Young Magazine 2009 - No.20 / 2009.04.27

Kurashina Kana
- 21 years old
- will be in NHK's new morning dorama "Welcame" (I featured her in 2 articles about this already)




Kitano Kie
- 18 years old
- most recent work is the movie "Halfway"


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Young Gangan 2009 - No.06 / 2009.03.19

Nagaike Natsuko
- 23 years old
- had a role in the dorama "Uta no Oniisan" and in recent midnight doramaSP "Honne Banana"



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Weekly Playboy 2009 - No.17 / 2009.04.27

Kutsuna Shiori
- 16 years old
- She's the most recent "Pocky Princess!"
- 4/23 starts the dorama "70,000 Tentei Nitobe" with her in the starring role, her first!



Not my scans!

About a week ago, it was announced that Kurashina Kana (21) would play the starring role in the new NHK morning dorama called "Welcame" and now she arrived in Minami town, Tokushima for the first time to start filming. "I want to become a Tokushima woman soon." She expressed ambitions towards the project.

Kurashina visited the town hall and Ohamakaigan for the sea turtles. "I've went to the Hiwasa Turtle Museum!" There she was able to get in contact with 8months old turtles. "So cute!" She clearly enjoyed the sight-seeing tour.

In Tokushima city it then was time for the press conference. "There is so much nature here and all the people greeted me with a smile. I can really feel a sense of security here. I'd like to make Tokushima my 2nd hometown."

"Welcame" is about a girl born in Minami town. She was working for a publisher in Tokyo, but she eventually had to leave the company due to some heavy downsizing on their part. Soon she found a new employment at a publisher in her hometown Tokushima. There she comes across various interesting people and experience some personal growth. The filming will start by the end of May.

Kurashina herself is actually from Kumamoto city. She got selected as the heroine for the dorama among 1775 other people who applied for the role.

Written by: jyoyu.blogspot.com / Source: Sanspo
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NHK announced that actress Kurashina Kana (21) will play the starring role in their new morning dorama called "Welcame" that's going to start in September this year.

Kurashina was born in Kumamoto city and won the first place in the "Miss Magazine 2006" auditions. Since then she started to work as a gravure idol and as a TV actress.

1775 girls auditioned for the role, but she was the lucky one that got chosen. "I got informbed about it just an hour ago. From now on I will live my life to the fullest and keep on showing a natural smile." She commented at the PR event.

The story of "Welcame" is set in Tokushima's Minamy town and Tokushima city. It's a youth dorama that shows the personal growth of a girl that joined a publishing company in Tokyo, but got re-employed in her hometown due to restructure measurements.





Written by: jyoyu.blogspot.com / Source: Oricon, Mainichi, MSN
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