Nigerian talento Bobby Ologon (32) is to have his first dramatic role on TV. One of this year’s breakthrough TV celebrities, the goofy former K-1 fighter made his acting debut in this year’s 16th addition to the “Tsuri Baka Nisshi” movie series. And he’ll follow that up next month with a role in the Fuji TV drama series “Abunee Futari – Uranaishi, Ibuki Kei no Jiken File,” in which he plays the bodyguard of a fortune teller played by the cross-dressing singer Mikawa Kenichi.
• Actor Negami Jun died this week at a Tokyo hospital following a stroke. He was 82. A supporting actor on TV and in movies, he was best known as the devoted husband of singer Peggy Hayama (73). They often appeared on variety shows as a couple in the 1960s. Negami made over 100 movies during 20 years with the Daiei movie studio before switching to a long career on TV. He and Hayama married in 1965 and they recently celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in the hospital.
• Comedian Hotohara Toru (37) of the popular Yoshimoto duo Ameagari Keshitai broke a finger in a recent motorcycle spill. His comedy partner, Miyasako Hiroyuki (35), took his place in the scheduled filming of a mahjong TV show.