TOKYO DRIFT [December 23, 2005]

This picture was given by karyuudan from the Shingetsu forums that features an article on Keiko's role in Tokyo Drift.







 

RUMOR TURNS FACT! [December 23, 2005]

      Thanks to Smera, who first mentioned seeing Keiko's name on the cast listing for Tokyo Drift, minako-mars who first posted the article to prove this listing, and folwre for putting the article through a translator. Below is that feature article on Keiko's accomplishment taken from here. Now of course some of the article is off on its translation but you should be able to get the idea.   [source 1]  [ source 2]

 The Kitagawa Hollywood large selection

    It turned out that Keiko Kitagawa (19), a young actress, was promoted to the U.S. movie "a wild speed 3:TOKYO drift (working title)" (Director Justin Lynne) of a open schedule as the Japanese cast on the 11th next year. The exceptional inspiring feat of making it 3 Motome's movie and appearing on the action great work of Hollywood. It participated in photography in Los Angeles, U.S., from October, and the location in Japan is challenged from this month.

    The brand-new newcomer actress near obscurity makes her Hollywood debut with the movie industry.

    Kitagawa is 19 years old born in Kobe. The audition in September, this year was passed and the role of the Japanese beauty who surround heroes was won. Large selection of the astonishment [ persons / involved in an affiliation office ] of "having been surprised" although the famous actress had also participated in audition. It looks back upon Kitagawa itself, saying, "When performance determination was got, there were no feelings not much."

    The SURENDA moderate beauty who enacts the model of a magazine "seventeen" under exclusive contract. It is almost inexperienced in performance and it serves as a movie performance of the 3rd work following "the flower which lives in water" (Director Kenji Goto, next year public presentation), and the "Mamiya brother" (Director Yoshimitsu Morita, next year public presentation).

    A movie "the wild speed 3" is the latest work of popular car action which U.S. universal PIKUCHAZU manufactures. Lucas Black, BAUWAU of a popular wrapper, and activity of three heroes of Bryan tea are drawn on the stage in the drift race unfolded in Japanese underground society. Although Natalie Carrie plays the heroine, she is important 役どころ to which the Kitagawa 演じる beauty also supports a hero.

    Although it participated in photography in Los Angeles for about two months from October "it was surprised at the numerousness and photography scale of the number of the staff just for a moment. Since it had not gone to overseas once until now, it was uneasy, but the supervisor was begun, and since it was only the staff and persons with the man of the cast warm to HONTO, Los Angeles has taken to it."

    From December, the location in Japan is challenged and it will participate in photography till the beginning of February, last year. United States public presentation is planned at next summer.

    <> Kitagawa Keiko (Although it came わ and けいこ) August 22, 1986, Kobe birth. 19 years old. It will be chosen as "mistake seventeen" in 2003, and the model of a magazine "seventeen" under exclusive contract will be enacted. It appeared on the TBS system drama "the beauty girl fighter sailor moon" with the role of sailor MAZU in the same year. Height of 160cm, size of 23cm of a leg. A hobby is reading and special ability is swimming and badminton. Blood type O.