Fueki Yuko (24) is more of a star in Korea than at home, being the first Japanese actress to play the lead in a regular TV series. But in a dispute between agencies in the two countries, the Korean company A Stars has called for her arrest on robbery, embezzlement and other charges. Her Japanese agency Riku Corporation tried to have all contracts annulled after A Stars failed to make payments last year. Fueki started as a model in 1999 and made her acting debut in the 2001 movie Hotaru. In the same year, she found success in Korea under the stage name of Yumin.
• In a world first, a TBS “fantasy/love” drama is to use a Sting song as its theme tune. The series “Ai suru tame ni ai saretai”, set to start in July and starring Sakaguchi Kenji (27), will feature a new acoustic version of Sting’s 1985 hit “The Moon Over Bourbon Street.”