Utada Hikaru (21) is to appear in the commercials for Nintendo’s new game console Nintendo DS. The commercial, which will air from Saturday, features her new single Easy Breezy and shows Utada in a white space and wearing a red dress, as she fearfully approaches the new machine.
• Oda Yuji (36) and Yada Akiko (25) have arrived in New Zealand to shoot the new Fuji TV romantic comedy series “Last Christmas.” Given the seasonal setting, filming is being done in the southern hemisphere. The series will start on October 11 and marks Oda’s long-awaited return to the “golden time” slot. He became a huge star after the success of “Tokyo Love Story” in 1991.