Fortune teller Hosoki Kazuko (66) is a hot item at the moment. Two recent variety shows featuring the straight-talking Tokyo woman have topped the viewer ratings, and she is to be rewarded with her own show alongside young pop idol Takizawa Hideaki (22). The show “Zubari Iuwayo!” (I’m Gonna Speak Frankly!) will start on TBS on August 10. Hosoki is the author of many books and has sold almost 40 million, and was reconized as the world’s best-selling author in her category by the Guinness Book of Records in 2001. She has studied many branches of Oriental fortune telling and divination.