#saito yasuka

[haveyouseenthistoku]

[nugulover69]

Ahhhhh wittle elf ears with wittle dangly earrings uwahhhh kawaiiiiii pretty babyyyyy

[autthemanfghter]

高橋光臣

齋藤ヤスカ

三上真史

中村知世

末永遥

出合正幸

轟轟戦隊ボウケンジャー

[littleragondin]

15 Day BL Challenge

Sooo... I decided to do @negrowhat's 15 days BL challenge, because it sounds fun and I like looking back on what I watch. The full challenge can be found here! Disclaimer, I am not good at picking only one favorite of anything, so every day is going to be a selection (and an excuse for me to babble about the things I love ❤❤).

☆*:.｡. Day 1 - Fave OG actor pairing .｡.:*☆

A little unsure where we draw the line for OG, year-wise, so I will go pre-2019 (sorry OhmFluke my most beloved u.u).

So, truth be told, in most of the OG Thai pairing, my love is unbalanced and I have one I really like and one that leaves me more… neutral. That said, back then, I was obsessed with Copter and Kimmon from 2Moons (2017), who seemed so effortlessly charming on screen and worked the prickly pursued senior/puppy younger student pusuer delightfully.

But the ones that, for me, really stood the test of time (aka I am still ridiculously attached to them seven big year later) have to be Tak Woo Suk and Yeon Seung Ho from Long Time No See. I love them so much, I remember buying the show on vimeo just so I could watch it again and again in the best quality available.

And I need an obligatory shout out to where I started, ages ago: Japanese BL movies, and especially Tokuyama Hidenori and Saito Yasuka in Ai no Kotodama.

[ineffable-opinions]

Hu Jun and Liu Ye

They played Chen HanDong and Lan Yu in Lan Yu (2001) directed by Stanley Kwan. They also acted in Painting Soul (2003), by the same director, which was not a BL.

Hu Jun had previously acted in East Palace, West Palace (1996). Episode 6 of Blue Canvas of Youthful Days (2024) had Qi Lu and Qin Xiao watching that movie.

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Stills from Lan Yu and Manifesto.

They appeared together in the Chinese TV Show Where Are We Going, Dad? Season 3 (2015), an event celebrated by their CP fans! They also acted together in Manifesto (2023). This is in line with Chinese government's complicated history with shipping and fu-cultures.

CCP is not always hostile towards BL and shipping. I mean, CCP is the second largest political party in the world with like nearly hundred million members. Some of them are fu-people, who create and consume BL. Some of them engage in shipping - of characters as well as real people including celebrities and senior party members. (I have discussed this in the context of Addicted here.) The appeal of a branded pair, who is not against getting shipped, doing a series like Manifesto is therefore manifold. Hence, JunYe CP is one of the most important branded pair ever.

Watanabe Daisuke and Hamao Kyousuke

They played Saki Giichi and Hayama Takumi in 4 BL movies:

Takumi-kun Series 2: Rainbow Colored Glass (2009)

Takumi-kun Series 3: The Beauty of Detail (2010)

Takumi-kun Series 4: Pure (2010)

Takumi-kun Series 5: That, Sunny Blue Sky (2011)

and acted in an non-BL movie:

Our Kogen Hotel (2013)

All of these movies were directed by Yokoi Takeshi. While I wonder if he's going to repeat it with the new cast of Takumi-kun Series 6: Nagai Nagai Monogatari no Hajimari no Asa. (2023), I am less sure given Kato Daigo who played Saki Giichi in the new movie is already 24 and he can only play a high schooler for so long. Also, I am not sure how the movie performed on the box office and if it would have a sequel.

This pair started off with The Musical Prince of Tennis#4 where Watanabe Daisuke played Tezuka Kinimitsu with Hamao Kyousuke as Kikumaru for 2 years.

All early 21st century Japanese live action BL had a handful of actors (Saitoh Takumi, Kawai Ryunosuke, Yoshikazu Kotani, Aiba Hiroki, Takahashi Yuta, Saito Yasuka and Namikawa Hajime) who appeared in multiple BL works but with different onscreen partners, so DaiMao branded pair was pretty unique.

Japanese BL doesn't have any branded pair currently.

does anyone remember which bl pair was the first one to be consistantly booked together in multiple projects together??? cause im thinking its OffGun but idk if it could be someone else..?? and which pair do you think was the one that made other bl producers go "hmmm book a duo together = good viewer rating = consistant money making... 💡"

[melto]

they should have just brought saito yasuka back for the role im sure he could still do it all these years later but why did it have to be nakayama satsuki

[nonician225]

Favorite Japanese BL

Ai No Kotodama (2007)

Yasuka Saito as Miyako Tachibana

Hidenori Tokuyama as Shinya Otani

Director: Satoshi Kaneda

Hidenori and Yasuka today

[nyxravessnow]

Higa 1st

[littleragondin]

i hope it's okay to piggy back on it because while I'm no specialist at all, I was really glib when I answered you earlier lol and I feel like if people are interested there may be a little bit more to the Kamen Rider series than that.

Kamen Rider (literally Masked Rider) is a series of shows produced by Toei, that fall under the umbrella term "tokusatsu shows" (at least in english speaking fandoms).

We've had one a year since 2000 (plus 9 that came between 1971 and 1989). The concept is that you have a main hero - with a motorbike and a pretty cool armor (usually activated using some kind of belt) - dedicated to fighting a big organization of villains that involve tons of really cool looking monsters. yes they do look very fake and yes they also look really cool, both can be true As the story progresses, they often get themselves (sometimes reluctant) allies, recurring villains, and they may meet previous incarnations of KR for cameo crossovers. People who watched far more than I have might have a better outlook on where to start, but as I said quite a few of them are easy enough to get into without much knowledge! And there is a huge variety of settings and themes across the board, from space themed (Fourze), to detective/noir (W), or 'vampire' themed (Kiva) shows so I think there is a way to find something to suit your tastes.

A note for lovers of color coded teams (me, that's me, hi): the Power Rangers as we know them in Europe and the US are remakes of the Japanese Super Sentai that use the original fighting scenes/themes/props with reworked stories and completely new out-of-costume scenes. Same as Kamen Rider, Toei produces one a year, with a new team and theme every time, and those also have given us a few of our current BL actors.

If you are interested in the Kamen Rider/Super Sentai/Ultraman to BL pipeline, please first check @stickers-on-a-laptop hilarious poster tweaking post. I'm adding a (certainly non exhaustive) list of tokusatsu shows that I know feature actors who went to make BL - ignoring their cameo in follow up shows (Also not *all* of them are the start of their respective actors' career, either) :

Kamen Rider Agito (Jan. 2001 – Jan. 2002) > Yoshikazu Kotani (Boys Love, Boys Love The Movie, Same Difference)

Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger (Feb. 2003 – Feb. 2004) > Sho Tomita (Same Difference)

GoGo Sentai Boukenger (Feb. 2006 – Feb. 2007) > Saito Yasuka (Ai no Kotodama, Takumi-kun 1 and cameo in 3)

Kamen Rider Kabuto (Jan. 2006 – Jan. 2007) > Tokuyama Hidenori (Ai no kotodama)

Kamen Rider Kiva (Jan. 2008 – Jan. 2009) > Takeda Kohei (Old Fashion Cupcake)

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (Feb. 2009 – Feb. 2010) > Aiba Hiroki (Sukitomo)

Kamen Rider OOO (Sept. 2010 – Aug. 2011) > Watanabe Shu (BL drama no shuen ni narimashita: crank up hen)

Kamen Rider Wizard (Sept. 2012 – Sept. 2013) > Kanno Atsumi (Boys Love the movie)

Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (Feb. 2012 – Feb. 2013) > Baba Ryoma (Takumi-kun, Takumi-kun: Pure especially)

Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (Feb. 2013 – Feb. 2014) > Ryo Ryusei (Restart after come back home)

Ultraman Ginga (2013) and Ultraman Ginga S (2014) > Kusakawa Takuya (Minato’s Laundromat, Cherry Magic)

Kamen Rider Drive (Oct. 2014 – Sept. 2015) > Inaba Yu (Sing In Love)

Kamen Rider Ex-Aid (Oct. 2016 – Aug. 2018) > Iijima Hiroki (Bokura no Shokutaku), Seto Toshiki (Senpai Danjite Koidewa, Bokura no Micro na Shuumatsu)

Kamen Rider Build (Sept. 2017 – Aug. 2018) > Inukai Atsuhiro (Kei x Yaku, Bokura no Shokutaku), Akaso Eiji (Cherry Magic), Takeda Kohei (Old Fashion Cupcake)

Kamen Rider Saber (Sept. 2020 – Aug. 2021 > Naito Shuchiro (Senpai Danjite Koidewa)

Kamen Rider Revice (Sept. 2021 – Aug. 2022) > Maeda Kentaro (Utsukushii Kare eternal, Kimi ni wa todokanai), Hyuga Wataru (Kimi to nara koi wo shite mite mo), and Oku Tomoya in a smaller role (Minato’s Laundromat) as well as a guest role in ep.7 of Yutaro (Cherry Magic, Zenra Meshi, Zettai BL ni Naru Sekai VS Zettai BL ni Naritakunai Otoko 1 and 2) - also check this post from @emotionallychargedtowel to make you want to watch it as much as me ^^

Avataro Sentai Donbrothers (Mar. 2022 – Feb. 2023) > Higuchi Kouhei (Taikan Yoho), Hirose Tomoki (Seven Days) and guest appearance of Kyoya Honda (Jack O’Frost and Me, My Husband, and My Husband’s Boyfriend)

Shin Ultraman (2022- movie) > Saito Takumi (Boys Love, Sukitomo, Itsuka no kimi e), Nishijima Hidetoshi (Kinou nani tabeta)

Kamen Rider Black Sun (Oct. 2022) > Nishijima Hidetoshi (Kinou nani tabeta)

what IS kamen rider? something like the power rangers but with jbl actors?

great that you're asking this because I literally asked the lovely @littleragondin three days ago in quite the same manner lol so we're going to use their explanation if you don't mind ❤

"It's a children's show like Power Rangers except that instead of having a colour coded team, you have a Main Dude with Some Friends In Cool Armors and Some Enemies In Cool Armors Too. It's a show produced by toei to sell toys basically and they make a new one every year with a new set of actors and a new theme." (this is an almost exact quote lol)

after I acknowledged the fact there are SO MANY SEASONS:

"Yeah, there are TONS lol though you can mostly dive into one without previous knowledge, it's perfectly fine - that's how I got started and I am not watching them in order. ^^ "

and also it's "a springboard for young actors really" and that's smth I've personally noticed a long time ago while going through jbl actors' mdl pages haha

so this is what I've got for you, if anyone wants to explain smth please feel free to do so in the replies <3

[magicalmiracleenthusiast]

高橋光臣

齋藤ヤスカ

三上真史

中村知世

末永遥

出合正幸

轟轟戦隊ボウケンジャー

[meitoshi-blog]

Lyra Orpheus [Stringer Requiem] Saint Seiya: Super Musical (2011)

[nugulover69]

I appreciate this episode that's mostly just a showcase of the mechs mix-and-match functions (*john toei voice* buy the touys kids) giving me plentiful Masumi vanity shots as compensation

Also. cheekies <3

[animeonstage-blog]

Actor of the Day: Saito Yasuka

Today’s actor of the day is Saito Yasuka (齋藤ヤスカ)! He began his career as a model in 2003. In 2005, he made his acting debut in Hana Yori Dango. Later on, he was cast as a supporting rival character in The Prince of Tennis movie and Hirakoba Rin in the first season of The Prince of Tennis musicals. In the time between his role in The Prince of Tennis movie and the musicals, Saito Yasuka acted in GoGo Sentai Boukenger as Inou Masumi/Bouken Black and Ai no Kotodama as Tachibana. Both of these roles greatly boosted his popularity which had probably helped him in being cast in the musicals. In 2011, he began work as a photographer and has, to date, held eleven photo exhibitions not including photography related to stage productions, race queens and CD jackets. He also frequently directs gravure DVDs and stage productions which he’d originally written.

Read more!

[bkeiii]

Movie/Drama that Casted Seiyuu

In case you're like me, someone who's curious about seiyuu's acting in a movie/drama that wasn't animated. I want to make your burden a little bit lighter by making this list. Hope this help!!

Notes :

The movies and drama I include are where the seiyuus acted live, not only the voice appearance. So no sentai series, except there's seiyuu making appearance.

The movies and dramas will be always updated whenever I have time/I found new dramas and movies which included seiyuu. Please look forward to it!!!

For movies :

Takumi-kun Series 1 : And The Spring Breeze Whispers (2007)

The seiyuu includes in this movie was Hatano Wataru as Yoshizawa Michio, a member of archery club who likes Takabayashi Izumi (played by Saito Yasuka).

Apparently, this movie is available in some platform such as dailymotion with eng sub. Please check if you like!

Movie genre : Boy's Love (BL), romance, drama

Monochrome Girl (2009)

The seiyuu included in this movie is Irino Miyu as the main character, Igarashi Hiroshi. The link to watch this movie isn't available online.

Movie genre : Drama

Wonderful World (2011)

The seiyuus include in this movie were :

Miyano Mamoru as Katayama Seishi

Uehara Ayumi as Fukushima Narumi

Namikawa Daisuke as Katayama Koichi

Hirata Yuka as Tanaka Akiko

Morikubo Showtaro as Nakamura Ryoji

Sugita Tomokazu as Chin'nen

and many more. Not only joined as a cast, Namikawa Daisuke directed the movie as well. There's no link to watch/download available.

Movie genre : Fantasy, drama

Kami★Voice : The Voice Makes Miracles (2011)

The seiyuus include in this movie were :

Kaji Yuki as Yuu Siraike

Hatano Wataru as Tatsumo Kubodera

Morikubo Showtaro as Hareruya Oda

Namikawa Daisuke as Ku'on Kobayakawa

Park Romi as Sayuri Takeda

Miyano Mamoru as Kanade Asai

Eguchi Takuya as Tetsurou

Tanaka Mayumi

Nozawa Masako

Hosoya Yoshimasa

Chiba Shigeru

Yamada Keaton

Koyama Rikiya

Yamadera Kouichi

Hazama Michio

Takizawa Roko

Arthur Lounsbery as Christian

and many more. Kamiya Hiroshi also included, but only as a narrator. The only links available is the cut scene of Park Romi, Miyano Mamoru, trailer, and the MV of the soundtrack.

Movie genre : Comedy

Messiah (2011)

The seiyuu include in this movie is Uchiyama Kouki as one of the student. Namikawa Daisuke is also in the movie as one of the police staff. You can find the movie, but with Korean subtitle.

Movie genre : Drama, action

Omaera Zenin Mendokusai (2019)

The seiyuu include in this movie is Ono Kensho as Kitanuchi Kunihiko, the male lead character, a new Japanese teacher in his school. Since the DVD and Blu-ray hasn't been released, the link to watch/download isn't available yet.

Movie genre : Harem, comedy, romance

Chronos Jaunter (2019)

The seiyuu include in this movie is Shimono Hiro as Fukihara Kazuhito, a guy who will time travel to when his girlfriend still alive before an accident. Since the movie hasn't been released, the link to watch/download isn't available yet.

Movie genre : Fantasy, drama

For dramas :

Koi Suru Seiza (2009)

The seiyuu included in this drama is Uchiyama Kouki as Hinata, the girl in the episode's boyfriend. Appeared in episode 9. You can watch it here.

Drama genre : Comedy, romance.

A Girl and Three Sweethearts (2016)

The seiyuu include in this drama is Irino Miyu as a high school friend of Shibasaki Chiaki (played by Miura Shouhei). He appeared at episode 4. You can watch it on some platform where the drama is available.

Drama genre : Romance

Boku no Koe ga Sekai wo Sukutta Koto wa Kimi wa mou Shiranai (2017)

The seiyuus include in this drama were :

Masuda Toshiki as Rei

Tasuku Hatanaka as Eiyuu

Nishiyama Koutarou

Shunsuke Takeuchi

Minoru Shiraishi

The drama was produced by GYAO × WOWOW. For now, it isn't available anywhere. It also wasn't listed in any of this seiyuus' work in wikipedia so I don't know.

Ani Tomo (2018)

The seiyuu include in this drama was Fukuyama Jun as Tachibana Yonosuke, the cafe owner who constantly helped the main couple of the series to go through their relationship growth.

Drama genre : Romance

Koe Girl! (2018)

The seiyuus include in this drama were :

Fukuhara Haruka as Kikuchi Makoto

Haruka Tomatsu as herself

Namikawa Daisuke as himself

Hidaka Noriko as herself

Iwata Mitsuo as himself

It's available with eng sub in dailymotion.

Drama genre : Slice of life

Yuube wa Otanoshimi Deshita ne (2019)

The seiyuu that include was Miyano Mamoru as Onita, one of the clerk.

Addition :

Namikawa Daisuke once appeared at Ressha Sentai ToQGer Returns : Super ToQ 7gou of Dreams as a track maintenance worker, episode 7.

[omotesando-rocket]

アートでモードでサステナブルなTシャツ展「Tee Upcycle」

2020.7.3.fri -  7.22 wed

11：00〜20：00 ＜7月22日（水）〜18:00＞

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環境保護やサステイナビリティーに敏感な昨今、表参道ROCKETではファッションの観点から環境に配慮した取り組みとして、国内外で活躍するアーティスト、ファッションデザイナー、刺繍作家、スタイリスト、イラストレーター、写真家、グラフィックデザイナー、モデルなど、若手気鋭クリエイターによるアップサイクルなTシャツを展示＆販売する「Tee Upcycle」を企画しました。GW期間に開催予定だった本企画、新型コロナウイルス感染症対策の基本方針のため一旦開催を中止しオンライン限定で展開していましたが、このたび参加クリエイターをプラスしパワーアップしてのリアル開催が決定しました。

テーマであるアップサイクルとは、リサイクルやリユースとは異なり、古くなったものや不要になったものを捨てず、元々の形や特徴などを活かしつつ新しいアイデアを加えて生まれ変わらせる考え方のこと。参加クリエイターそれぞれのオリジナリティあふれる世界観で表現された、��ートでモードでサステナブルなTシャツの数々をご覧いただき、お気に入りを購入できるまたとない機会。オンライン販売で完売したクリエイターによる新作も多数揃いますので、ぜひご来場ください。

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[danmeibl]

Name: Ai no Kotodama

Related: Ai no Kotodama 2: Sekai no Hate Made

Year Release: 2008

Episode: 1

Ending: Happy Ending

Main Couple: Shinya Ootani (seme; Hidenori Tokuyama) x Miyako Tachinaba (uke; Yasuka Saito)

Synopsis: Ootani and Tachibana have been inseparable since high school. Now that they’re in college, they live together, they’re happy and everything seems prefect. But their little world is disrupted when they meet an old high school friend, Yuki, who seems to have a crush on Tachibana, making Ootani feel jealous and insecure. Will Tachibana really choose him over a pretty girl?

Stars: 5/5

My thoughts: JUST WATCH!

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