Former J Soul Brothers member and current EXILE member KEIJI will no longer be participating in EXILE's current tour, due to rupturing his left Achilles tendon.

During a performance on the 24th in Hiroshima, KEIJI felt a pain in his left foot and left the stage in the middle of the concert. After being taken to a hospital and getting examined, he was diagnosed with a ruptured Achilles tendon that will require several months of treatment.

On May 9th, EXILE started their nationwide tour, "EXILE LIVE TOUR 2009 'THE MONSTER'," which covers 30 performances in 9 cities. The remaining thirteen members of EXILE plan to continue the tour without KEIJI, all the way until the final day on August 2nd.

Masaharu Fukuyama led the singles chart this week, with his "Keshin" selling 131,000 copies. The song, being used as the theme of Fuji TV's "Majo Saiban" drama series, is Fukuyama's 10th number-one single, making him only the third male solo artist to reach that milestone, after Masahiko Kondo and Toshihiko Tahara.

GLAY's "I am xxx" was #2 at 40,000 in sales, barely edging out the "K-On!" insert song "Fuwafuwa Time." Other new songs in the top ten were released by abingdon boys school (#4), Sukima Switch (#5), Erina Mano (#6), and Garnet Crow (#10), while the latest "Quiz! Hexagon II" song came in at #8.

"Relapse," the newest album by rapper Eminem, took #1 on the albums chart with over 46,000 copies sold. This beat releases by Kiyoshi Hikawa (#2), DJ MAKIDAI (#4), Janne Da Arc (#5), Mariko Takahashi (#7), and Fujifabric (#8).

Comedian Ken Horiuchi (39), a member of the trio Neptune, has just married a woman 17 years younger than him. The woman (22) is said to be a domestic worker from Kanagawa whom he met at the start of last year.

The couple turned in their marriage registration on May 22 and are already living together. They are still deciding on whether to hold a wedding and reception.

Horiuchi is the last member of Neptune to get married. Jun Nagura married Marina Watanabe in 2005 and has one child, while Taizo Harada has been married since 1995 and has two kids. In 2003, Horiuchi was romantically linked to actress Haruka Igawa, but they broke up not long after.

Actor Yuya Yagira (19) is officially back in action with a new starring role. He will co-star with Eriko Sato (27) in the movie "Subete wa Umi ni Naru," which marks the directorial debut of author and screenwriter Akane Yamada.

Last year, Yagira was hospitalized due to a tranquilizer overdose, initially reported as a suicide attempt but later explained as an accident. His last acting role before that was in the 2007 movie "Houtai Club," though he is best known for his performance in Hirokazu Koreeda's "Nobody Knows," which earned him the Best Actor award at Cannes when he was only 14 years old.

In "Subete wa Umi ni Naru," Yagira plays a high school student with a troubled home environment who is also a victim of bullying. Through his love of reading, he builds an invaluable relationship with a bookstore employee (Sato).

The movie is scheduled for release early next year.

Talento Megumi Ohigashi (37) is pregnant with her second child, it was learned on Tuesday. Her agency says that she is already expected to give birth next month.

Ohigashi has been married to former baseball pro Hideaki Okubo (39) since January 1998. She gave birth to their first son in October of that same year.

Actress Lena Tanaka (29) has been chosen to star in an NHK miniseries this summer, tentatively titled "Haken no Oscar ~ Shoujo Manga ni Ai wo Komete."

The drama is based on Naoko Matsuda's comic "Shoujo Manga," which ran in Shueisha's Chorus magazine in 2007. Naturally, the story uses shoujo manga as its motif, referencing well-known works like "Glass Mask" and "Rose of Versailles."

The drama is based on the first story of "Shoujo Manga." Tanaka plays Katsuko, a single temp worker who loves shoujo manga. In particular, every day she imagines herself within the world of "Rose of Versailles." When the Kansai-ben-speaking junior president at her company (played by Yoshimi Tokui of comedy duo Tutorial) begins looking to take some unreasonable cost-cutting measures, she hears the voice of Lady Oscar, inspiring her to fight on behalf of the company's employees.

The rest of the supporting cast include Anne Suzuki, Sei Hiraizumi, Tsunehiko Kamijo, and Hikaru Asami. Arisa Kaneko, who wrote the screenplay for the "Densha Otoko" movie, is in charge of the script. NHK has scheduled the six-episode series for its Friday 10:00pm time slot, starting on August 28.

With "Gokusen: The Movie" less than a couple months away, a new announcement has revealed that six more actors from the drama's earlier seasons will be returning, including Shun Oguri and Mocomichi Hayami.

The movie is already known to focus on the cast of the show's third season, which aired in 2008. It was previously announced that Yuya Takaki, Haruma Miura, and Yuta Tamamori are part of the main cast. At the end of last month, it was also revealed that the second season's Kazuya Kamenashi was added to the cast.

Now, the number of returning alumni has again increased, adding three students each from the drama's first two seasons. Oguri will represent the first season, along with Yuma Ishigaki and Hiroki Narimiya. From the second season, Hayami will be joined by Teppei Koike and Keisuke Koide.

Although all six played delinquent students in their respective seasons, they have grown up to become respectable members of society. Together with Kamenashi's character, who has become a teacher in training, these graduates will lend their support to the beloved teacher "Yankumi," played by starring actress Yukie Nakama. This movie is said to be Nakama's last time to take on this role.

Filming for the movie finished on May 13. The picture opens in theaters on July 11.