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Kurisenshi

There's a charm to her natural teeth formation, but most celebrities would do the same thing.

ruthyruth

Mattthecat said:
This isn't the first time for her to do that anyway

Interesting, I didn't know that.

@Mattthecat - What did Kanako san have done before? When? I wonder if her current dentitional state was the desired "completion state" of her previous dental work. As I said before, I like her the way she is.

But it turns out that "snaggle teeth", for lack of a better expression, is an important part of Japanese culture and self-identity. Last year I watched interviews with a large number of Japanese people who explained that only in recent times has there been a serious rise in dental work with the goal of straightening teeth or/and removing fangs heretofore considered cute.

Certain natural dental outgrowths that might be considered unsightly in the west are considered attractive and desirable in Japan. For example, many USA Americans' first impression of some natural Japanese choppers would be that the person lacks the financial resources to "fix" the "problem", not realizing they may be looking at a very successful entertainer, or even an ordinary Japanese person who is self-confident in their natural good looks and has the resources, but never even thought of investing in changes to the way they look.

I believe it is an inevitable pressure to conform with the western world at large to assure greater chances of success outside of Japan, especially in the entertainment and fashion worlds, that is driving the current tsunami of corrective dentistry in Japan.

Currently, I'm not aware of any western entertainers having their oral surgeons give them a good snaggle to increase their Japanese audience share.

RR

UPDATE! I may have found the answer for my question to Matttsan in this July 17, 2015 news article...I guess the teeth she has now are the teeth she had done back then. Thank you Matt for filling in the holes in my research! Cheers! RR

spottedbackson

Alas to that.

ruthyruth

Momoka Ariyasu is getting married...From her Instagram post last night:

“I am currently in a relationship with a man with plans for marriage...As a doctor, he is the one who supported my activities in the past.”

Apparently FLASH News scooped the story, and she wanted to put the info out before it flies across the tabloids.

According to FLASH, the good doctor is 48 years old and runs a clinic in Tokyo.

Those of you who've heard of 1960s USA radio personality Paul Harvey will remember his famous show closing thought, "And that's the rest of the story".

SpookyB

48?! That's quite the age gap! I hope they're happy though~

vimoral

The girls will participate in one chapter of Layton's anime

Mattthecat

Kanako - Promos for Kanako's upcoming drama
約束のステージ～時を駆けるふたりの歌～
https://www.ytv.co.jp/yakusoku/

https://aidoru-online.org/torrents-details.php?id=142999

The official yt trailer and a report on news show
声~あなたと読売テレビ
https://www.ytv.co.jp/koe/

Spoiler:

stansfield123

Time traveling idols? I'm in.

Kurisenshi

vimoral said:
The girls will participate in one chapter of Layton's anime

Airing on February 24th. If nobody posts it before me, I'm sure I can find a link to a fansub somewhere shortly after it airs. They'll be portraying ghosts

mr_sas

SpookyB said:
48?! That's quite the age gap! I hope they're happy though~

damn you Mr "K", cant you find someone your own age ? :((
well, at least she will have two dad :))

Mattthecat

Hey, I'm even 12 years older than him. So I can sympathize :)

spottedbackson

I wonder how you feel when 48 is being described as "December". What is 60 then? new March?

Mattthecat

Yup. I definitely feel like fresh spring.
And certainly younger (at heart) than many teens and twens :)

Mattthecat

Akira Kawakami - kwkm LoGiRL #175 - February 18, 2019

https://aidoru-online.org/torrents-details.php?id=143544

The latest edition of kwkm's webshow
「川上アキラの人のふんどしでひとりふんどし」

Guests are Kanako and Momoclo's concert and VTR director Atsunori Sasaki
https://filmdesignworks.com
https://twitter.com/atsunorisasaki
https://www.instagram.com/atsunorisasaki/
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/佐々木敦規

Spoiler:

Mattthecat

Kanako - Yakusoku no Stage TV Promo Appearances - February 22, 2019

https://aidoru-online.org/torrents-details.php?id=143866

Leader promoting her TV drama togerther with co-star Tao Tsuchiya
約束のステージ～時を駆けるふたりの歌～
https://www.ytv.co.jp/yakusoku/

From
かんさい情報ネットten.
http://www.ytv.co.jp/ten/

スッキリ
http://www.ntv.co.jp/sukkiri/

情報ライブミヤネ屋
http://www.ytv.co.jp/miyaneya/

ZIP!
http://www.ntv.co.jp/zip/

Spoiler:

Unfortunately the scheduled recording ot the movie itself failed :-(
If anyone knows where to find it - holler!

Mattthecat

Holler!!!!
Of course Ryuunosuke recorded it...
How could I ever doubt him. Lol

Mattthecat

@Kurisenshi
Please post a link to a potential sub if you find it

Layton Mystery Tanteisha ~Katori no Nazotoki File~ #45 - February 24, 2019

https://aidoru-online.org/torrents-details.php?id=143884

Momoclo appearing as ghost idols in an episode of the Fuji TV anime
レイトンミステリー探偵社 ~カトリーのナゾトキファイル~
File 45 Katrielle and the Ghost Club (カトリーエイルとゴースト倶楽部)

https://www.layton-anime.jp/
https://www.fujitv.co.jp/b_hp/layton/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Layton_Mystery_Tanteisha:_Katori_no_Nazotoki_File

Spoiler:

Kurisenshi

Mattthecat said:
@Kurisenshi
Please post a link to a potential sub if you find it

I've found one English fansubber (who subs a different translater's work with permission). The subber is up to episode 43 and the translator is up to 44. Hopefully they'll both release episode 45 soon. I'll post a link to the text translation as soon as I see it's up, and then the episode once it gets subbed, too.

Thanks for posting the RAW episode!

Mattthecat

Kanako - Yakusoku no Stage ~Toki wo Kakeru Futari no Uta~ (February 22, 2019)

I screwed up on the recording, so many thanks to (who else...) Ryuunosuke for bailing me out :-)

https://aidoru-online.org/torrents-details.php?id=143923 (1080i)
https://aidoru-online.org/torrents-details.php?id=143924 (720p)

YTV 60th anniversary special drama
約束のステージ～時を駆けるふたりの歌～
https://www.ytv.co.jp/yakusoku/
http://www.ntv.co.jp/program/detail/21876102.html
https://mydramalist.com/32541-yakusoku-no-stage
https://jdramas.wordpress.com/2019/02/22/ntv-drama-special-2019-yakusoku-no-stage/
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/約束のステージ_〜時を駆けるふたりの歌〜
Trailer:

Spoiler:

Synopsis:
20-year-old Ozawa Tsubasa (Tsuchiya Tao) has been helping out in the eatery that her mother Yukiko (Ishino Mako) runs in a port town in the Tohoku region. She loves songs and secretly wishes to become a singer.
However, she is on the verge of giving up that dream since it is practically impossible. Seeing her mother keep on working despite the hardships as well as the deserted town, she doubts that dreams and wishes come true.
But one day, Tsubasa travels back in time to Tokyo in the year 1975 in an unexpected way. She meets 20-year-old Ozora Tsubasa (Momota Kanako), a cheerful and positive girl with the same name and dream as her.
The unsuspecting Tsubasa had left home and come to Tokyo under the mistaken impression that she was scouted by a television station. She was cheated after she arrived in Tokyo and was almost sold off to a hot spring inn
together with Tsubasa. However, when the two of them sing the song Beni at a bar run by Takahara Beniko (Yada Akiko), they are told by a man Tsushima Koichiro (Mukai Osamu) that he will make them stars.
Tsushima used to be a singer but only had one successful song. He is deeply in debt and is now the underling of a small-time gangster Nezu Mitsuo (Matsumoto Toshio). Realising that the two girls have singing talent,
he decides to use them to make money. Tsubasa and Tsubasa perform on the audition programme called Zennippon Kayou Senshuken and set their sights on making their debut as singers but … …

Cast:
Tao Tsuchiya (Tsubasa Ozawa)
Kanako Momota (Tsubasa Ozora)
Osamu Mukai (Koichiro Tsushima)
Daichi Saeki (Shunsuke Kamiya)
Ken Ishiguro (Mitsuo Kitajima)
Mako Ishino (Yukiko Ozawa)
Akiko Yada (Beniko Takahara)
Takeshi Masu (Ryuji Tanaka)
Matsu (Mitsuo Nezu)
Kento Handa (Tomoharu Oribashi)
Norihito Kaneko (Yuji Ikinaga)
Yuzuki Misaki (Hiroko Kitagawa)
Hajime Okayama (Sugawara)
Yasuhi Nakamura (Kobayashi)
Jingi Irie (Sugimoto)
Yoshihiro Nozoe (Yoshio Maruyama)
Koichi Otake (Ueno station ticket gate staff)
Special appearances by
Hiroshi Itsuki
Yoshimi Tendo
Aki Yashiro
Michiru Jo
George Yamamoto

Screenplay: Yuichi Tokunaga
Director: Kiyoshi Sasabe
Music: Shunsuke Wada
Director of Photography: Shin Hayasaka
Art Director: Koichi Wakamatsu
Producer: Kazunari Maenishi

The drama inspired by 70s YTV audition show "Zennihon Kayou Senshuken”"
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/全日本歌謡選手権
The audition song "Shiawase no Serenade (幸せのセレナーデ)" was written and produced by Tsunku
https://twitter.com/cloverblossoms_/status/1092231965292474368
PV:

Spoiler:

Mattthecat

Akira Kawakami - kwkm LoGiRL #176 - February 25, 2019

https://aidoru-online.org/torrents-details.php?id=143986

The latest edition of kwkm's webshow
「川上アキラの人のふんどしでひとりふんどし」

Guest is Reni promoting her upcoming Marugoto solo concert
and then there's a VTR about some winterly trip with Kanako and Reni

Spoiler:

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