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   Been sleeping under a rock lately? It's alright, that happens to the best of us. So in case you're not one of those cool people who've joined (and are ACTIVE! you're still a lurker if you don't post) the forum, you may or may not know that Keiko has started blogging again. YES! Thank God! It's been a while but it's been worth the wait. Hopefully she'll update frequently enough. Visit Keiko's blog here, see translations of it (courtesy of DB) here and (courtesy of Ryuu) here. YOU MUST BE LOGGED IN TO VIEW THESE TRANSLATIONS! If you're not---your loss! Because I'm no longer hosting entire translations. That's right kiddies! No more freebees! This is how I will be posting her entries from now on. The title of the entry links to her original post in Japanese and the "MORE" links to the rest of the translation. Special thanks to DB for the full ones. The entries below are featured from newest to oldest.

Keiko's Blog Updates

  "へ(^-^)乂(^o^)ノ"
2008.06.25, Wednesday, 16:17

A friend asked, "What is that advertising work that you're writing about on your blog?"

To people with the same question, my apologies.

I did not sufficiently explain it, so I want to write it down properly this time.

With the advertising work I kept mentioning I mainly meant commercials.

The CMs that I've done so far were basically one day doing movie work and, one day doing stills. That filming a mere 15 or 30 second CM would take a whole day, and that to take a photo for a poster would also take a long time, surprised me at first. "So making an advertising movie or stills takes that much time? I realized the first time.

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"Wall"
2008.06.23, Monday, 1:12

Once again an update.

I thought I'd do a work status report today.

The advertising work, movie clothes fitting, ect, ect, has made this a pretty busy week for me.

As for the drama, filming filming for it has safely started. The producer, director, staff and everyone are all kind, it's a place where one can't stop smiling.

As for the role... I actually still haven't a good grasp on it yet, or rather, I'm not it tune with it. That the role seems to be very much at odds with the image I got when I started reading the script is confusing me.


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"Script Rehearsal"
2008.16.06, Saturday, 9:53

Yesterday we had the Sun and Ocean Classroom purification ritual, getting to know the script and having a rehearsal.

It was the first day that the staff and cast would be complete, so the day before I was too tense to sleep, so I went to Bayside Studio super sleep deprived.

Apart from Yamamoto Yusuke-san all the other co-stars were new to me, so having to go greet them all made me so deathly nervous that my legs trembled. Lame isn't it...?

But with the greeting, script reading and rehearsal safely behind me, it looks like I managed to grasp the atmosphere of the of the set somehow! My anxiety towards my role was also swept away. Now only the start of filming awaits.

 And so after the rehearsals I went with Oda-san to do a publicity interview.

Oda-san is really bright and cheerful, but I couldn't help getting nervous.

Knowing Oda-san from watching television since I was little, I couldn't help thinking how strange it is that the Oda Yuji-san I'm going to be filming with is the same Oda-san. (Sorry for saying it so confusingly, but it's about the only way I can explain this strange sensation.)

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"i'll try to do my best :-)"
2008.11.06, Wednesday, 11:49

I got an announcement today for you.

I will be appearing in CX's July drama serial "Sun and Ocean Classroom" (broadcast every Monday at 21:00)!

Oda Yuji-san will be the lead in the school drama, and I will be the heroine as the rookie high school teacher.

I got to confess to the readers of this blog, that when I first got the story of this drama, I honestly thought, "I wonder if I'm right for it..."

My drama work experience is still insufficient , and quite a bit of time has passed since my last drama, so...

Playing in a drama, what was that like? Filming for a drama, how did that go? Can I remember how I did my lines last time?

Eventually, a mountainous anxiety encroached on me.

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 "my best friend tomoca"
2008. 04. 06, Wednesday, 23:06

I went with Tomoca, who's attached to my agency, to an ISBIT exhibition yesterday.

Tomoca was also with SEVENTEEN during my time there, and she was the first friend I made when I came to Tokyo. I still remember when we first talked together during a photo shoot. She was mysteriously imposing at first, having an aura of dignity when she talked to me, who was fresh from the country and really nervous.

We have been keep company since we were 17, roughly five years now already... My, how time flies.

Our relationship must seem quaint to outside observers, because when we're together we may not saying anything to each other. But our relationship is one where such a silence isn't awkward at all... At least, that's how it feels to me.

Let me tell you of an event concerning Tomoca.

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*note- the images below come from Tomoca's entry of the ISBIT exhibition

"Unrequited Love"
2008.6.01, Sunday, 22:50

I've been reading Higashino Keigo-san's book "Unrequited Love."

On the band wrapped around the book it said, "Did the former lover become 'he'? Or is it even now still 'she'?" Enticed by that phrase I started reading it, and I read it right through to the end.

It isn't a simple mystery, because simultaneously raising the difficult themes, "What's a person's essence? What's gender identity?", made it a very deep book.

And thanks to that, I can't easily explain it to you with a summary, alas...

Biology tells us that the difference between men and women lies in the so-called "sex chromosomes" , either XX or XY, but knowing that it doesn't appear to be as easy as that triggered something in me.

It lead to the following thoughts:

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"First Post"
2008.5.30, Friday, 16:48

Hello, everyone. It's Kitagawa Keiko.

It's been decided that this is the time to start my BLOG. From work news and set reports to the trivial experiences of my daily life, I like to give updates of as the mood strikes.

To begin with, as it's the first time, I'll do a self introduction.

My name is Kitagawa Keiko, 21 years old. I was raised in Kobe and came to Tokyo at age 17.

My main focus is studying Economics as a fourth year university student.

And I'm simultaneously doing my best at learning to act.

As for personality, I'm such an introvert that even I can't believe it, and my shyness and stage fright are agonizing...

My hobbies are movies, reading, and music.

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