Toho Cinemas Roppongi Hills is celebrating the 5th anniversary of its opening with a special event known as the "Shun Oguri Film Festival." On the night of April 11, the theater will feature the popular actor's films on all 9 of its screens, which will be the first time that a major cinema has held such an event.

Only 4 films will be screened: "Kisaragi," "Crows ZERO," "Robocon," and "The Neighbour No. 13" ("Rinjin 13-go"). The event starts at 11:00pm and runs for the whole night, with each screen consecutively playing 2 or 3 of the movies. Oguri will be present as well, greeting fans at each of the 9 screens before the films start playing.

More details are available at the theater's website, which is also selling tickets starting on Friday night at midnight.

Actor Takashi Tsukamoto has landed his first starring role in a drama series. He will lead NHK's tentatively titled "Kansahoujin" ("The Auditor"), in which he plays a certified public accountant with a strong sense of justice. His character will also be the single father of a 4-year-old girl. Tsukamoto himself became a father this past September.

Filming begins on Friday, with a total of 6 episodes planned. The show will air in NHK's Saturday 9:00pm time slot, starting on June 21.

It was announced in January that Tsukamoto also has his first starring movie role in Takashi Kubota's "Yesterdays" (details here).

Chihiro Onitsuka is singing her first movie theme song, to be used in Seijiro Koyama's "Last Game: Saigo no Soukeisen." She was chosen by the film's distributor, Cinequanon.

The song is a ballad titled "Hotaru." It will be released in August, the same month that the film hits theaters. The movie, announced last November, stars Dai Watanabe and tells the story of two rival college baseball teams before their members were sent to fight in WWII.

On the 26th of this month, Onitsuka will perform at Shibuya Orchard Hall, her first solo concert since almost 5 years ago. She is expected to sing "Hotaru" in public for the first time at that show.

25-year-old singer Sowelu has posed in the nude for the jacket of her fourth album, "Naked," which goes on sale next Wednesday. The black-and-white image and the title are said to reflect her feelings behind the album, which she described with phrases such as her "unadorned self" and "newborn."

Singer aiko chats with Oricon about her new album "Himitsu." The translation, courtesy of gloomybear, is here.

Oricon interviews L'Arc~en~Ciel about their new single "DRINK IT DOWN," the theme song for the "Devil May Cry 4" video game. sigelx provides the translation.

Oricon conducted a survey of 450 women, asking them which male celebrity's hairstyle they would want to copy this spring. The top overall choice was Teppei Koike, followed by Tsuyoshi Domoto, Hiroshi Tamaki, and Toma Ikuta (who tied with Koike for the #1 choice by girls under 20). Koichi Domoto and Yusuke Yamamoto tied for 5th.

A related survey asked the women which female celebrity they wanted to imitate in terms of hairstyle and fashion. The top 3 choices were Yuri Ebihara, Masami Nagasawa, and Shoko Nakagawa.

Karaoke maker Daiichikosho is celebrating the 15th year of its DAM (Daiichikosho Amusement Multimedia) service. On Monday, it announced its top artist rankings based on data between April 1994 and February 2008. The company found that Ayumi Hamasaki has been the most popular karaoke choice within that span of time.

GLAY, Mr.Children, Southern All Stars, and B'z were the next most popular artists. Looking at just Hamasaki's music, the top 5 songs were "SEASONS," "Voyage," "M," "appears," and "Dearest."

The top song overall was Rimi Natsukawa's version of "Nada Sousou."

On Thursday, 22-year-old Hiroko Mima was crowned as Miss Universe Japan. Originally from Tokushima, she is currently a 4th year student in the Department of Physical Education at Nihon University.

Since the age of 3, Mima learned the traditional Awa Odori dance. In school, she participated in the high jump, competing seven times at the national tournaments. She stated that if she hadn't applied for the Miss Universe competition, she was thinking of becoming a P.E. teacher.

Mima will represent Japan at the Miss Universe 2008 pageant in Vietnam on July 14, hoping to repeat the victory of Riyo Mori last year.