato Takeru (Mei-chan no Shitsuji) - 844

In celebration of Hinamatsuri on March 3rd, Oricon asked 900 men and women (between their twenties and their forties) what type of girl they would want to raise their daughter like, if they had one.

Talento Becky was ranked #1 overall and among the women surveyed. #2 was actress Aoi Miyazaki, who ranked first among the men surveyed.

1. Becky
2. Aoi Miyazaki
3. Nanako Matsushima
4. Aya Ueto
5. Norika Fujiwara
6. Yukie Nakama
7. Miho Kanno
8. Masami Nagasawa
9. Maki Horikita
10. Yui Aragaki

Weekly entertainment magazine "Oricon Star" asked over 3000 of their readers about the currently ending winter TV season and published the results under the title of the "Winter Dorama AWARD'09". Mizushima Hiro and Kanno Miho both ranked first in their respective categories.

Mizushima is the most popular actor of the current winter season. His role as an ikemen butler in the dorama "Mei-chan no Shitsuji" gained him a lot of popularity. Especially girls now dream to have a butler like him and that's the reason why got voted onto the top of the list. "It would be great, if there really was such a cool butler." - "His snobby lines perfectly match with his appeareance." - "His fantastic acting and the mysterious athmosphere it creates, my hearts racing everytime I see him."

Kanno Miho convinced with her role as sharp-witted female detective Kiina in the dorama "Kiina -Impossible Crime Investigator-". She is very happy to be on the first place and explained her hardships she had as Kiina. "I really admire the flair of Kiina, but the huge amount of lines was not so good. (laughs)" Kanno usually is the type who plays roles of calm career women and therefore she might have not been too familiar with a role with so much to say.

For the whole top10 in both categories and an interview with the cast of "Voice", go and buy the magazine.

Winter Dorama AWARD'09 - Favorite Actor Top 5

1. Mizushima Hiro (162 votes)
2. Eita (147 votes)
3. Matsuyama Kenichi (70 votes)
4. Tamaki Hiroshi (66 votes)
5. Ikuta Touma (64 votes)

1. Kanno Miho (269 votes)
2. Karina (146 votes)
3. Eikura Nana (127 votes)
4. Ishihara Satomi (81 votes)
5. Hirosue Ryoko (56 votes)