Kame, tegoshi and uchi to star in new drama!

The live-action drama adaptation of Tomoko Hayakawa's manga "Yamato Nadeshiko Shichihenge" was confirmed on Sunday. KAT-TUN's Kazuya Kamenashi (23) will play the lead role and will be joined by Hiroki Uchi (23) and NEWS member Yuya Tegoshi (22).

The comedic story revolves a group of handsome young men who are offered free lodging if they can turn the owner's niece into a proper lady. Kamenashi plays the short-tempered Kyohei Takano, while Uchi and Tegoshi play two of his housemates. Aya Omasa (18) has been cast as the niece Sunako, a solitary girl with low self-esteem. As the men work together to change Sunako, she and Kyohei begin to form a romantic relationship.

The cast also includes ballet dancer Shuntaro Miyao (25). TBS will premiere the series on January 15, airing every Friday at 10:00pm.

Tegoshi starring in new drama as host!

More cast details have been revealed for Fuji TV's drama special "Dareka ga Uso wo Tsuiteiru." Lead actor Yutaka Mizutani is being joined by Yuya Tegoshi (NEWS), Mitsuki Tanimura, and Yoshiko Miyazaki.

First announced last month, the drama has Mizutani playing a salaryman falsely accused of groping on a train. One of the key themes is the resulting impact on him and his family. Miyazaki is playing his wife, while Tegoshi and Tanimura have been cast as their children. Tegoshi's character is a student who finds a job as a bar host.

Other cast members include comedians such as Cunning Takeyama and Zabungle's Ayumu Kato.

Fuji TV has not yet set a specific date for the drama to air, but the network plans to broadcast the episode in its "Kinyo Prestige" block (Friday 9:00pm) before the end of this year.

Tegoshi Yuya starring in new movie!

Tegoshi pulled it off to get in a new movie directed by an American director (Hans Canosa), this movie is called Nakushita Kioku allong with many other actors (who some of them are American-jin) Yuya is going to star in this movie!

You probably already noticed that in this movie there are some American actors as well.

Such as Emma Robberts known from the television program Unfabulous, and Anton Yelchin also known from Star Trek as Pavel Chekov.

List of actors:
Maki Horikita

Matsuyama Kenichi

Yuya Tegoshi

Anton Yelchin

Emma Roberts

Mirei Kiritan

Misa Shimizu

Here are some scans of tegoshi and maki during the movie

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Filming started this week. The movie is expected to be released in 2009, hopefully followed by a U.S. release in 2010.