Award-winning actress Terajima Shinobu (32) is to make her first starring appearance in a TV drama series. The series, provisionally titled “Otona no Natsu Yasumi (Adult Summer Vacation) will air on NTV from July 6. The “serious” actress will have comedienne Nakajima Tomoko (33) of the manzai duo Othello alongside her as they portray women running a house by the sea. Terashima was born in Kyoto into the kabuki family of national treasure Onoe Kikugoro and actress Fujii Junko, and grew up in the world of the stage and movies. She has won awards for such movies as 2003’s “Vibrator” and “Akame Shijuyataki Shinju Misui” (Akame 48 Waterfalls). She has appeared, but never starred in, TV dramas, notably the 2003 NHK taiga drama “Musashi.”
• It was revealed yesterday that comedian Nagura Jun (36), of the trio Neptune, and talento Watanabe Marina (34) got married on May 5. The couple announced their engagement last month. Watanabe is a former member of the 80s idol group O-Nyanko Club. Nagura is a Hyogo Prefecture native and decided to delay the announcement following the fatal train crash in Amagasaki on April 25.
• Fujiki Chiho (37), an announcer for Bunka Housou radio, said on air yesterday that she is getting married. She met the 42-year old A-san in January and he proposed at the end of March. They plan to hold a ceremony in July and Fujiki says she will continue working.