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Criticism towards “Tokujo Kabachi!!”

// April 10th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // News

"Tokujo Kabachi!", a dorama starring Sakurai Sho (28) and Horikita Maki (21) has now officially been criticized by the Japanese bar association, it has been learned today.

The dorama focuses on the work of notary publics and their settlement negotiations. Now the Osaka bar association claims that the characters of the dorama often actively violated the Bengoshi-Ho, the Lawyers law. There is something called the Hiben Katsudo, a law that exists for the prevention of non-attorney activities. It basically says that only lawyers may claim recompenses in cases of traffic accidents, divorces, insolvency, debts and so on. Notary publics are no lawyers and therefore they have no right trying to get recompenses from the other party.

There may have been situations where the characters in TokuKaba exceeded their powers, but it's based on a manga and just a fictional story. However, the bar association sees it as a promotion of such acts and wrote TBS a letter voicing their protest against the dorama. They are not suing them or anything, but they expect an apology in form of canceling any DVD and rebroadcasting plans.

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Written by: KawaiiJoyuu
Sources: Sanspo
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Staff Blog (02/23 ~ 03/11) multiple entries

// March 12th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Staff Blog

02/23 – "It's warm today."

Maki is at a shooting for the newest FUJIFILM poster.
It's all warm and fuzzy, making you sleepy…
There is no filming for Kabachi today, but she's still working~!!
However, the weather is so nice it makes you want to go on a stroll~
Don't miss episode 7 of Kabachi!

02/25 – "Did you see the new DoCoMo commercial?"

She's appearing together with her junior Mirei. ★
They are actually only 1 year apart. It was a lot of fun,
when they were together in the waiting room.
Mirei is also holding her personally designed
"Seventeen Keitai: Mirei Model" phone in her hand!
Check it out~!!

03/04 – "Guess what!"

She did a commercial for "Gyu Gyutto" this year again!!
They filmed it last month~!
I'll give you more details as soon as I can. Look forward to it ★ ★

03/11 – "It's finally this month!"

That's the extra-large poster in the "Dare Kiss" press room!
Did you see it already? There is also a 4-people version of it,
but the one with her and her closed eyes isn't that bad either…

Kabachi only has 2 episodes left as well.
There are so many sudden developments!
Don't miss either of them!

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Maki’s Monthly Message for February

// February 15th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Monthly Message

Maki’s Monthly Message for February
Up on Maki’s site since February 04

Everyone,
I hope you are healthy
and won’t loose against the coldness!
A few days ago it even started to snow in Tokyo.
Especially at midnight it is impressive
seeing the pure white scenery spread out everywhere.
Once in a while I feel like the cold weather
and the long lines become too much for me,
but I’m spending every day healthily.
We are already at the turning point
for the filming of "Tokujo Kabachi!!" as well.
There is still so much more to come
and it will steadily get more interesting.
Don’t miss it…!!
I’m looking forward to the live phone calls
every week and hope you will try to call us as well~!!

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Tokujou Kabachi!! Ep01-10 (1280×720) RAW+Softsubs

// January 26th, 2010 // 32 Comments » // Downloads

"Tokujou Kabachi!!" episode in 1280×720~
Haven't seen it on d-addicts or other English sites yet, so here you go.

Info: 1280×720 (h264) mp4
Size: 929MB ~ 1.11 GB
Password: pori-chan.com

Ep01: MU1 | MU2 // Softsubs: MF or MU (only works with 1280×720 version!!!)
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Ep02: Multiupload [1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5] // Softsubs: MF or MU
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Ep03: MU1 | MU2 or Multiupload [1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6] // Softsubs : MF or MU
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Ep04: MU or Multiupload [1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6] // Softsubs: MF or MU
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Ep05: MU or Multiupload [1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6] // Softsubs: MF or MU (only works with 1280×720 version!!!)
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Ep06: MU or Multiupload [1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6] // Softsubs: MF or MU (only works with 1280×720 version!!!)
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Ep07: MU or Multiupload [1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6] // Softsubs: MF or MU
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Ep08: MU or Multiupload [1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5] // Softsubs: MF or MU
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Ep09: MU[1-2-3-4] or Multiupload [1 | 2 | 3 | 4] // Softsubs: MF (only works with 1280×720 version!!!)
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Ep10: MU[1-2-3-4-5] or Multiupload [1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5] // Softsubs: MF (only works with 1280×720 version!!!)
*Ep9 and 10 taken from nomanymore @ livejournal (use hjsplit to join files)

# Softsubs done by theRealMirage of FreeMoneySubs!!
# Get the 704×396 subs at d-addicts!

Hardsub Infos:
STORMY team will release hardsubs through their livejournal and Aibakaland only (maybe a batch torrent after the whole show).

Staff Blog (01/11): “Every day from tonight on…?!”

// January 16th, 2010 // No Comments » // Staff Blog

Everyone! Tonight she’ll appear on "Gekko Ongaku Dan" after a long time again. ♪

Tomorrow on the 12th she’ll appear on "Lincoln," on the 13th she will be on the cover of "Shukan The Television" , on the 14th she will be on "Himitsu no Arashi-chan", on the 15th she will take over the whole TBS program, on the 16th there will be "King’s Brunch" and on the 17th, FINALLY the first episode of "Tokujo Kabachi!!"!  Of course there will be a doranavi on that day as well. ★

Today she will have an interview for "Dare Kiss" after the filming of the dorama.

Note: doranavi = A special that airs several hours before the actual episode and introduces the new dorama as well as the cast and so on.

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Give the “Tokujo Kabachi!!” cast a call!

// January 15th, 2010 // No Comments » // News

The new dorama "Tokujo Kabachi!!" starring Sakurai Sho and Horikita Maki will try something new and unique for doramas.

Every week during the broadcast of the newest episode they will show a question that the viewers need to answer. However, this isn’t about receiving some free merchandise as a present but instead you get the chance to make a phone call to one of the actors/actresses! For the first episode on the 17th, the one lucky viewer will be able to call starring actor Sakurai Sho even though he is going to have a concert with Arashi in Nagoya on that day. This is the first time that a dorama is trying to interact with their viewers in such a direct way.

The concept is simple. During the episodes they show a question with 3 possible answers and a number you have to call in order to answer the question. They immediately process your answer and then they randomly call back one of the people who said the right answer during the 2nd half of the episode. The person calling you back will be from the cast of the dorama.

The reason for that experiment is easy to understand as well. The producer explains that they are trying to make people watch it live rather than having them record the dorama like many people do these days. They offered this concept to all of the stations and it will be interesting to see how this "real time" interaction is going to work for doramas. "We can’t control what is going to happen during the live broadcast, but we will be able to have an unedited interaction with our viewers. This is much more precious to us than only seeing them as numbers in the ratings."

They are also going to introduce the whole new project on the special program "Tokujo Kabachi!! Navi" that will air at 2pm on the 17th.

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Written by: KawaiiJoyuu
Sources: Oricon
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Tokujo Kabachi Press Conference

// January 9th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // News

Arashi member Sho Sakurai and actress Maki Horikita attended the press release conference for the new drama "Tokujo Kabachi/特上カバチ!!" in Tokyo a few days ago. The character played by Horikita, an administrative scrivener, is quite "S" and always torments the character of Sakurai. "It is my first challenge to a character of an aggressive career woman." commented Horikita. "She becomes ‘S’ gradually during the hard work. She feels better when she is more dominant than others." she said with a quick grin.

And Sakurai introduced himself with "This is Sakurai with the mssochistic face". The colleague actor Kenichi Endo commented Sakurai’s character: "Last time, Arashi appeared in a singing program, and I thought Sho-kun was going to sing. But suddenly he rapped fluently. I was shocked. Though my character in the drama is always angry (with Sho-kun), I admire him a lot." On the other hand, Sakurai mentioned his experience with senior actors with his eyes sparkling: "I don’t have a lot of experience in playing with many seniors. I feel quite fresh with Endo-san, Katsumi Takahashi-san, and Masatoshi Nakamura-san. And I have learned a lot from them in a joyful way."

Horikita said jokingly: "Though it is my first time to play with Sakurai-san, Tamura (Sakurai) and Misuzu (Horikita) hate each other in the drama, I try to be unlovely in the always." "It’s totally not like this! We couldn’t stop laughing in the spot!" Sakurai explained quickly. According to the title of drama, Horikita was asked about the "Tokujo/特上"(premium) experience recently, "It’s quite not that luxury yet. I drink tea in a champagne glass. Some one sent me a set of superfine glasses, but I don’t drink alcohol in home and I don’t want to waste it…" answered Horikita.

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Written by: Pori-chan
Taken from music-japan+
Sources: Oricon, Mainichi

Girls Locks! Maki as guest on Nanami’s show

// December 27th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // Interviews

It’s been a while that I had to translate a snippet from Girls Locks!
Last week Maki made a guest appearance on Sakuraba Nanami’s segment and here is what I can translate from the little transcript that got posted on the site of Tokyo FM.
I’m sorry for any mistakes, but I wasn’t able to go through it again to correct typos and grammatical mistakes.

12/15 [Horikita Maki]

"Hello everyone! I haven’t been on here for a while. I’m Horikita Maki."

Why did she come on the show last week? SCHOOL OF LOCK released their new book called "DAYS3" and the two girls did a photo shooting together for it. That’s more than enough reason to get Maki on the show. ^^

[Nanami]	You know, that magazine that we have read during the photo shooting, it was really interesting, wasn’t it?
[Maki]	It hasn’t been that long since then, but I have to say that Nanami has become a lot more mature again. The magazine that we have read… Oh, right. (laughs) We can’t say what it was about here now, though. Back then we also talked about school, dorms and GIRLS LOCKS!.
[Nanami]	There is another very important reason why Horikita Maki, the honorary president of the Books Club, is here. We are currently accepting original novels for the 2nd Aoikisho teenage literary Rookie of the Year Award. I read the winner of the first awards, "Kodoku Hoshi", as well… I was really amazed that other pupils at the same age as me are able to write such novels. Maki-san, how was it to read all those novels for the first awards?
[Maki]	The first awards… receiving all the works from our listeners… I was really worried… However, there have been so many superb works. It was really worthwhile reading them and it became a very fun memory for me. Nanami, you read "Kodoku Hoshi". How was it?
[Nanami]	The unexpected development really surprised me!!!
[Maki]	I know what you mean. It’s all thanks to that unique atmosphere of Aokisho that we got stories with such unexpected developments and so on. That’s why I’m totally looking forward to the 2nd awards!!! The theme this time is "The scribble that changed the world." That sounds like fun. Nanami, what comes to your mind when hearing the theme?
[Nanami]	???????? Uhm…. I… A scribble that came to light after the center of the earth got torn apart…
[Maki]	Ehhhhhh? That would be "The scribble that destroyed the world", right? (laughs)
[Nanami]	Oh. I guess you are right~ (laughs) How about you?
[Maki]	I really don’t have a clue, but I always scribbled on the desk at school. What if one of those harmless scribbles would cause a huge uproar around the world? That kind of feeling, maybe.
[Nanami]	Well then, how about giving our listeners who want to participate at the Aokisho awards a message?
[Maki]	That’s a good idea~ There was an amazing response towards the first Aokisho awards. Writing a novel might seem like something really difficult, but everything starts with a challenge and I want you to send your works SCHOOL OF LOCK! !!!
[Nanami]	We have only been talking about SCHOOL OF LOCK! up to now, but what about you? What have you been doing these days?
[Maki]	These days I’m filming for TBS’ Sunday dorama "Tokujou Kabachi". It will start airing next year on January 17 at 9pm.
[Nanami]	So you have to get at the set when it’s still dark outside and go back home when it’s dark again.
[Maki]	Exactly. (laughs)
[Nanami]	What kind of role do you play?
[Maki]	Do you know what a notary public does?
[Nanami]	Not at all.
[Maki]	It’s like a lawyer, but you don’t stand in a courtroom. The difference is that you mainly work on making documents. You can consult a notary public much more at ease than a lawyer, I think.
[Nanami]	Is it difficult?
[Maki]	It is~ There are so many technical terms… Besides, I haven’t really done that many roles as a working adult so far. This role is yet another big challenge for me.
[Nanami]	I’ll work hard as well!!! Thank you very much for today. Maki-san, will you attend tomorrow’s Girls Locks! again?
[Maki]	Yes!!! Principle and vice principle, please help me out tomorrow again!!!

12/16 [Horikita Maki 2]

[Nanami]	All right, let’s get to the introduction right away. She is here at the girls class for the 2nd consecutive day.
[Maki]	Good evening, I’m Horikita Maki.
[Both]	Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu.
[Nanami]	Okay, speaking of Maki-san, today we gonna talk about something related to Maki-san’s position as the honorary president of the Books Club again. Before you graduated, you established the "Future Library" asking people to tell us which book they would like to send to their future selves. Even after you graduated, people still sent in messages related to the Future Library and occassionally posted it on the web. Since you are here today, I’d like to introduce a couple of those messages first.
[Maki]	Okay.
[Nanami]	(From Yokohama city / Nickname: Sora) Tsujimura Mizuki’s "Tsumetai Kousha no Toki wa Todomaru" Whenever I read this book again and look at the frantic senior high school life of that student in the story, I always remember my time at school. How much I’ve laughed, how much I was worried, how much I’ve cried… I’m sending this book to my future self, because I never want to forget about school and all the feelings surrounding it. Maki-san, did you read this book?
[Maki]	This one… I think I’ve read it halfway through. I’m probably going to continue reading it now.
[Nanami]	I’m a senior high school student, so I guess I’ll have to read it too. Let’s continue. (From Ishikawa / Nickname: Mukka) Isaka Koutarou’s "The Foreign Duck, The Native Duck and God in a Coin Locker" To be honest, I only read this book after watching the movie, but it really moved my current self a lot and really made me shed a lot of tears. I think that every year I grow older, I start to understand the content of the movie and the book more and more. Right now I’m already so touched by this story, but then 10 years from now I’m probably going to read even more meanings into it. I can’t think of anything else right now and I’m probably going to read and watch many more books and movies from now on, but it’s this one that I’d like to entrust to my future self. How about this book?
[Maki]	I’ve read this book. The composition of the story is very fun to read, there are many petty yet interesting parts and even a lot of surprises. I simply remember it as a book that was a lot of fun to read. I can totally understand Mukka-kun’s opinion. It’s the same for me, I always get a much better understanding of the content when rereading a book that I’ve read a long time ago.
[Nanami]	I want to read books, too.
[Maki]	You don’t read???
[Nanami]	The actions of the protagonist and stuff like that, I always mix them up in my head.
[Maki]	I see. Of course there are books where it’s important to follow the actions of the characters, but there are also books more similar to poems. Maybe you should start reading such genres first?
[Nanami]	Maybe I should.
[Maki]	I can give you some recommendations, if you want.
[Nanami]	It was probably so much trouble for you to get the time to appear on this show and now it even turns into a private consultation…
[Maki]	It’s fine with me, so don’t worry!!!
[Nanami]	I… can’t bring it to a conclusion…
[Maki]	What do you mean?
[Nanami]	When I’m talking, I can’t get to a conclusion.
[Maki]	Ah~ I’m not that good with that either. However, surprisingly we get a lot of chances to talk in public. Stage greetings and stuff like that… You try to come up with a perfect comment, but then you completely blank out and end up saying something hastily. In those situations it might be better to only think about the things you really want to talk about, instead of forming a perfect comment. And reading books might actually increase your vocabulary.
[Nanami]	Huh… I guess it’s really a good thing to read books… I’ll try my best!!! Thank you very much for your 2nd day here at Girls Locks!.
[Maki]	It really was a lot of fun. I’m thankful that I was able to return here at least once. I hope I’ll be able to visit you again!!!
[Nanami]	Yes, you have to!!!

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‘Tokujou Kabachi!!’ officially announced

// November 14th, 2009 // 3 Comments » // News

Sakurai Sho rescues the weak in TBS drama ‘Tokujou Kabachi!!’

On 12th November, TBS announced that Arashi’s Sakurai Sho (27) will play the lead role in TBS drama ‘Tokujou Kabachi!!’ (starts 17th January 2010, Sundays at 9). The drama follows the struggles of administrative scriveners who use the law as a weapon to fight for the weak. Horikita Maki (21) will also star in their first work together. With the same broadcast time as NTV’s ‘Gyouretsu no Dekiru Houritsu Soudansho’, it will be a showdown between two law-themed programs.

Sakurai plays the main character Tamura Katsuhiro, a meddlesome character with a burning sense of justice. After his mother was given help, Tamura longs to enter into the world of public notary. In reality he thinks "Law my ass, this isn’t right at all!" as he complains and uses the law to help out the weak. The drama with its comical and serious aspects will make viewers think about questions like ‘What is justice?’ and ‘How should people lead their lives?’

On the other hand, Horikita plays the shrewd administrative scrivener Sumiyoshi Misuzu, a former delinquent who hates to lose so much that she has been known to sever ties after losing a game of rock-paper-scissors. Confrontations arise at every opportunity between the complete opposites, the herbivorous Tamura and carnivorous Misuzu, but as time goes by they begin to understand each other.

"’Being a daredevil is not a bad thing’. And ‘It’s cool to work with all one’s might’. I want to reaffirm those ideas as I portray Tamura," commented Sakurai. Others in the cast include Nakamura Masatoshi, Endo Kenichi, Takahashi Katsumi and Asano Yuko.

In the works is also a quiz aired during the program itself. Viewers will send in their answers during the broadcast time. The winner will then receive a call from Sakurai or other cast members, in a first of its kind trial project.

News Report/Preview:

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Written by: unleashthegeek.blogspot.com
Sources: various

Maki’s new dorama, probably

// November 11th, 2009 // 2 Comments » // News

Ohara Masako of comedy duo Kuwabata Ohara wrote an entry titled ‘Tokujou Kabachi!!’ in her official blog (November 9th). She wrote that she will be making a guest appearance in the first episode. The entry was written after the actors met up for an introduction meeting. "Beginning with the main characters Sakurai Sho and Horikita Maki, the rest of the cast members which includes Nakamura Masatoshi and Asano Yuko were all gathered in full force." She also wrote about seeing Maki without make-up. "She still looks the same!! Too cute!!"

‘Tokujou Kabachi!!’, a manga that has been published in weekly magazine ‘Morning’ since 1999 was made into a drama ‘Kabachitare’ by Fuji TV in 2001. The popular series averaged 19.3% in ratings over 11 episodes. ‘Tokujou Kabachi!!’ is a continuation of ‘Kabachitare’ but this sequel is handled by a different station and a completely different cast so it remains to be seen if it would prove to be a hit for TBS as well.

Of course TBS wasn’t that fond with her leaking out their new projects before them, that’s why she eventually had to delete the entry about the new dorama.

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Written by: unleashthegeek.blogspot.com
Sources: narinari