Category: 2014-2018

Prophecy Cameos

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Back in 2015, young actress Komatsu Nana was still a newcomer in spite of her remarkable debut in The World of Kanako the previous year. Before she embarked on a Taiwanese journey for Martin Scorsese’s Silence and filled Japanese theaters with no less than 5 films in 2016, she landed a lead role in Close Range Love (2014), a romantic comedy, and had a small supporting role in Bakuman (October 2015).

In Prophecy (June 2015) she was just there for two cameos with a total screen time that did not exceed 1mn 30s. She was Kaede, a young waitress…

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Maniac Hero Promo Recollection

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On May 7, 2016, Maniac Hero/ヒーローマニア生活, a film by director Keisuke Toyoshima, hit Japanese theaters. On that day there was a special screening and stage greetings at the TOEI Marunouchi Cinema in Tokyo.

Plot by Asian Wiki: Nakatsu (Masahiro Higashide) was laid off at his company and now works part-time at a convenience store. One day, Nakatsu forms a vigilante group to protect his town with Toshida (Masataka Kubota), who has a mysterious physical ability, Kaori (Nana Komatsu), who is a female high school student with excellent information gathering abilities, and Kusaki (Tsurutaro Kataoka), who wields hammers under his sleeves. As they punish evil doers, the group gains popular support…

…but with power comes great responsibility, and a very shady, power-greedy individual with a political agenda is very much interested in the group.

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Baseball Pitch

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It is almost a tradition in Japanese professional baseball to have celebs, idols or actresses launch the first pitch at important matches with popular teams. On Sunday June 16, 2016, actress and model Komatsu Nana was in charge at the Chiba Marine Stadium, home of the Chiba Lotte Marines, who were then to play against the mighty Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

The young star who practised a bit at school confessed she felt a bit nervous but enjoyed the moment. Here’s a few pics to celebrate…

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