TV Asahi has announced that its popular trivia show, "Quiz Zatsugaku Ou," will be moving to a "golden time" programming slot at the start of next year.

Hosted by comedy duo Bakusho Mondai, the show began as a special program that first aired in January of this year. A 3-hour special was broadcast in September and achieved 22.4% ratings, leading the network to add the show to its regular lineup.

In October, TV Asahi began running it in the Wednesday 11:15pm time slot, where it has averaged 11.9% ratings. With that impressive performance, the network quickly decided to move it to the Wednesday 8:00pm time slot, starting on January 9.

The late Wednesday time slot has previously been a launching pad for other variety shows, but "Quiz Zatsugaku Ou" is the first to be promoted after only three months.

According to an entry on Shoko Nakagawa's blog on Thursday, she and actress Mao Inoue have finished recording a song together. The post included a picture of the two together in a recording studio, but offered no details about the song.

Inoue is starring in a drama version of "Anmitsu Hime" on Fuji TV in January. Nakagawa also appears in the drama, and her mention of it on the blog suggests that the song will be used in the show. Whether it is the theme song or an insert song has not yet been announced.

36-year-old comedian Daikichi Hakata has gotten married, it was learned on Thursday. Daikichi is one half of the rising manzai duo Hakata Hanamaru Daikichi.

Daikichi's wife is a 34-year-old from the Miyazaki Prefecture. They began dating 12 years ago after being introduced to each other by a friend. Daikichi began seriously considering marriage after the comedy duo moved to Tokyo in 2005.

The couple registered the marriage on November 18 and are already living together in Tokyo. Plans for a ceremony or reception have not been made yet.

American rock singer Lenny Kravitz will sing the theme song to the "Death Note" spinoff "L change the WorLd." This is Kravitz's first theme song for a Japanese film.

The song used will be Kravitz's latest release, "I'll Be Waiting," which went on sale last month.

The use of an American rock artist is not unusual for the franchise. The previous two films featured music by Red Hot Chili Peppers.

"L change the WorLd," directed by Hideo Nakata and starring Kenichi Matsuyama, opens in Japanese theaters on February 9.

According to Sports Hochi, actress Takako Matsu, 30, is planning to get married next spring. Her partner is 46-year-old guitarist and music producer Yoshiyuki Sahashi.

The pair met in 2001 through their music careers, and they began dating in 2004. At one point, they broke up, but they got back together last year.

More details are included in the newspaper's print version and have not yet been made available online.

Relatively new actor Shunsuke Daito has been selected to star in the movie "Ashoro Yori," based on an autobiographical novel by folk singer Chiharu Matsuyama.

"Ashoro Yori" was published by Matsuyama in 1979, two years after his debut. It became a hit, selling more than 700,000 copies. It went out of print in 1981, but it was reissued in May of last year. Based on the sales of the reissue and a drama CD version, a film version was decided.

The story follows Matsuyama's life from his meeting with the late radio director Kenji Takeda, who guided Matsuyama to fame, to his major debut. Masato Hagiwara will play the role of Takeda.

The film, directed by Kazuhisa Imai, is said to have a budget of about 300 million yen. Filming begins next spring in Ashoro, Hokkaido, and theatrical release is scheduled for November.

The judging committee of the 49th Japan Record Awards has revealed its list of winners. The 10 winners of the Gold Award are:

• "Jewelry day" by Ayaka
• "LOVE IS THE GREATEST THING" by w-inds.
• "Toki no Kakera" by EXILE
• "PEACH" by Ai Otsuka
• "Kanazawa No Ame" by Miyuki Kawanaka
• "Ai no Uta" by Kumi Koda
• "Tsubomi" by Kobukuro
• "Kiyoshi no Soran Bushi" by Kiyoshi Hikawa
• "LOVE LETTER" by BoA
• "Hitori Satsumaji" by Kaori Mizumori

The New Artist Award winners are:

• °C-ute
• JYONGRI
• Stephanie
• Satomi Takasugi

Other winners include Man Arai's "Sen no Kaze ni Natte" (Composer Award), Tetsuya Chiaki for "Waremokou" (Lyricist Award), and Seiji Kameda (Arranger Award). A special award is being given to Masafumi Akikawa, Yu Aku, Hideaki Tokunaga, and Ryoichi Hattori and his two sons, Katsuhisa and Takayuki.

The Japan Record Award and Best Singer (both selected from the Gold Award winners), as well as Best New Artist (selected from the New Artist Award winners), will be announced at the actual awards ceremony on December 30.

With boots in style for the winter, Oricon surveyed a thousand men and women to find out which female celebrity looks best in boots.

The top two answers were pop singers Namie Amuro and Ayumi Hamasaki, in that order. While Amuro was ranked first by women, she only made #3 on the men's list. Hamasaki was the opposite, topping the men's list while only being ranked third by women. Model Yuri Ebihara was second on both sexes' lists, placing her at #3 on the overall rankings.

Model and actress Karina placed 4th, one spot ahead of Erika Sawajiri. The bottom half of the top ten were Yu Yamada, Kumi Koda, Rinka, Alisa Mizuki, and Nanako Matsushima (tied with Mizuki).

Singer Beni Arashiro is starring in a movie titled "Bra Bra Ban Ban," based on the manga of the same name by Haruko Kashiwagi. This is her first lead movie role.

The comical story revolves around a high school brass and wind ensemble. Arashiro plays a member of the group who normally acts maturely, but whenever she hears good music, she goes wild and begins embracing and kissing the men around her.

The cast also features Narumi Konno and Osamu Adachi. Yoka Kusano is directing. The film has already been completed, and theatrical release has been scheduled for March.