Emi Takei to star in Fuji TV drama "Subete ga F ni Naru"

Takei Emi and Ayano Go will be working together in the FujiTV Autumn 2014 drama "Subete ga F ni naru" (Everything becomes F) which begins its run from October in the Tuesdays 9pm timeslot. This is the first time in four years since they've appeared in the same drama after 2010's "GOLD". The drama is based on the same-titled novel series "S & M Mysteries" by Mori Hiroshi which has sold 3.5 million copies to date and each story will be completed in 2 episodes.

Ayano plays the role of Saikawa Sohei, an associate professor teaching architecture in university, who forms an unlikely partnership with his student Nishinozono Moe, a clever girl from a rich family and has great analytical powers. They become known as the S & M pair because of their initials and combine forces to solve various difficult cases.

Filming will begin next month.

Source: Sanspo

Emi Takei to star in Asahi TV 2015 Summer drama "Age Harassment"

2015 drama "Age Harassment" which will begin its run from July in the Thursdays 9pm timeslot. The drama which is based on the same-titled novel published in 2008 by scriptwriter Uchidate Makiko, will also be her first drama script written in 10 years since 2005 TBS drama "Kegareta Shita".

Takei plays the role of newbie OL Yoshii Emiri who is young, beautiful and fawned over by the male employees in trading company Teito Bussan. However, she does not get sent to the textiles department as she wished and is posted to the general affairs department instead. As a result, she has to wear an uniform and do miscellaneous chores but she goes about her work with enthusiasm. On the other hand, Yoshii sticks out in her department for being unsociable as she is unwilling to have lunch with her seniors and doesn't join them for after-work gatherings. Coupled with the fact that she is seen as one who disrupts the balance in the team and gets unfair advantages because she's pretty, Yoshii becomes the target of bullying by her female seniors at work and tries to fight back in order to survive in the workplace.

Filming begins next month.

Source: Sanspo

Emi Takei to star in NHK Saturday period drama

Takei Emi will be starring in the NHK Saturday period drama "Chuushingura no Koi ~ Yonjuuhachininme no Chuushin ~" (The love of Chuushingura ~ the 48th Chuushin ~" which will begin its run from 24 September in the Saturdays 6.10pm timeslot. Although Takei had appeared in the 2012 Taiga "Taira no Kiyomori" before, this will be her first leading role in a period drama and in a NHK drama. The drama consists of 20 episodes and will be broadcast until February next year.

This drama is based on the novel "Yonjuuhachininme no Chuushin" by Morota Reiko which features the heroine Kiyo, a maid working in the Edo Mansion of the Asano family during the Genroku era. She falls for one of the ronin Isogai Jurozaemon and joins the Ooku after the revenge at the Kira residence. Co-stars include Imai Tsubasa who plays Asano Naganori, Fukushi Seiji who plays Isogai, Ishimaru Kanji who plays Oishi Kuranosuke and Tanaka Rena who plays Asano's wife, Nakao Akiyoshi, Sato Ryuta and Mita Yoshiko.

Filming begins on 13 August.

Source: Sponichi

Emi Takei to star in TV Asahi 2017 Summer drama

Takei Emi will be starring in the TV Asahi Summer 2017 drama "Kurokawa no Techou" (The black leather notebook) based on Matsumoto Seicho's famous same-titled novel which will begin its run from July in the Thursdays 9pm timeslot.

The novel which was serialised between 1978 and 1980 before it was published as a single book in 1980, describes how a contract bank employee Haraguchi Motoko is stuck with a huge debt of her mother after her father passed away. In order to repay the debts, she works part-time at a nightclub in Ginza. Just when she has finished paying her debts, news of her impending retrenchment reach her. Motoko then makes up her mind to leave the bank and embezzles JPY 180m from her employer which is used to open a high-class club Carnet. With the list of dummy bank accounts of the rich and famous which she acquired from her previous job and recorded in her black notebook, Motoko rises up the ranks in the world of darkness filled with love and desire. As Takei is turning 24 years old this year, the Motoko in this new drama will be set as the youngest mamasan to date in Ginza's history at 25 years old. To date, there have been a number of drama adaptations of this novel where the most recent versions were in 2004 starring Yonekura Ryoko which had an average rating of 15.7% and the SP in 2005. At that time, Yonekura was 29 years old which was the same age as Motoko in the novel.

Takei who is starring in her first Matsumoto work, said that she felt very pressurised when she first got the news about being offered the role especially since the role of Motoko was regarded as the turning point in Yonekura's acting career. As Yonekura is her senior from the same agency, Takei had been invited to meals with her many times in the past and received a lot of acting advice. She pledged to do her best for this role and hope to do well enough to earn a passing mark from Yonekura and scale new heights in her career.

Filming will begin in mid June and co-stars will be announced on a later date.

Sources: Nikkansports / Sanspo / Yomiuri Hochi / Oricon

Emi Takei & EXILE's TAKAHIRO announce marriage, expecting first child

EXILE's vocalist TAKAHIRO and actress Takei Emi got married on 1 September after dating for two and a half years as announced by his agency through a fax statement sent to the media. It was also revealed that Takei is already 3 months' pregnant and expected to give birth in spring next year. There are no plans for a wedding nor press conference with regard to this.

In the joint statement from the newly-married couple, they apologized for the sudden announcement which is bound to cause inconvenience to related parties and revealed that they are also expecting a new family member next spring. The couple met through the NTV Winter 2014 drama "Senryokugai Sousakan" and were first reported to be romantically linked by magazine "FLASH" in April the following year. Although both parties denied being an item then, they had been actually dating for two and a half months then. The couple mentioned in their statement that they began their relationship as colleagues and progressed to becoming friends before becoming a couple with the intention of getting married as they were drawn to each other's personality.

With regard to their future plans, the couple pledged to treasure the feeling of gratefulness to everyone and respect each other as they grow and become better in their careers. They apologised again at the end of the statement for not being able to share the news with their fans earlier until today.

TAKAHIRO also released a message to his fans via his agency's official blog where he mentioned that although he is still far from mature, he will continue to seize every opportunity given to him and develop himself further as a performer without forgetting his core values and being grateful to the fans. He hoped that he will become an even better performer in return for the support of his fans and wished that they will continue to support him warmly.

On the other hand, Takei who is scheduled to star in NTV's Autumn 2017 drama "Ima kara anata wo kyouhaku shimasu" along with Dean Fujioka, will continue to participate in the drama's filming. According to NTV, they had been informed by Takei's agency about the news and will try their best to make accommodations for her condition during the filming.

Sources: Oricon 1 / Nikkansports 1 / Nikkansports 2 / Oricon 2

^ And it's a girl!

Emi Takei and EXILE's TAKAHIRO announce arrival of their daughter

Emi Takei and EXILE's TAKAHIRO announced the arrival of their daughter on March 12th. There were no details given on her birth date, weight etc., but the couple made a statement saying, "Everyone, thank you always for your warm support. Thanks to you, we were able to welcome a new life. It's a very healthy baby girl. To everyone who supported us and cheered us on, thank you very much. We will put our strength together to build a warm family. With thanks, we will work even harder so please watch over us."

Source: natalie

Emi Takei going back to work in July

Emi Takei will be resuming her activities starting in July.

Her agency announced, "Emi Takei, who had been on break since last December because of childbirth, had been busy in childrearing after her baby was born in March. It has been decided she will resume working in July. Her appearances in a drama, special drama, movie and CM have bee decided. Usually, we would not make this type of announcement, but there were reports she would be retiring from acting. Since some rumors were published beyond our control, we decided to make an announcement regarding her return in order not to worry persons concerned or her fans."

Source: Oricon